§ 14-40. Stealing.

(a)

As used in this section, the following words shall mean as follows:

Property: Everything under $250.00 value, whether real or personal, tangible or intangible, in possession or in action, and shall include but not be limited to the evidence of a debt actually executed but not delivered or issued as a valid instrument and all things defined as property in RSMo ch. 570.

Steal: To appropriate by exercising dominion over property in a manner inconsistent with the rights of the owner, either by taking, obtaining, using, transferring, concealing or retaining possession of his property.

(b)

It shall be unlawful for any person to intentionally steal the property of another, either without his consent or by means of deceit.

(c)

A person who appropriates lost property shall not be deemed to have stolen the same within the meaning of subsection (b), unless such property is found under circumstances which give the finder knowledge of or means of inquiry as to the true owner.

(Code 1958, § 49.17; Ord. No. 2304, § 1, 5-15-78; Ord. No. 4259, § 1, 11-7-11)

State law reference

Stealing, RSMo ch. 570.161; power of city to prohibit petit larceny, RSMo. 77.570.