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Education Code § 19910

ARTICLE 2. Offenses Against Libraries

Current as of September 28, 2026Ed. Code, § 19910Official source ↗

Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.

Any person who maliciously cuts, tears, defaces, breaks, or injures any book, map, chart, picture, engraving, statue, coin, model, apparatus, or other work of literature, art, mechanics, or object of curiosity, deposited in any public library, gallery, museum, collection, fair, or exhibition, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

The parent or guardian of a minor who willfully and maliciously commits any act within the scope of this section shall be liable for all damages so caused by the minor.