39-6-98 - Theft -- Wrongful conversion. - Utah Statutes

39-6-98. Theft -- Wrongful conversion.
(1) A person subject to this chapter who unlawfully takes, obtains, or withholds, by anymeans, from the possession of the owner or from any other person any money, personal property,or article of value of any kind:
(a) with intent permanently to deprive or defraud another person of the use and benefit ofproperty or to appropriate it to his own use or the use of any person other than the owner, is guiltyof theft; or
(b) with intent to temporarily deprive or defraud another person of the use and benefit ofproperty or to convert the property to his own use or the use of any other person other than theowner, is guilty of wrongful conversion.
(2) A person found guilty of theft or wrongful conversion shall be punished as a militarycourt directs.

Enacted by Chapter 210, 1988 General Session