Any person who shall unlawfully take any crude oil or gasoline, or any product thereof, from any pipe, pipeline, tank, tank car, or other receptacle or container and any person who shall unlawfully take or cause to be taken any machinery, drilling mud, equipment or other materials necessary for the drilling or production of oil or gas wells, with intent to deprive the owner or lessee thereof of said crude oil, gas, gasoline, or any product thereof, machinery, drilling mud, equipment or other materials necessary for the drilling or production of oil or gas wells shall:

1. 1. Be guilty of a misdemeanor if the value of said product so taken is less than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or by imprisonment in the county jail for a term not to exceed sixty (60) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment;
2. 2. Be guilty of a Class C2 felony offense if the value of such product so taken is One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or more and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by forfeiture of the instrumentality of the crime and by a fine of not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00), and not more than Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00), or by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary for a term in the range of one (1) year to ten (10) years, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

Laws 1925, HB 84, c. 107, § 2; Amended by Laws 1937, HB 66, c. 15, § 1; Amended by Laws 1982, HB 1665, c. 219, § 2, emerg. eff. April 29, 1982; Amended by Laws 1982, HB 1137, c. 277, § 5, eff. October 1, 1982; Amended by Laws 1993, HB 1823, c. 147, § 8, eff. September 1, 1993; Amended by Laws 1993, SB 266, c. 288, § 4, eff. September 1, 1993; Amended by Laws 1997, HB 1213, c. 133, § 400 (effective date changed to July 1, 1999 by Laws 1998, 1st Extr. Sess., HB 1002, c. 2, §§ 23-26, emerg. eff. June 19, 1998) (superseded document available); Amended by Laws 1999, 1st Extr. Sess., HB 1009, c. 5, § 292, emerg. eff. July 1, 1999 (superseded document available); Amended by Laws 2001, SB 397, c. 437, § 12, emerg. eff. July 1, 2001 (superseded document available); Amended by Section 8, State Question 780, Initiative Petition 404, adopted at election held November 8, 2016, effective July 1, 2017 (superseded document available); Amended by Laws 2025, HB 2104, c. 486, § 255, eff. January 1, 2026 (superseded document available).