Statutes | Cherokee Code Part II Chapter 14 Article III ยง 14-10.62 | 2019
(a) It shall be unlawful to fail to take reasonable measures to restore property to a person entitled thereto, with the intent to deprive the owner thereof, when it is known or reasonably suspected that the property has been lost, mislaid, or delivered under a mistake as to the nature or amount of the property or the identity of the recipient.
(b) Theft of property lost, mislaid, or delivered by mistake shall be punishable by a fine not exceeding $5,000.00, by imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year, or both.
(c) If the value of the property exceeds $1,000.00, a sentence of exclusion for a period not exceeding ten years may be imposed in addition to the punishment authorized above.
(Ord. No. 117, 3-3-2000)