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Wichita Auto Theft Laws Chapter 5.12 Automobiles 5.12.020 Taking, etc., without owner’s or operator’s permission It is unlawful for any person to operate, take or remove any automobile or other motor vehicle from the place where left by the owner or person in charge thereof without first having obtained permission from the owner or person in charge thereof to operate, take or remove such automobile or other motor vehicle. 5.42.080 Criminal Deprivation of Property (Use 5.42.080 (b) ordinance to charge with joy riding) (a)    Criminal Deprivation of property is obtaining or exerting unauthorized control over property, with intent to deprive the owner of the temporary use thereof, without the owner’s consent but not with intent of depriving the owner permanently of the possession, use or benefit of such property.  Nothing herein shall prohibit the removal in a lawful manner, by towing or otherwise, of personal property unlawfully placed or left upon real property. (b)   Any person convicted of criminal deprivation of a motor vehicle, as defined in K.S.A. 8-1437 and amendments thereto, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be sentenced as follows: upon a first conviction, a person shall be sentenced to not less than 30 days nor more than one year’s imprisonment and fined not less than $100.  Upon second or subsequent conviction a person shall be sentenced to not less than 60 days nor more than one year’s imprisonment, and fined not less than $200. The person convicted shall not be eligible for release on probation, suspension or reduction of sentence or parole until the person has served the minimum mandatory sentence as provided herein. The mandatory provisions of this subsection shall not apply to any person where such application would result in a manifest injustice. (c)    Any Person convicted of criminal deprivation of property that is not a motor vehicle, as define in K.S.A. 8-1437, and amendments thereto, is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be sentenced as follows: upon a first conviction, a person shall be sentenced to a fine not to exceed two thousand five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Upon a second or subsequent conviction, a person shall be sentenced to not less than 30 days imprisonment and fined not less than $100. Except that the provisions of this section relating to a second or subsequent conviction shall not apply to any person where such application would result in a manifest injustice. Chapter 5.66 Property 5.66.010 Criminal damage to property 1.      It is unlawful for any person within the corporate limits of the city in any manner whatsoever to: (a)   Willfully injure, damage, mutilate, deface, destroy, or substantially impair the use of nay property, public or private, in which another has an interest and without the consent of such other person: or (b)  injure, damage, mutilate, deface, destroy, or substantially impair the use of any property, public or private, with intent to injure or defraud an insurer or leinholder.   2.    Subsection (1) shall apply to the extent that the property damaged is of a value of less than five hundred dollars, or is of the value of five hundred dollars or more and is damaged to the extent of less than five hundred dollars.1 Row 1]