Legal Question in Criminal Law in Arizona

consent

if I set my keys down upon entering someone else's apartment and my car is taken without my knowledge or consent - is that theft?


Asked on 2/20/07, 6:46 am

2 Answers from Attorneys
Stephen Follett

Re: consent

It may or may not be theft. In Arizona, there are two laws depending on whether the person who took your car intended to take it permanently=theft or temporarily=joyriding.

Permanently= "theft of means of transportation" You can read the statute here.

http://www.azleg.state.az.us/ars/13/01814.htm

Temporarily= joyriding "unlawful use of means of transportation" You can see the statute here.

http://www.azleg.state.az.us/FormatDocument.asp?inDoc=/ars/13/01803.htm&Title=13&DocType=ARS

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Answered on 2/20/07, 11:16 pm
Charles Aspinwall Charles S. Aspinwall, J.D., LLC

Re: consent

Yes.

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Answered on 2/20/07, 11:32 am


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