Section 164.162 - Mail theft or receipt of stolen mail(1) A person commits the crime of mail theft or receipt of stolen mail if the person intentionally: (a) Takes or, by fraud or deception, obtains mail from a post office, postal station, mail receptacle, authorized depository or mail carrier;(b) Takes from mail any article contained therein;(c) Secretes, embezzles or destroys mail or any article contained therein;(d) Takes or, by fraud or deception, obtains mail that has been delivered to or left for collection on or adjacent to a mail receptacle or authorized depository; or(e) Buys, receives, conceals or possesses mail or any article contained therein knowing that the mail or article has been unlawfully taken or obtained.(2) Mail theft or receipt of stolen mail is a Class C felony.1999 c.920 §2; 2008 c. 14, § 10; 2009 c. 660, §§ 9, 14