As Amended
SEC. 97-17-42. Taking possession of or taking away a motor vehicle.
(1) Any person who shall, willfully and without authority, take possession of or take away a motor vehicle belonging to another, and any person who knowingly shall aid and abet in such taking possession or taking away, shall be guilty of a felony and shall be punished by commitment to the Department of Corrections for not more than five (5) years.
(2) Any person convicted under this section who causes damage to any motor vehicle shall be ordered by the court to pay restitution to the owner or owners of any such motor vehicle.
(3) This section shall not apply to the enforcement of a security interest in a motor vehicle.
(4) Any person who shall be convicted for a second or subsequent offense of taking and carrying away, feloniously, a motor vehicle which is the personal property of another, of any value, 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: Laws, 1996, ch. 544, Sec. 1; Laws, 2003, ch. 499, §
2, HB 1121, eff from and after July 1,
2003.
PREVIOUS VERSIONS: Pre-2003