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Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-129 (2025)

Misapplication of property: Class A misdemeanor

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(a) A person is guilty of misapplication of property when, knowingly possessing personal property of another pursuant to an agreement that the same will be returned to the owner at a future time, he loans, leases, pledges, pawns or otherwise encumbers such property without the consent of the owner thereof in such manner as to create a risk that the owner will not be able to recover it or will suffer pecuniary loss.

(b) In any prosecution under this section, it shall be a defense that, at the time the prosecution was commenced, (1) the defendant had recovered possession of the property, unencumbered as a result of the unlawful disposition, and (2) the owner had suffered no material economic loss as a result of the unlawful disposition.

(c) Misapplication of property is a class A misdemeanor.

(1969, P.A. 828, S. 131.)

Cited. 180 C. 662; 194 C. 223.

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Cited in 2 cases, 1980–1984 · leading case: State v. Ballas, 433 A.2d 989 (Conn. 1980).
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State v. Ballas, 433 A.2d 989 (Conn. 1980). · cites it 5× “First, the defendant claims error in the trial court’s refusal to instruct the jury on misapplication of property in violation of General Statutes § 53a-129 4 as a lesser included offense.”
State v. Smith, 479 A.2d 814 (Conn. 1984). · cites it 2× “, General Statutes § 53a-119 (larceny includes “intent to deprive another of property”); General Statutes § 53a-127 (a) (fraudulent procurement of the benefit of the labor of a state employee for oneself “or another”); General Statutes § 53a-129 (misapplication of “personal…”
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