§ 6-3-402 — Theft; penalties

Wyoming § 6-3-402

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 06: Crimes and Offenses
• Ch. 3: OFFENSES AGAINST PROPERTY
• Art. 4: LARCENY AND RELATED OFFENSES

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(a) A person is guilty of theft if he knowingly takes,
obtains, procures, retains or exercises control over or makes an
unauthorized transfer of an interest in the property of another
person without authorization or by threat or by deception, or he
receives, loans money by pawn or pledge on or disposes of the
property of another person that he knew or reasonably should
have known was stolen, and he:
(i) Intends to deprive the other person of the use or
benefit of the property;
(ii) Knowingly uses, receives, conceals, abandons or
disposes of the property in such manner as to deprive the other
person of its use or benefit; or
(iii) Demands anything of value to which he has no
legal claim as a condition for returning or otherwise restoring
the property to the other person.
(b) Repealed By Laws 2013, Ch. 191, § 3.
(c) Except as provided in subsections (g) and (j) of this
section, theft is:
(i) A felony punishable by imprisonment for not more
than ten (10) years, a fine of not more than ten thousand
dollars ($10,000.00), or both, if the value of the property is
one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) or more or if the property is a
firearm, horse, mule, sheep, cattle, buffalo or swine regardless
of value; or
(ii) Repealed by Laws 1984, ch. 44, § 3.
(iii) A misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for
not more than six (6) months, a fine of not more than seven
hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), or both, if the value of the
property is less than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00).
(d) Repealed By Laws 2013, Ch. 191, § 3.
(e) Repealed By Laws 2013, Ch. 191, § 3.
(f) Repealed By Laws 2013, Ch. 191, § 3.
(g) In addition to the penalties provided in subsection
(c) of this section, any person convicted of a second or
subsequent offense for theft of motor vehicle fuel offered for
retail sale shall have his driver's license suspended pursuant
to W.S. 31-7-128(n). The court shall forward to the department
of transportation a copy of the record pertaining to disposition
of the arrest or citation.
(h) The amount of property involved in violations of this
section committed pursuant to a common scheme or the same
transaction, whether the property is taken from the same person
or different persons, may be aggregated in determining the value
of the property.
(j) Any person convicted of a fifth or subsequent offense
for theft, shoplifting, larceny, wrongful taking of property,
wrongful disposal of property or livestock rustling, any other
theft offense under this section, any theft offense under a
municipal ordinance or any theft offense pursuant to a
substantially similar law of another jurisdiction separately
brought and tried shall be guilty of a felony punishable by
imprisonment for not more than ten (10) years, a fine of not
more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00), or both.