Any person who shall unlawfully take any crude oil or gasoline, or any product thereof, from any pipe, pipeline, tank, tank car, or other receptacle or container and any person who shall unlawfully take or cause to be taken any machinery, drilling mud, equipment or other materials necessary for the drilling or production of oil or gas wells, with intent to deprive the owner or lessee thereof of said crude oil, gas, gasoline, or any product thereof, machinery, drilling mud, equipment or other materials necessary for the drilling or production of oil or gas wells shall:
1. Be guilty of a misdemeanor if the value of said product so taken is less than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or by imprisonment in the county jail for a term not to exceed sixty (60) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment;
2. Be guilty of a felony if the value of such product so taken is One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or more and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by forfeiture of the instrumentality of the crime and by a fine of not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00), and not more than Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00), or by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary for a term in the range of one (1) year to ten (10) years, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Added by Laws 1925, c. 105, p. 153, § 2. Amended by Laws 1937, p. 14, § 1; Laws 1982, c. 219, § 2, emerg. eff. April 29, 1982; Laws 1982, c. 277, § 5, operative Oct. 1, 1982; Laws 1993, c. 147, § 8, eff. Sept. 1, 1993; Laws 1993, c. 288, § 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1993; Laws 1997, c. 133, § 400, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex. Sess., c. 5, § 292, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 2001, c. 437, § 12, eff. July 1, 2001; State Question No. 780, Initiative Petition No. 404, § 8, adopted at General Election held on November 8, 2016, eff. July 1, 2017.
NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 400 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.