Retail theft definition
Retail theft means the taking possession of or carrying away of merchandise, money, or negotiable documents; altering or removing a label or price tag; transferring merchandise from one container to an- other; or removing a shopping cart, with intent to deprive the merchant of possession, use, benefit, or full retail value.
Retail theft means a crime or crimes, in California, that meets all of the following requirements:
Retail theft means the alteration, transfer, or removal of any label, price tag, marking, indicia of value or any other markings which aid in the determination of value of any merchandise displayed, held, stored, or offered for sale, in a retail mercantile establishment, for the purpose of attempting to purchase such merchandise either personally or in consort with another, at less than the retail value with the intention of depriving the merchant of the value of such merchandise.