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# \[6] 4 - Grand Theft Auto

A person who commits theft of any motor vehicle, no matter the value is guilty under this code section. This also counts for Emergency Services Vehicles.

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**Felony**\
**Sentence:** 15 Month(s)\
**Fine:** $1,000
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**Note:**

This section make it a crime to take someone else's vehicle, worth $950 or more, without permission, with the intent to deprive the true owner of the vehicle. Prosecutors can charge this offence as a felony. Unlawfully taking a vehicle belonging to another, or driving the vehicle without the owners consent, with the intent to permanently or temporarily deprive the owner of the vehicle.

**Examples:** 

**1)** You took a car owned by someone else;\
**2)** The car was worth more than nine hundred fifty ($950) dollars (in most cases);\
**3)** You didn't have permission from the owner to take the car;

**Defense:**

**1)** You did not intend to steal\
**2)** The car actually belonged to you, or you believed it did,\
**3)** The person who owned the car consented to you taking it