75 Pa.C.S. § 3723 Theft of Catalytic Converter

• Library: Pennsylvania Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current through P.A. Acts 2023-66
• Year: 2023
• Citation: 75 Pa.C.S. § 3723

(a) Offense defined.--A person commits the offense of theft of a catalytic converter if the person unlawfully takes or attempts to take possession of, carries away or exercises unlawful control over a catalytic converter with intent to deprive the rightful owner of the catalytic converter.

(b) Grading.--Except as provided under subsection (c):

(1) An offense under this section constitutes a misdemeanor of the third degree if the value of the catalytic converter unlawfully obtained is less than $50.

(2) An offense under this section constitutes a misdemeanor of the second degree if the value of the catalytic converter unlawfully obtained is $50 or more but less than $200.

(3) An offense under this section constitutes a misdemeanor of the first degree if the value of the catalytic converter unlawfully obtained is $200 or more but less than $1,000.