What is the law on Theft Prairie Village Municipal Court?

Sec. 6.1. Theft.

(a) Theft is any of the following acts done with the intent to permanently deprive the owner of the possession, use or benefit of the owner’s property or services.

1. Obtaining or exerting unauthorized control over property or services;

2. Obtaining control over property or services by deception;

3. Obtaining control over property or services by threat;

4. Obtaining control over stolen property or services knowing the property or services to have been stolen by another; or

5. Knowingly dispensing motor fuel into a storage container or the fuel tank of a motor vehicle at an establishment in which motor fuel is offered for retail sale and leaving the premises of the establishment without making payment for the motor fuel.

(b) Theft of property or services of the value of less than $1,500 is a Class A violation.

Possible Punishment

*Class C Violations are punishable by up to 30 days in the Johnson County Jail, however, most Class C Violations are eligible for probation

*Class B Violations are punishable by up to 180 days in the Johnson County Jail, however, most Class B Violations are eligible for probation

*Class A Violations are punishable by up to 365 days in the Johnson County Jail, however, most Class A Violations are eligible for probation