§ 62-273. Embezzlement of C.O.D. shipments.
§ 62‑273. Embezzlement of C.O.D. shipments.
Household goods received by any motor carrier to be transported inintrastate commerce and delivered upon collection on such delivery andremittance to the shipper of the sum of money stated in the shipping instructionsto be collected and remitted to the shipper, and the money collected upondelivery of such party, are hereby declared to be held in trust by any carrierhaving possession thereof or the carrier making the delivery or collection, andupon failure of any such carrier to account for the household goods soreceived, either to the shipper to whom the collection is payable or thecarrier making delivery to any carrier handling the household goods or makingthe collection, within 15 days after demand in writing by the shipper, orcarrier, or upon failure of the delivering carrier to remit the sum so directedto be collected and remitted to the shipper, within 15 days after collection ismade, shall be prima facie evidence that the household goods so received, orthe funds so received, have been wilfully converted by such carrier to its ownuse, and the carrier so offending shall be guilty of a Class H felony and suchcarrier may be indicted, tried, and punished in the county in which suchshipment was delivered to the carrier or in any other county into or throughwhich such shipment was transported by such carrier. (1947, c. 1008, s. 33; 1963, c. 1165, s. 1; 1993, c.539, s. 1277; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c); 1995, c. 523, s. 26.)