§67.13. Theft or criminal access of an automated teller machine
A.(1) Theft of an automated teller machine is the misappropriation or taking of an
automated teller machine which belongs to another without the consent of the other to the
misappropriation or taking with the intent to deprive the owner permanently of the automated
teller machine or its contents.
(2) Criminal access of an automated teller machine is the intentional destroying,
damaging, impairing, tampering with, or otherwise rendering inoperable of an automated
teller machine belonging to another with the intent to steal currency or personal financial
information of another, regardless of the pecuniary loss.
B. For purposes of this Section, "automated teller machine" means an electronic
information processing device located in this state which accepts or dispenses cash in
connection with an account or credit card.
C. Whoever violates the provisions of this Section shall be imprisoned with or
without hard labor for not less than five years nor more than ten years, and may, in addition,
be required to pay a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars. Restitution shall be ordered
pursuant to Code of Criminal Procedure Article 883.2.
Acts 2023, No. 218, §1.