[Adopted 2-25-2015 by Ord. No. 317 as Ch. 14, Art. I, of the 2015 Pittsfield
Charter Township Code]
This article shall hereafter be known and may be cited as the
Pittsfield Charter Township "Retail Fraud Ordinance."
A person who does any of the following in a store or in its
immediate vicinity is guilty of retail fraud, a misdemeanor:
A.
While a store is open to the public, alters, transfers, removes and
replaces, conceals, or otherwise misrepresents the price at which
property is offered for sale, with the intent not to pay for the property
or to pay less than the price at which the property is offered for
sale.
B.
While a store is open to the public, steals property of the store
that is offered for sale.
C.
With intent to defraud, obtains or attempts to obtain money or property
from the store as a refund or exchange for property that was not paid
for and belongs to the store.
