Theft

It is the policy of the Simsbury Public Library that no Library materials may be taken from the Library building unless those materials have been properly checked out or other authorization for removal has been given. Taking Library materials without authorization will be considered and treated as theft, as defined by the Connecticut State Statues (53A – 119, No. 12).

The Library may restrict the borrowing privileges and Library usage of any individual who commits or attempts to commit Library theft. Serious cases may be referred to the Simsbury Police.

Connecticut State Statues, Penal Code: Offenses

(12) Library theft.

A person is guilty of Library theft when (A) he conceals on his person or among his belongings a book or other archival Library materials, belonging to, or deposited in, a Library facility with the intention of removing the same from the Library facility without authority or without authority removes a book or other archival Library materials from such Library facility or (B) he mutilates a book or other archival Library materials belonging to or deposited in, a Library facility, so as to render it unusable or reduce its value. The term “book or other archival Library materials” includes any book, plate, picture, photograph, engraving, painting, drawings, map, manuscript, document, letter, public record, microform, sound recording, audiovisual material in any format, magnetic or other tape, electronic data-processing record, artifact or other documentary, thereof, belonging to, on load to, or otherwise in the custody of Library facility. The term “Library facility” includes any public Library, any Library of an educational institution, organization or society, any museum, any repository of public records and any archives.