{"data":{"id":"us-pa/18-pa.c.s.-3922","jurisdiction":"us-pa","citation":"18 Pa.C.S. § 3922","heading":"Theft by deception.","body":"(a) Offense defined.--A person is guilty of theft if he intentionally obtains or withholds property of another by deception. A person deceives if he intentionally:\n(1) creates or reinforces a false impression, including false impressions as to law, value, intention or other state of mind; but deception as to a person's intention to perform a promise shall not be inferred from the fact alone that he did not subsequently perform the promise;\n(2) prevents another from acquiring information which would affect his judgment of a transaction; or\n(3) fails to correct a false impression which the deceiver previously created or reinforced, or which the deceiver knows to be influencing another to whom he stands in a fiduciary or confidential relationship.\n(b) Exception.--The term \"deceive\" does not, however, include falsity as to matters having no pecuniary significance, or puffing by statements unlikely to deceive ordinary persons in the group addressed.","path":["Title 18 - CRIMES AND OFFENSES","PART II DEFINITION OF SPECIFIC OFFENSES","ARTICLE C OFFENSES AGAINST PROPERTY","CHAPTER 39 THEFT AND RELATED OFFENSES","SUBCHAPTER B DEFINITION OF OFFENSES"],"source_url":"https://www.palegis.us/statutes/consolidated/view-statute?txtType=HTM\u0026ttl=18\u0026div=0\u0026chpt=39\u0026sctn=22\u0026subsctn=0","current_through":"2026-08-31 (Statute Update stamp, 18 Pa.C.S.)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T16:31:28Z","sha256":"1fd7323a259512466ed9f9481ba80dff9aa1bd95b49857ea10ba17e6e803dade","source_id":"us-pa","stale":false,"prev":"us-pa/18-pa.c.s.-3921","next":"us-pa/18-pa.c.s.-3922.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}