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Penal Code § 487b

CHAPTER 5. Larceny

Current as of September 28, 2026Pen. Code, § 487bOfficial source ↗

Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 15, Sec. 369. (AB 109) Effective April 4, 2011. Operative October 1, 2011, by Sec. 636 of Ch. 15, as amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 39, Sec. 68.

Every person who converts real estate of the value of two hundred fifty dollars ($250) or more into personal property by severance from the realty of another, and with felonious intent to do so, steals, takes, and carries away that property is guilty of grand theft and is punishable by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170.