39-14-104 - Theft of services.
39-14-104. Theft of services.
A person commits theft of services who:
(1) Intentionally obtains services by deception, fraud, coercion, false pretense or any other means to avoid payment for the services;
(2) Having control over the disposition of services to others, knowingly diverts those services to the person's own benefit or to the benefit of another not entitled thereto; or
(3) Knowingly absconds from establishments where compensation for services is ordinarily paid immediately upon the rendering of them, including, but not limited to, hotels, motels and restaurants, without payment or a bona fide offer to pay.
[Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 1.]