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    Default Shoplifting

    Hi i caugth shoplifting in colorado but they didnot call the police and they told me that i will not go to the court but they give me the demand of civil to pay within 10 days which about 250$. That mean that i will not go to the court. Thanks

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    Default Re: Shoplifting

    Yes, if you pay your civil demand, they will not take you to court.

    If you don't pay it, they will.

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    Default Re: Shoplifting

    is the civil demand the same as the restitution charge that they make you pay?

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    Yes, it's the same.

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    Quote Quoting LawResearcherMissy
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    Yes, if you pay your civil demand, they will not take you to court.

    If you don't pay it, they will.
    Actually, in some states the retailer may make the Civil Demand, and charge you criminally. In others, they can do one or the other.

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    is the civil demand the same as the restitution charge that they make you pay?
    The previous answer was wrong. Civil demand and restitution are two totally different things!

    Civil demand is an action the the retailer brings against you directly. Hence the use of the term "civil".

    Restitution is the court ordered reimbursement, payable by you to the court. Then the court forwards it to the retailer/victim.

    The "demand" is a civil proceeding. "Restitution" is a part of the criminal proceeding.

    Yes, most cases of prosecuted shopliftings result in BOTH. You get to pay the demand AND restitution!

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    Quote Quoting LawResearcherMissy
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    Yes, if you pay your civil demand, they will not take you to court.

    If you don't pay it, they will.
    In that SPECIFIC instance such is the case. In my 'hood we always do both.....

    .....you get the civil demand and we prosecute. AND sometimes you get ordered to pay restitution, even if we did make a 100% recovery of the stolen stuff.

    All depends on the "mood" of the court............

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    Default Re: Shoplifting

    I keep reading these posts that say the retailer makes civil demand, and if you pay it then they won't prosecute criminally. If you don't pay, then they press charges. First of all, this is basically retail extortion. (or is blackmail a better word?) It is against the law for a retailer to tell you to pay the civil demand or else.... Does the retailer have to answer to charges for this?

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    Default Re: Shoplifting

    Ask that question in your own thread, and identify your state.

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    Actually, in some states the retailer may make the Civil Demand, and charge you criminally. In others, they can do one or the other.
    I only answered for the querant's situation, in which he was specifically told that if he paid the civil demand, they wouldn't take him to court.

    The answer certainly isn't meant to cover all shoplifting incidents everywhere.

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