C:20-6. Theft of property lost, mislaid, or delivered by mistake
A person who comes into control of property of another that he knows
to have been lost, mislaid, or delivered under a mistake as to the
nature or amount of the property or the identity of the recipient is
guilty of theft if, knowing the identity of the owner and with purpose
to deprive said owner thereof, he converts the property to his own use.
L.1978, c. 95, s. 2C:20-6, eff. Sept. 1, 1979.
