Can you simply pick fruit that grows on the side of the road? The law has a clear answer
Anyone who nevertheless accesses can fulfill the offence of "theft of low-value objects" according to § 248a of the Penal Code.
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Theft, reporting, fine: The legal consequences of picking fruit As the theft of "low-value things" the act applies if the value of the fruit is less than 50 euros. “This is a so-called application offense, which is prosecuted only on express criminal application,” emphasises Bahr. Also scattered orchards are not open-air buffets, but often belong to private individuals, clubs or municipalities.
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Theft, reporting, fine: The legal consequences of picking fruit As the theft of "low-value things" the act applies if the value of the fruit is less than 50 euros. “This is a so-called application offense, which is prosecuted only on express criminal application,” emphasises Bahr.
according to Frankfurter Rundschau +1Also scattered orchards are not open-air buffets, but often belong to private individuals, clubs or municipalities.
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