XPost: alt.true-crime, aus.legal, misc.legal   
   XPost: uk.legal   
   From: reality@check.it   
      
   "Bob Ferguson"  wrote in message   
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   > "¦ Reality Check© ¦"  wrote in message   
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   >> "james"  wrote in message   
   >> news:MF72m.1929$NF6.1565@nwrddc02.gnilink.net...   
   >>> If A lends money to B and B does not pay it back. When the statue of   
   >>> limitation runs out, A can no longer sue B for the money. But can A   
   >>> still claim that B owes him money, like by telling B's friends,   
   >>> neighbors, and co-workers, to shame B into paying back the loan?   
   >>>   
   >>> If a thief steals a famous painting, can he hide it for a few years   
   >>> until statue of limitation runs out, and then take it out and sell it   
   >>> openly and legally?   
   >>   
   >> And where will the statue run to? Ellis island ?   
   >>   
   >   
   > Your incorrect spelling of "neighbours" gives you away as a foreigner.   
   >   
   > UK law has no statute of limitations as such and a stolen painting remains   
   > a stolen painting (with a few exceptions).  The nearest that there is to   
   > any statute of limitations is that a creditor cannot normally pursue a   
   > debt through the courts once 6 years (used to be 2 years) have elapsed   
   > from the last occasion on which the debt was acknowledged by the debtor.   
   >   
   > The US (and other jurisdictions) famously has a statute of limitations   
   > after which stolen property ceases to be stolen.   
      
   Bullshit.   
      
   In the U$A, the statute of limitations applies in criminal cases to the time   
   limit that the government must prosecute once they are aware a crime   
   has been comitted.   
      
   In civil cases it applies to the time limit for bringing action from the   
   original tort.   
      
   There is no statute -- or even statue -- regarding the stolen property   
   itself.   
   It is and shall always remain that of the original  lawful owner, or his   
   assignees,   
   no matter how many times it's been resold by the thief and subsequent   
   innocent parties.   
      
   i.e. if a stolen car is sold 10 times over 10 years to 10 different innocent   
   unknowing   
   purchasers, the last one caught with the stolen property is subject to   
   having it seized   
   and returned to the original owner -- or his insurance company, estate,   
   assignees. etc.   
      
   Innocent purchaser #10 must then sue innocent seller #9 for their damages,   
   who then   
   sues seller #8, and so on, and so on.   
      
      
      
   >  However, many thieves make the mistake of assuming that the time runs   
   > from the time of the theft when it actually runs from when the theft is   
   > first reported.  I believe that the time varies from state to state.   
      
   The criminal statute of limitations usually runs from the time the   
   Government   
   is aware that a crime has taken place. Certain actions by the criminals can   
   toll   
   -- stop the clock -- the statute thereby extending the time the Government   
   has,   
   such as:, fleeing the jurisdiction of the crime.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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