514.050 Theft of property lost, mislaid, or delivered by mistake.

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(1)Except as provided in KRS 365.710, a person is guilty of theft of property lost,

mislaid, or delivered by mistake when:

(a)He or she comes into control of the property of another that he or she knows

to have been lost, mislaid, or delivered under a mistake as to the nature or

amount of the property or the identity of the recipient; and

(b)With intent to deprive the owner thereof, he or she fails to take reasonable

measures to restore the property to a person entitled to have it.

(2)Theft of property lost, mislaid, or delivered by mistake is a Class B misdemeanor

unless:

(a)The value of the property is five hundred dollars ($500) or more but less than

one thousand dollars ($1,000), in which case it is a Class A misdemeanor;

(b)The value of the property is one thousand dollars ($1,000) or more but less

than ten thousand dollars ($10,000), in which case it is a Class D felony;

(c)A person has three

(3)or more convictions under paragraph

(a)of this

subsection within the last five

(5)years, in which case it is a Class D felony.

The five

(5)year period shall be measured from the dates on which the

offenses occurred for which the judgments of conviction were entered; or

(d)The value of the property is ten thousand dollars ($10,000) or more, in which

case it is a Class C felony.

(3)If any person commits two

(2)or more separate offenses of theft of property lost,

mislaid, or delivered by mistake within ninety

(90)days, the offenses may be

combined and treated as a single offense, and the value of the property in each

offense may be aggregated for the purpose of determining the appropriate charge.