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Question: If I drive my mom's car without her knowing and get caught what would happen?

Answer: If you mean that you have taken your mom's car without her permission, Arizona Revised Statutes 13-1803 would call this the crime of "unlawful use of means of transportation." This means the taking of a person's car without their permission, without intending to steal or keep it.

It would be just a great a crime to take your parents' car without their permission as to take any other person's car, even a complete stranger.

This crime in Arizona is a Class 5 Felony, which is punishable by up to 1 1/2 years in jail.

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On 07/29/03
chondra from IL said:
what would happen if you get caught driving without no permit
On 05/30/03
Megan from CA said:
What would happen is Someone was to take their parents car out without a license or provisional permit, and got pulled over...at age 16?
On 05/17/03
KEVIN from NY said:
IM 16 CAN I DRIVE A CAR WITH A PERMIT BUT I HAVE NO LICENSE YET
On 05/06/03
Brandi from FL said:
If i'm driving with my mom in the pasenger seat back where consrtuction workers are building house not on the main street and the police caught me driving with out a permit and i'm only 14 what will happened
On 08/29/02
Donivan from WV said:
I ain't proud of it but I took my parent's vehile out joyriding with a friend and let my friend drive and he wreched it.I had a learners permit at the time.I just got a seitation for taking a vehicle without permission and didn't get jailtime or anything because my parent's didn't press charges.I now hold a 16 year old's drivers license because a kind cop gave me a break.The West Virginia DMV says that a minor has to have 2 seitations in a year to lose their license or permit and I only had one.I am so grateful because now I have a job and am paying high car insurance because my friend wecked.
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