TITLE 18

CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS

CHAPTER 31

FALSE PRETENSES, CHEATS AND MISREPRESENTATIONS

18-3128.  Penalty for violation. (1) Any person found guilty of a violation of section 18-3124, 18-3125A or 18-3127, Idaho Code, is guilty of a misdemeanor. In the event that the retail value of the goods obtained or attempted to be obtained through any violation of the provisions of section 18-3124, 18-3125A or 18-3127, Idaho Code, exceeds three hundred dollars ($300), any such violation will constitute a felony, and will be punished as provided in this section. Any person found guilty of a violation of section 18-3125, 18-3126 or 18-3126A, Idaho Code, is guilty of a felony.

(2)  For purposes of this section, the punishment for a misdemeanor shall be a fine of up to one thousand dollars ($1,000) or up to one (1) year in the county jail, or both such fine and imprisonment.

(3)  For purposes of this section, the punishment for a felony shall be a fine of up to fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) or imprisonment in the state prison not exceeding five (5) years, or both such fine and imprisonment.

History:

[(18-3128) 18-3127, added 1981, ch. 164, sec. 6, p. 290; am. 1982, ch. 100, sec. 1, p. 279; am. 1991, ch. 331, sec. 6, p. 859; am. 1994, ch. 132, sec. 3, p. 304; am. and redesig. 1999, ch. 124, sec. 5, p. 364; am. 2002, ch. 72, sec. 3, p. 160; am. 2005, ch. 219, sec. 2, p. 695; am. 2007, ch. 33, sec. 4, p. 77.]