Chapter 9.44
INTERFERENCE WITH PROPERTY AND RIGHTS OF OTHERS
Sections:
9.44.020 Tampering with vehicles.
9.44.030 Defacing or placing signs upon another’s property.
9.44.040 Throwing or shooting at persons or property.
9.44.050 Criminal trespass – Mental state – Penalty.
9.44.060 Throwing objects in public places.
9.44.090 Receiving stolen property.
9.44.010 Injuring property.
Any person who willfully cuts, removes, defaces, or in any manner injures any flowers, shrubbery, building, fence, gate, or enclosure, street, sidewalk, bridge, or other property within the corporate limits shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. (Code 1962 § 13-38)
9.44.020 Tampering with vehicles.
It is unlawful for any person to start, otherwise meddle with, molest, enter, occupy, loiter in, take, or drive away any automobile or other vehicle belonging to another, without the consent of the owner or person in charge thereof. (Code 1962 § 13-39)
9.44.030 Defacing or placing signs upon another’s property.
It is unlawful for any person to place, stick, tack, paste, post, paint, mark, write, or print any sign, poster, picture, announcement, advertisement, bill, placard, device, or inscription upon any public or private building, fence, sidewalk, bridge, viaduct, post, automobile, other vehicle, or other property of another without the consent of the owner or person in charge thereof. (Code 1962 § 13-42)
9.44.040 Throwing or shooting at persons or property.
It is unlawful for any person to throw or shoot any stone, shot, or other object into or across any street or alley, or in any place where he is likely to hit another person wrongfully or to injure property, or to throw or shoot any stone, shot or other object at any person, vehicle, structure, electric light, or other property of another (whether public or private), except in case where such is done justifiably in defense of oneself, of another person, or of property. (Code 1962 § 13-43)
9.44.050 Criminal trespass – Mental state – Penalty.
(a) A person commits the crime of criminal trespass if the person enters or remains unlawfully upon the property of another.
(b) The culpable mental state for criminal trespass is as set forth in KMC 9.04.040.
(c) Criminal trespass is punishable by a fine not to exceed $1,500 or imprisonment for 30 days or both such fine and imprisonment. (Ord. 1529 § 1, 2005; Ord. 1166 § 1, 1989. Code 1962 § 13-45)
9.44.055 Definitions.
Enter or Remain Unlawfully. As used in KMC 9.44.050, unless the context requires otherwise, “enter or remain unlawfully” means to:
(1) Enter or remain in or upon property of another when that property, at the time of the entry or remaining, is not open to the public and when the person is not otherwise privileged to do so; or
(2) Fail to leave the private property of another that is open to the public after being lawfully directed to do so personally by the person in charge; or
(3) Enter or remain in or upon the private property of another that is open to the public after a lawful written order of the owner or other authorized person to not enter or remain for a stated reasonable period has been delivered to such person and the person is not otherwise privileged to enter or remain in or upon the property. (Ord. 1166 § 2, 1989)
9.44.060 Throwing objects in public places.
Any person who throws or deposits in any street, sidewalk, footpath, park, or other public place of the city any broken glass, bottles, crockery, nails, or other substance whatsoever whereby the feet or body of any person or beast of burden or property may be injured shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. (Code 1962 § 13-55)
9.44.070 Harmful deception.
It is unlawful for any person knowingly to deceive another (whether by impersonation, misrepresentation, or otherwise) when such deception results in or contributes to the loss, damage, harm, or injury of the person deceived or of a third party, or results in or contributes to the benefit of the deceiver. (Code 1962 § 13-13)
9.44.080 Petit larceny.
Any person who steals any goods, chattels, any government note or bank note or promissory note, bill or exchange, bond, or other thing in action, any book of accounts, order or certificate conveying any money or goods due or to become due or to be delivered, any deed or writing containing a conveyance of land or any interest therein, any bill of sale or writing containing a conveyance of goods or chattels, or any interest therein, or any other valuable contract in force, or any receipt, release, or defeasance, or any writ, process, or public record, the property of another, within the corporate limits, and when the goods, chattels, or other property of another so stolen, taken, and carried away do not exceed in value the sum of $35.00, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, to-wit, petit larceny. (Code 1962 § 13-40)
9.44.090 Receiving stolen property.
It is unlawful for any person to buy, receive, or bring into the city any property which he knows or has good reason to believe has been stolen. (Code 1962 § 13-41)