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Idaho Code § 18-2404

Prima facie evidence — Theft by lessee

Known as the Unused Merchandise Ownership Protection Act

The act spans §§ 18-2401 to 18-2421 (21 sections).

I.C., § 18-2404, as added by 1981, ch. 183, § 2, p. 319.

It shall be prima facie evidence that a person knowingly obtains or exerts unauthorized control over property of the owner when a lessee of the personal property of another, leased or rented by written instrument:

(1) Fails or refuses to return such personal property to its owner after the lease or rental agreement has expired: Within ten (10) days; and

(2) Within forty-eight (48) hours after written demand for return thereof is personally served or given by registered mail delivered to the last known address provided in such lease or rental agreement; or

(3) When the lease or rent of such personal property is obtained by presentation of identification to the lessor or renter thereof which is false, fictitious, or knowingly not current to name, address, place of employment, or other identification.

Current official text: Idaho Statutes (Idaho Legislature). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Idaho statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.