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; or
(5)Is found in possession
of property of a cargo carrier without proper documentation or other evidence
of right to possession.
amended