Any mortgagor, conditional sales contract vendee, pledgor or debtor under a security agreement of personal property, or his or her legal representative, who, while such mortgage, security agreement or conditional sales contract remains in force and unsatisfied, conceals, sells or in any manner disposes of such property, or any part thereof, or removes such property, or any part thereof, beyond the limits of the county, or materially injures or willfully destroys such property, or any part thereof, without the written consent of the holder of such mortgage or conditional sales contract, secured party or pledgee under a security agreement shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a Class D3 felony offense if the value of the property is One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or more and shall be punished by imprisonment as provided for in subsections B through F of Section 20P of this title, or by a fine of not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00). If the value of the property is less than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), the person shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding one (1) year, or by a fine not exceeding Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00). Provided, however, the writing containing the consent of the holder of the mortgage or conditional sales contract, secured party or pledgee under a security agreement, as before specified, shall be the only competent evidence of such consent, unless it appears that such writing has been lost or destroyed.

R.L. 1910, § 2755; Amended Laws 1957, HB 585, p. 166, § 1, emerg. eff. March 6, 1957; Amended by Laws 1965, SB 193, c. 105, § 1; Amended by Laws 1997, HB 1213, c. 133, § 421 (effective date amended 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 June 19, 1998) (superseded document available); Amended by Laws 1999, 1st Extr.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, § 307, emerg. eff. July 1, 1999 (superseded document available); Amended by Laws, HB 2751, c. 221, § 20, eff. November 1, 2016 (superseded document available); Amended by Laws 2025, HB 2104, c. 486, § 700, eff. January 1, 2026 (superseded document available).