Legal Question in Criminal Law in Virginia

Taking Coupons

Is it illegal to take coupons stuck to products sitting on the shelf at stores even if I am not buying them? Is this considered stealing?


Asked on 4/14/08, 10:50 am

1 Answer from Attorneys

Michael Hendrickson Law Office Michael E. Hendrickson

Re: Taking Coupons

Yes, if the coupons are meant to go with the attached product when it is purchased by the consumer, the taking you've described could be technically considered as a kind of larceny(theft).

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Answered on 4/14/08, 9:02 pm


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