Open Robbery [gezel] and Surreptitious Theft [geneivah]
For rules of payment of a Fine if an item is stolen from a Guardian and the Guardian has paid the owner for it, see the individual guardians listed in Acquisition.
Liability of two partners who steal jointly: Bava Metzia 8a
Whether theft of an object discovered by a cheresh, shoteh or Minor is considered theft; Related Rabbinic Institution to Protect Peace: Bava Metzia 12a
Theft were "sharing" of items is commonly recognized: R. Succah 45a "Ve'Ochlin" [See Tos.]
Whether one may be whipped for theft, or not: Makkot 16a
Theft of an item which is worth less than a minimal coin [Perutah]: Eruvin 62a
Theft of an item on Shabbat [when acquisitions do not occur]: Eruvin 88a
Gd always sees theft: Bava Metzia 59a
The interrelationship between prohibitions against lending on interest, stealing, and overcharging: Bava Metzia 61a-b
Laws specific to Acts of Surreptitious Theft [Geneivah]
Withholding salary from a stealing employee: Berachot 5b Joint-Violation in stealing, and slaughtering and selling a stolen animal: Shabbat 93b
One is liable for theft of the item no matter where on his property it is: Bava Metzia 10b
Taking an item which someone lost, before they abandoned hope of its return: Bava Metzia 26b
Laws specific to Acts of Open Robbery [Gezeilah]
The payment includes mandatory return of the Object: Bava Kama 11a
How payment is calculated: Bava Metzia 43a-b
Who receives the value of any improvement of the item after the theft: Bava Metzia 43b Borrowing an Item without permission: Bava Metzia 41a, 43b
Making someone's eved work for one's self: Bava Metzia 64b-65a
Is a renter considered a thief automatically if he uses a rented item in a manner at variance with that stated at the time of the rental: Bava Metzia 78a-b
Special Case - Military Expropriation of Property
Taking wood: Eruvin 17a
Setting up camp where they please: Eruvin 17a Burying their dead wherever they are: Eruvin 17a
Ownership and Responsiblity for Stolen Goods
A bill of sale for a stolen item is worthless: Bava Metzia 16a
Whether stolen land is [not] transferred to the thief's name: Succah 30b, 31a
Whether an act which alters the stolen item, acquires it for the thief: Succah 30b; Temurah 6a, 6b
The above, where the act only causes temporary alteration of the item: Succah 30b
The above, where the act causes an alteration of the "name" of the item: Succah 30b-31a
Time of Transfer of Ownership for items stolen via carrying: Shabbat 91b-92a
Time of Transfer of Ownership for items stolen via dragging: Shabbat 91b-92a
Once the owner gives up hope of the object's return, it is considered to be under the control of the Thief [although he must pay, of course]: Bava Metzia 7a, 21b-22a
If the thief purchases the item after stealing it, without returning it: Bava Metzia 15b-16a
If the thief's sons purchase the item after he dies and leaves it to them: Bava Metzia 16a
If the thief gives the field away, and the recipient buys it from the original owner: Bava Metzia 16a
A thief who sells the field, and then inherits it from the original owner: Bava Metzia 16a
A thief who sells the field, and then receives it as payment of a debt from the original owner: Bava Metzia 16a
A thief who sells the field, and then receives it as a gift from the original owner: Bava Metzia 16a
If the thief returns the item after stealing it: Bava Metzia 26b
Returning Stolen Goods
The Stolen item must be returned to the owner's property, with his knowledge: Bava Metzia 31a, 40b-41a
What to do if a thief admits stealing from one of many people, but doesn't know which: Bava Metzia 37a-b
A spouse dies for inability to return stolen funds: Zevachim 29b; Tos. Rosh HaShanah 6a #2
The Rabbinic Enactment allowing return of a stolen beam which had been built into a house, by payment of the beam's value: Succah 31a
One perutah, as the minimum amount one would be obligated to return: Bava Metzia 55a
How far one must go to return stolen goods: Bava Metzia 55a Inheriting stolen items which are easily recognizable as stolen, such a a cow or a garment: Bava Metzia 62a
Assuming that overpayment of a debt may actually be a thief's attempt to return that which he had stolen: Bava Metzia 63b-64a
Determining the Value of the Stolen Item
Value is determined from time of theft, or of payment: Pesachim 32a
If One pays payment of a better quality than that which he stole, he will be blessed: Pesachim 32a
Payment
Collecting for the fruits of a field, to repay the one from whom the field was stolen originally: Bava Metzia 14b-15b
Collecting for the improvements of a field, to repay the one from whom the field was stolen originally: Bava Metzia 14b-15b
Collecting the field and its fruit, where it was stolen from the thief: Bava Metzia 15a
Rights of a purchaser of stolen property, if he was aware at the time of purchase that it was stolen: Bava Metzia 15b
The Fine of paying double for Theft - Kefel
Whether Married Women are exempt from the Double-Payment fine: Bava Metzia 10b
Whether a woman must pay the Double-Payment fine herself after divorce: Bava Metzia 10b
Whether an Eved Ivri is exempt from the Double-Payment fine: Bava Metzia 10b
Whether an Eved must pay the Double-Payment fine after being freed: Bava Metzia 10b
Whether a thief may be sold by the Court for inability to pay the fine: Kiddushin 18a
Whether a thief pays double for theft of sanctified property: Bava Metzia 56a, 57b
Whether a thief pays double for stealing land: Bava Metzia 56a, 57b
Whether a thief pays double for stealing legal bills: Bava Metzia 56a, 57b
Whether a thief pays double for stealing avadim: Bava Metzia 56a, 57b
Whether a thief pays double if the item is found in his domain, but not his actual hand: Bava Metzia 56b
The Fine of paying 4 or 5 times the value of a stolen sheep or ox
One who is exempt from paying the normal double (kefel) fine for a theft is automatically exempt from paying the 4/5, because the Torah did not say to pay 3/4: Bava Metzia 57b
Whether a thief pays 4 or 5 times the value for theft of sanctified property: Bava Metzia 56a
Adding One-Fifth [chomesh] if a Person Swore Falsely that he did not Steal the Item
The requirement of adding one-fifth: Bava Metzia 55b
Whether one must add one-fifth if his father was the thief: Temurah 6a
What happens if the stolen entity was one of the "Kodashim Kalim" class of Temple offerings, or specifically a first-born Kosher animal: Temurah 8a-b
What happens if one pays the core value, then swears falsely that he already paid the one-fifth: Bava Metzia 54b
Other
Theft is punished with drought: Taanit 7b
Theft for a practical joke, to upset someone: Bava Metzia 61b
Theft undertaken with intent to simply pay the fine: Bava Metzia 61b
