Sec. 53a-129. Misapplication of property: Class A misdemeanor. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 53a-129. Misapplication of property: Class A misdemeanor. (a) A person is guilty of misapplication of property when, knowingly possessing personal property of another pursuant to an agreement that the same will be returned to the owner at a future time, he loans, leases, pledges, pawns or otherwise encumbers such property without the consent of the owner thereof in such manner as to create a risk that the owner will not be able to recover it or will suffer pecuniary loss.

      (b) In any prosecution under this section, it shall be a defense that, at the time the prosecution was commenced, (1) the defendant had recovered possession of the property, unencumbered as a result of the unlawful disposition, and (2) the owner had suffered no material economic loss as a result of the unlawful disposition.

      (c) Misapplication of property is a class A misdemeanor.

      (1969, P.A. 828, S. 131.)

      Cited. 180 C. 662. Cited. 194 C. 223.