{"code":"VEH","codeName":"Vehicle Code","section":"10853","citation":"Veh. Code, § 10853","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 4. SPECIAL ANTITHEFT LAWS [10500. - 10904.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/vehicle-code/division-4"},{"name":"CHAPTER 4. Theft and Injury of Vehicles [10850. - 10856.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/vehicle-code/division-4/chapter-4"}],"history":"Enacted by Stats. 1959, Ch. 3.","effective":null,"html":"<p>No person shall with intent to commit any malicious mischief, injury, or other crime, climb into or upon a vehicle whether it is in motion or at rest, nor shall any person attempt to manipulate any of the levers, starting mechanism, brakes, or other mechanism or device of a vehicle while the same is at rest and unattended, nor shall any person set in motion any vehicle while the same is at rest and unattended.</p>","text":"No person shall with intent to commit any malicious mischief, injury, or other crime, climb into or upon a vehicle whether it is in motion or at rest, nor shall any person attempt to manipulate any of the levers, starting mechanism, brakes, or other mechanism or device of a vehicle while the same is at rest and unattended, nor shall any person set in motion any vehicle while the same is at rest and unattended.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/vehicle-code/theft-and-injury-of-vehicles-10853","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}