''Stolen'' Status in different towns

[Tribe Reimanen]

So basically, i went to a little abandoned village where some guards and bandits spawned. i watched them fight and didnt intervene (The bandits were extremely tough), and after a while i looted the armor from the Guards and Bandits. This is for some reason marked as ''Stolen''. The Location where i stole it from is ''God knows where'', however my question is, will i get caught with this in other villages like Rattay?

[vine]

depending on your reputation in that town, you may or may not be stopped by guards and searched. only in your chests the stolen goods are safe so best is to have a room in every inn on the map and then you have easily accessible chest for quick deposit.

if you were searched in Rattay recently or have misbehaved recently, if your rep is low there, you may lose them.

[MacSuibhne]

Stuff taken from guards killed in battle with bandits, or stuff from bandits or Cumans who have tried to surrender but you killed them anyway, or traders killed in a melee will usually be marked stolen.

[AfLIcTeD]

Yes you can get caught if they are still marked as stolen. I've noticed that items "stolen" this way don't seem to stay stolen for long compared to stealing from a town or village. Items taken from dead guards or traders from skirmishes usually only stay stolen for a few hours. Just check before you enter a town or village for if they are still stolen or not.

[PafunaMT]

Originally posted by AfLIcTeD:

Yes you can get caught if they are still marked as stolen. I've noticed that items "stolen" this way don't seem to stay stolen for long compared to stealing from a town or village. Items taken from dead guards or traders from skirmishes usually only stay stolen for a few hours. Just check before you enter a town or village for if they are still stolen or not.

Just to confirm this, if you happen upon the bandit/robbery encounter on the road from Ledetchko to Sasau by the bandit camp, items looted from guards or merchants will show stolen for a very short time; in fact, by the time you arrive at the Ledetchko blacksmith to sell something, the tags will usually be gone.

TL;DR - items marked as stolen from 'God knows where' have a very short window as a marked stolen item.