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§ 3928. Unauthorized use of automobiles and other vehicles

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 18 Pa.C.S.A. Crimes and Offenses

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated Statutes
Title 18 Pa.C.S.A. Crimes and Offenses (Refs & Annos)
Part II. Definition of Specific Offenses (Refs & Annos)
Article C. Offenses Against Property
Chapter 39. Theft and Related Offenses (Refs & Annos)
Subchapter B. Definition of Offenses (Refs & Annos)
18 Pa.C.S.A. § 3928
§ 3928. Unauthorized use of automobiles and other vehicles
Currentness
(a) Offense defined.--A person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree if he operates the automobile, airplane, motorcycle, motorboat, or other motor-propelled vehicle of another without consent of the owner.
(b) Defense.--It is a defense to prosecution under this section that the actor reasonably believed that the owner would have consented to the operation had he known of it.

Credits

1972, Dec. 6, P.L. 1482, No. 334, § 1, effective June 6, 1973.
18 Pa.C.S.A. § 3928, PA ST 18 Pa.C.S.A. § 3928
Current through Act 11 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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