As Amended
SEC. 97-17-41. Grand larceny; second or subsequent offense of felonious taking of motor vehicle; penalties.
(1) Every person who shall be convicted of taking and carrying away, feloniously, the personal property of another, of the value of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or more, shall be guilty of grand larceny, and shall be imprisoned in the Penitentiary for a term not exceeding ten (10) years; or shall be fined not more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00), or both. The total value of property taken and carried away by the person from a single victim shall be aggregated in determining the gravity of the offense.
(2) Every person who shall be convicted of taking and carrying away, feloniously, the property of a church, synagogue, temple or other established place of worship, of the value of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or more, shall be guilty of grand larceny, and shall be imprisoned in the Penitentiary for a term not exceeding ten (10) years, or shall be fined not more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00), or both.
SOURCES: Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 64, art. 12, Title 4(63); 1857, ch. 64, art. 190; 1871, Sec. 2652; 1880, Sec. 2901; 1892, Sec. 1173; 1906, Sec. 1251; Hemingway's 1917, Sec. 981; 1930, Sec. 1009; 1942, Sec. 2240; Laws, 1966, ch. 359, Sec. 1; 1992, ch. 380, Sec. 1; 1993, ch. 337, Sec. 1, eff from and after July 1, 1993. Laws, 1996, ch. 544, Sec. 2, eff from and after July 1, 1996; 1997 Laws, Chapter 473, Sec. 5, HB631; Laws, 2003, ch. 499, § 1, HB 1121; Laws, 2004, ch. 526, § 7, SB 2957, eff from and after July 1, 2004.
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