Section 35-43-4-1 - Definitions(a) As used in this chapter, "exert control over property" means to obtain, take, carry, drive, lead away, conceal, abandon, sell, convey, encumber, or possess property, or to secure, transfer, or extend a right to property.(b) Under this chapter, a person's control over property of another person is "unauthorized" if it is exerted:(1) without the other person's consent;(2) in a manner or to an extent other than that to which the other person has consented;(3) by transferring or encumbering other property while failing to disclose a lien, adverse claim, or other legal impediment to the enjoyment of that other property;(4) by creating or confirming a false impression in the other person;(5) by failing to correct a false impression that the person knows is influencing the other person, if the person stands in a relationship of special trust to the other person;(6) by promising performance that the person knows will not be performed;(7) by expressing an intention to damage the property or impair the rights of any other person; or(8) by transferring or reproducing: (B) a live performance; without consent of the owner of the master recording or the live performance, with intent to distribute the reproductions for a profit.
(c) As used in this chapter, "receiving" means acquiring possession or control of or title to property, or lending on the security of property.Amended by P.L. 32-2021,SEC. 95, eff. 7/1/2021.As added by Acts1976 , P.L. 148, SEC.3. Amended by Acts1977 , P.L. 340, SEC.44; Acts1979 , P.L. 300, SEC.1; P.L. 180-1991, SEC.7.