Criminal Conversion

- Sec. 3. (a) A person who knowingly or intentionally exerts unauthorized control over property of another person commits criminal conversion, a Class A misdemeanor.
- (b) The offense under subsection (a) is a Level 6 felony if committed by a person who exerts unauthorized control over the motor vehicle of another person with the intent to use the motor vehicle to assist the person in the commission of a crime.
- (c) The offense under subsection (a) is a Level 5 felony if:
- (1) committed by a person who exerts unauthorized control over the motor vehicle of another person; and
- (2) the person uses the motor vehicle to assist the person in the commission of a felony.
- (d) The offense under subsection (a) is a Level 6 felony if:
- (1) the person acquires the property by lease;
- (2) the property is a motor vehicle;
- (3) the person signs a written agreement to return the property to a specified location within a specified time; and
- (4) the person fails to return the property:
- (A) within thirty (30) days after the specified time; or
- (B) within three (3) days after a written demand for return of the property is either:
- (i) personally served on the person; or
- (ii) sent by registered mail to the person’s address that is provided by the person in the written agreement.