{"code":"PEN","codeName":"Penal Code","section":"622½","citation":"Pen. Code, § 622½","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 14. MALICIOUS MISCHIEF [594. - 625c.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/part-1/title-14"}],"history":"Added by Stats. 1939, Ch. 90.","effective":null,"html":"<p>Every person, not the owner thereof, who wilfully injures, disfigures, defaces, or destroys any object or thing of archeological or historical interest or value, whether situated on private lands or within any public park or place, is guilty of a misdemeanor.</p>","text":"Every person, not the owner thereof, who wilfully injures, disfigures, defaces, or destroys any object or thing of archeological or historical interest or value, whether situated on private lands or within any public park or place, is guilty of a misdemeanor.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/malicious-mischief-622","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}