Defrauding an innkeeper.

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A person who, with intent to defraud, procures food or accommodations from a public establishment without making payment therefor in accordance with his or her agreement with the public establishment is guilty of a misdemeanor if the total amount due under the agreement is one thousand dollars or less and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than ninety days, or by both the fine and imprisonment; and, if the amount due under the agreement is more than one thousand dollars, the person commits a class 6 felony and shall be punished as provided in section 18-1.3-401.

Source: L. 2017: Entire article added with relocations, (HB 17-1245), ch. 240, p. 986, § 1, effective August 9.

Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 12-44-102 as it existed prior to 2017.


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