A. 
A person commits the offense of property damage if:
1. 
He/she knowingly damages property of another; or
2. 
He/she damages property for the purpose of defrauding an insurer.
A. 
A person commits the offense of trespass if he/she knowingly enters unlawfully or knowingly remains unlawfully in a building or inhabitable structure or upon real property.
B. 
A person does not commit the offense of trespass by entering or remaining upon real property unless the real property is fenced or otherwise enclosed in a manner designed to exclude intruders or as to which notice against trespass is given by:
1. 
Actual communication to the actor; or
2. 
Posting in a manner reasonably likely to come to the attention of intruders.
In addition to the posting of real property as set forth in Section 215.250 the owner or lessee of any real property may post the property by placing identifying purple paint marks on trees or posts around the area to be posted. Each paint mark shall be a vertical line of at least eight (8) inches in length and the bottom of the mark shall be no less than three (3) feet nor more than five (5) feet high. Such paint marks shall be placed no more than one hundred (100) feet apart and shall be readily visible to any person approaching the property. Property so posted is to be considered posted for all purposes, and any unauthorized entry upon the property is trespass.
A. 
A person commits the offense of tampering if he:
1. 
Tampers with property of another for the purpose of causing substantial inconvenience to that person or to another; or
2. 
Unlawfully rides in or upon another's automobile, airplane, motorcycle, motorboat or other motor-propelled vehicle; or
3. 
Tampers or makes connection with property of a utility; or
4. 
Tampers with, or causes to be tampered with, any meter or other property of an electric, gas, steam or water utility, the effect of which tampering is either:
a. 
To prevent the proper measuring of electric, gas, steam or water service; or
b. 
To permit the diversion of any electric, gas, steam or water service.
B. 
In any prosecution under Subparagraph (4) of Subsection (A), proof that a meter or any other property of a utility has been tampered with, and the person or persons accused received the use or direct benefit of the electric, gas, steam or water service, with one or more of the effects described in Subparagraph (4) of Subsection (A), shall be sufficient to support an inference which the trial court may submit to the trier of fact, from which the trier of fact may conclude that there has been a violation of such subdivision by the person or persons who use or receive the direct benefit of the electric, gas, steam or water service.
A. 
A person commits the offense of stealing if he/she appropriates property or services of another with the purpose to deprive him thereof, either without his/her consent or by means of deceit or coercion.
B. 
Evidence of the following is admissible in any prosecution under this Section on the issue of the requisite knowledge or belief of the alleged stealer:
1. 
That he/she failed or refused to pay for property or services of a hotel, restaurant, inn or boarding house;
2. 
That he/she gave in payment for property or services of a hotel, restaurant, inn or boarding house a check or negotiable paper on which payment was refused;
3. 
That he/she left the hotel, restaurant, inn or boardinghouse with the intent to not pay for property or services;
4. 
That he/she surreptitiously removed or attempted to remove his/her baggage from a hotel, inn or boardinghouse.
A. 
A person commits the offense of passing a bad check when:
1. 
With purpose to defraud, he/she makes, issues or passes a check or other similar sight order for the payment of money, knowing that it will not be paid by the drawee; or
2. 
He/she makes, issues, or passes a check or other similar sight order for the payment of money, knowing that there are insufficient funds in his/her account and fails to pay the check or sight order within ten (10) days after receiving actual notice in writing that it has not been paid because of insufficient funds or credit with the drawee or because there is no such drawee.
B. 
As used in Subparagraph (2) of Subsection (A) of this Section, actual notice in writing means notice of the nonpayment which is actually received by the defendant. Such notice may include the service of summons or warrant upon the defendant for the initiation of the prosecution of the check or checks which are the subject matter of the prosecution if the summons or warrant contains information of the ten (10) day period during which the instrument may be paid and that payment of the instrument within such ten (10) day period will result in dismissal of the charges. The requirement of notice shall also be satisfied for written communications which are tendered to the defendant and which the defendant refuses to accept.
C. 
The face amounts of any bad checks passed pursuant to one course of conduct within any ten (10) day period may be aggregated in determining the grade of the offense.
D. 
Passing bad checks is a misdemeanor, when the face amount of the check or sight order or the aggregated amounts is less than one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00).
A. 
A person commits the offense of receiving stolen property if for the purpose of depriving the owner of a lawful interest therein, he/she receives, retains or disposes of property of another knowing that it has been stolen, or believing that it has been stolen.
B. 
Evidence of the following is admissible in any criminal prosecution under this Section to prove the requisite knowledge or belief of the alleged receiver:
1. 
That he/she was found in possession or control of other property stolen on separate occasions from two or more persons;
2. 
That he/she received other stolen property in another transaction within the year preceding the transaction charged;
3. 
That he/she acquired the stolen property for a consideration which he/she knew was far below its reasonable value.
[Ord. No. 280 §§1 — 3, 6-4-1987]
A. 
It shall be unlawful hereafter for any person to construct any improvements, structures, permanent or temporary, on easements of the City of Hollister without the written approval of the Board of Aldermen.
B. 
Violation of this Section shall be treated as a violation and shall be punishable by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00), or ninety (90) days in jail, and each day's continued encroachment upon the easement shall be considered and deemed a separate violation.
C. 
"Easements" in this Article shall mean sewer easements, water line easements, easements for roads, streets or alleys, and any other easements in which the people of the City of Hollister, through its City Government, has recorded title. Any use now made of easements shall be considered by the Board of Aldermen upon request of the landowner or citizen, and unless a request is made for the continuation of such obstruction, encroachment or use of sewer, water and street easements as are now being made by private landowners, then thirty (30) days from the enactment of this Section (June 14, 1987) such encroachments shall be deemed a violation and so treated.