{"code":"PEN","codeName":"Penal Code","section":"487g","citation":"Pen. Code, § 487g","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"PART 1. OF CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS [25. - 680.4.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/part-1"},{"name":"TITLE 13. OF CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY [450. - 593g.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/part-1/title-13"},{"name":"CHAPTER 5. Larceny [484. - 502.9.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/part-1/title-13/chapter-5"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 1995, Ch. 151, Sec. 1.   Effective January 1, 1996.","effective":"1996-01-01","html":"<p>Every person who steals or maliciously takes or carries away any animal of another for purposes of sale, medical research, slaughter, or other commercial use, or who knowingly, by any false representation or pretense, defrauds another person of any animal for purposes of sale, medical research, slaughter, or other commercial use is guilty of a public offense punishable by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year or in the state prison.</p>","text":"Every person who steals or maliciously takes or carries away any animal of another for purposes of sale, medical research, slaughter, or other commercial use, or who knowingly, by any false representation or pretense, defrauds another person of any animal for purposes of sale, medical research, slaughter, or other commercial use is guilty of a public offense punishable by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year or in the state prison.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/larceny-487g","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}