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Article #11233Re: Total garage - non payment and taking thumbprints....??
From: Tom of Bunyon
Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2002 04:57
Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2002 04:57
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> As long as there was no deliberate intention not to pay then all the person > who filled up has to do is leave the registration number of the car and > his/her adddress and name, adding a thumbprint is just another level of > security for the petrol station, but the driver doesn't have to agree to it. > If the police are called there will be no power to arrest the person because > they have given their details and stated an intention to come back and pay. In the U.S. there is - you're obligated to determine beforehand your ability to pay before you obtain the gas. These type of laws actually came about from the depression-era practice of getting a restaurant meal, then saying you don't have money but you'll wash dishes for so many hours. Too many restaurants were getting choked out of business because they had more dishwashers than dirty dishes, so states passed laws making it "theft by deception" (Georgia) to obtain a service/product and then not have money to pay. In Georgia the gas station can call the police (if you leave before they arrive they will chase you down), and the person is written a summons to appear before a Judge for the crime. The Judge usually imposes a fine ($100 or so here). If you DO leave they issue an arrest warrant, and then the fine will be more like $500, plus you spend overnight in Jail and have to post a Bail Bond to get out. No provision is made whatsoever for the person to leave a "promise to pay" at the gas station.
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