{"code":"PEN","codeName":"Penal Code","section":"487j","citation":"Pen. Code, § 487j","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":"Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 317, Sec. 2.   (AB 316)   Effective January 1, 2012.","effective":"2012-01-01","html":"<p>Every person who steals, takes, or carries away copper materials of another, including, but not limited to, copper wire, copper cable, copper tubing, and copper piping, which are of a value exceeding nine hundred fifty dollars ($950) is guilty of grand theft. Grand theft of copper shall be punishable by a fine not exceeding two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500), by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year, or by both that fine and imprisonment, or by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section <a href=\"/pen/1170\">1170</a> and a fine not exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000).</p>","text":"Every person who steals, takes, or carries away copper materials of another, including, but not limited to, copper wire, copper cable, copper tubing, and copper piping, which are of a value exceeding nine hundred fifty dollars ($950) is guilty of grand theft. Grand theft of copper shall be punishable by a fine not exceeding two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500), by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year, or by both that fine and imprisonment, or by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 and a fine not exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000).","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/larceny-487j","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}