2012-39 AMENDING CITY CODE - CHAPTER 73 - OFFENSES

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Chapter 73 mail, to the lessee at the address given by the lessee and shown in the leasing agreement shall constitute property demand; or (9) Remove or attempt to remove any theft detection device with the intention of depriving the merchant permanently of the possession, use or benefit of any merchandise displayed, held, stored or offered for sale in a retail mercantile establishment without paying the full retail value of such merchandise. C. A person is presumed to have possessed, carried away or transferred merchandise with the intention of retaining it or with the intention of depriving the merchant permanently of the possession, use or benefit of such merchandise if such person: (1) Conceals upon his/her person or among his/her belongings, unpurchased merchandise displayed, held, stored or offered for sale in a retail mercantile establishment; and (2) Removes that merchandise beyond the last known station for receiving payments for merchandise in that retail mercantile establishment without paying the full retail value of such merchandise. D. Any merchant who has reasonable grounds to believe that a person has committed retail theft may detain such person, on or off the premises of a retail mercantile establishment, in a reasonable manner and for a reasonable length of time for all or any of the following purposes: (1) to request identification; (2) to verify such identification; (3) to make reasonable inquiry as to whether such person has in his/her possession unpurchased merchandise and, to make reasonable investigation of the ownership of such merchandise;