Middlesex County Receiving Stolen Property Lawyers

Receiving Stolen Property is a tough crime for the State to prove because people rarely ask the seller or giver of an item to prove proper ownership before they take ownership. However, many people wind up pleading guilty to this charge because they do not have proper representation. The odds of success may increase substantially just by having an attorney that will actually fight the charge. If are are facing a Receiving Stolen Property charge in any court in Middlesex County, call the attorneys that will fight to get you the results you want!

With offices in Woodbridge and East Brunswick, our Middlesex County Receiving Stolen Property defense lawyers are easy to reach. Call now to speak with a tough, smart Middlesex County criminal defense attorney and begin the fight against your charges.

2C:20-7. Receiving Stolen Property
a. Receiving. A person is guilty of theft if he knowingly receives or brings into this State movable property of another knowing that it has been stolen, or believing that it is probably stolen. It is an affirmative defense that the property was received with purpose to restore it to the owner. "Receiving" means acquiring possession, control or title, or lending on the security of the property.

b. Presumption of knowledge. The requisite knowledge or belief is presumed in the case of a person who:

(1) Is found in possession or control of two or more items of property stolen on two or more separate occasions; or

(2) Has received stolen property in another transaction within the year preceding the transaction charged; or

(3) Being a person in the business of buying or selling property of the sort received, acquires the property without having ascertained by reasonable inquiry that the person from whom he obtained it had a legal right to possess and dispose of it ;or

(4) Is found in possession of two or more defaced access devices.