Legal Question in Credit and Debt Law in Missouri
Can my local bar turn a late tab and get me charged with theft
Asked on 3/13/12, 7:16 pm
1 Answer from Attorneys
Anthony Smith
LawSmith
Getting charged with a crime is not the same a sgettign convicted. It is impossible to predict if some officer somewhere might be convicned to arrest or charge some person with any particular crime. It is concievable that a person who does not pay a bar tab, might be charged with theft by deception, or fraud. But, it seems more likely that most police agencies would deem this to be a civil matter, and leave the bar to sue to the patron in civil court.
Good luck
Answered on 3/14/12, 9:03 am