[Adopted 11-8-1974 as Ch. 11, Art. 7, Div. 2, of the 1974 Code]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
SHOPLIFTING
Includes any one or more of the following acts:
A. 
The removal of goods, wares or merchandise displayed for sale from the immediate place of display or from any other place within the establishment, with intent to appropriate such goods, wares or merchandise to the use of the person so taking, or to deprive the owner of the use, the value or the possession thereof without paying to the owner the value of such goods, wares or merchandise.
B. 
The concealment of any goods, wares or merchandise displayed for sale with the intent as specified in Subsection A above.
C. 
The alteration, removal or otherwise disfigurement of any label, price tag or marking upon any goods, wares or merchandise displayed for sale with the intent as specified in Subsection A above.
D. 
The transfer of any goods, wares or merchandise displayed for sale from a container in which the same shall be displayed or packaged to any other container with the intent as specified in Subsection A above.
Any person willfully concealing unpurchased merchandise of any store or other mercantile establishment, outside the premises of such store or other mercantile establishment, shall be prima facie presumed to have so concealed such merchandise with the intention of converting such merchandise to his own use without paying the purchase price thereof within the meaning of § 198-8. The finding of such merchandise concealed upon the person or among the belongings of such person, outside of such store or other mercantile establishment, shall be prima facie evidence of willful concealment. If such person conceals or causes to be concealed such merchandise upon the person or among the belongings of another, the finding of the same shall also be prima facie evidence of willful concealment on the part of the person so concealing such merchandise on another.
For the purposes of this article, a merchant or store supervisor over 25 years of age who has probable cause for believing that a person has willfully concealed unpurchased merchandise or has committed shoplifting may, for the purpose of summoning a law enforcement officer, take the person into custody and detain him in a reasonable manner on the premises for a reasonable time.
A merchant or store supervisor over 25 years of age who detains or causes the arrest of any person under this division shall not be held civilly liable for assault, trespass, unlawful detention, defamation of character, malicious persecution, invasion of civil rights, false imprisonment or false arrest of the person so detained or arrested, provided that in detaining or in causing the arrest of such person, the merchant or store supervisor had, at the time of such detention or arrest, probable cause to believe that the person committed the crime of shoplifting as defined in this division.