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Originally Posted by turbosloth
jimmy law-lovers (diablo, nicholas, microbob and friends) ,
okay, lets say you are ballin' sloth and just don't want to deal with any headaches and this situation arises.
you go into the impound lot, tired of the car racking up more bills and decide to just say fk it and pay it. you then park the car legally in front of the impound lot cause they say get it out of our garage. you continue to not remain in contact with the kid after this action and don't give a fk since car is parked legally and is safe and is out of your hair. you contact the dmv and make sure everything is sorted out title wise and you are no longer legally in possession.
1- is this "grand theft auto"? what do you think of this action?
2- if you park the car in a safe free longterm garage close to the impound lot or close to the spot was towed.... is this "grand theft auto"
3- if you return it to the spot it was towed from to be towed again, is this "grand theft auto"?
thanks!
Probably not - theft requires that you have the intent to deprive the owner of their property for some amount of time. Here you have no such intent (and in fact your action is not actually depriving them of their property). That said, the fact you don't tell them where the auto is located could be seen as intent to deprive (for example if I take your property and hide it, that would still be theft).
I would say number three and one would clearly not be theft, but two is closer since you moved the car to a spot where the buyer would have essentially no chance of finding it. It would also depend on what you do when they contact you - if you tell them where the car is, you're fine, if you refuse it could be theft.