TITLE 13. OF CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY [450. - 593g.]
Title 13 enacted 1872.
§§ 450–593g · 255 sections
CHAPTER 1. Arson §§ 450–457.1 · 12 sections
- § 450 In this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Structure” means any building, or commercial or public tent, bridge, tunnel, or…
- § 451 A person is guilty of arson when he or she willfully and maliciously sets fire to or burns or causes to be burned or who aids, counsels, or procures the…
- § 451.1 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, any person who is convicted of a felony violation of Section 451 shall be punished by a three-, four-, or five-year…
- § 451.5 (a) A person who willfully, maliciously, deliberately, with premeditation, and with intent to cause injury to one or more persons, or to cause damage to…
- § 452 A person is guilty of unlawfully causing a fire when they recklessly set fire to, burn, or cause to be burned any structure, forest land, or property. (a)…
- § 452.1 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, any person who is convicted of a felony violation of Section 452 shall be punished by a one-, two-, or three-year…
- § 453 (a) Every person who possesses, manufactures, or disposes of any flammable, or combustible material or substance, or any incendiary device in an arrangement or…
- § 454 (a) Every person who violates Section 451 or 452 during and within an area of any of the following, when proclaimed by the Governor, shall be punished by…
- § 455 (a) Any person who willfully and maliciously attempts to set fire to or attempts to burn or to aid, counsel or procure the burning of any structure, forest…
- § 456 (a) Upon conviction for any felony violation of this chapter, in addition to the penalty prescribed, the court may impose a fine not to exceed fifty thousand…
- § 457 Upon conviction of any person for a violation of any provision of this chapter, the court may order that such person, for the purpose of sentencing, submit to…
- § 457.1 (a) As used in this section, “arson” means a violation of Section 451, 451.5, or 453, and attempted arson, which includes, but is not limited to, a violation…
CHAPTER 2. Burglary §§ 458–465 · 11 sections
- § 458 As used in this chapter, the term “cargo container” means a receptacle with all of the following characteristics: (a) Of a permanent character and accordingly…
- § 459 (a) Every person who enters any house, room, apartment, tenement, shop, warehouse, store, mill, barn, stable, outhouse or other building, tent, vessel, as…
- § 459.5 (a) Notwithstanding Section 459, shoplifting is defined as entering a commercial establishment with intent to commit larceny while that establishment is open…
- § 460 (a) Every burglary of an inhabited dwelling house, vessel, as defined in the Harbors and Navigation Code, which is inhabited and designed for habitation,…
- § 461 Burglary is punishable as follows: (a) Burglary in the first degree: by imprisonment in the state prison for two, four, or six years. (b) Burglary in the…
- § 462 (a) Except in unusual cases where the interests of justice would best be served if the person is granted probation, probation shall not be granted to any…
- § 462.5 (a) Except in unusual cases where the interests of justice would best be served if the person is granted probation, probation shall not be granted to any…
- § 463 (a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) “Evacuation order” means an order from the Governor, or a…
- § 463.2 (a) In sentencing a person convicted of a violation of Section 463, the court may consider the fact, if pled and proven, that the defendant committed the crime…
- § 464 Any person who, with intent to commit crime, enters, either by day or by night, any building, whether inhabited or not, and opens or attempts to open any…
- § 465 (a) A person who forcibly enters a vehicle, as defined in Section 670 of the Vehicle Code, with the intent to commit a theft or any felony therein is guilty of…
CHAPTER 3. Burglarious and Larcenous Instruments and Deadly Weapons §§ 466–469 · 11 sections
- § 466 (a) A person who possesses a picklock, crow, keybit, crowbar, screwdriver, vise grip pliers, water-pump pliers, slidehammer, slim jim, tension bar, lock pick…
- § 466.1 Any person who knowingly and willfully sells or provides a lock pick, a tension bar, a lock pick gun, a tubular lock pick, or a floor-safe door puller, to…
- § 466.3 (a) Whoever possesses a key, tool, instrument, explosive, or device, or a drawing, print, or mold of a key, tool, instrument, explosive, or device, designed to…
- § 466.5 (a) Every person who, with the intent to use it in the commission of an unlawful act, possesses a motor vehicle master key or a motor vehicle wheel lock master…
- § 466.6 (a) Any person who makes a key capable of operating the ignition of a motor vehicle or personal property registered under the Vehicle Code for another by any…
- § 466.65 (a) Every person who possesses, gives, or lends any device designed to bypass the factory-installed ignition of a motorcycle in order to start the engine of a…
- § 466.7 Every person who, with the intent to use it in the commission of an unlawful act, possesses a motor vehicle key with knowledge that such key was made without…
- § 466.8 (a) Any person who knowingly and willfully makes a key capable of opening any door or other means of entrance to any residence or commercial establishment for…
- § 466.9 (a) Every person who possesses a code grabbing device, with the intent to use it in the commission of an unlawful act, is guilty of a misdemeanor. (b) Every…
- § 468 Any person who knowingly buys, sells, receives, disposes of, conceals, or has in his possession a sniperscope shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a…
- § 469 Any person who knowingly makes, duplicates, causes to be duplicated, or uses, or attempts to make, duplicate, cause to be duplicated, or use, or has in his…
CHAPTER 4. Forgery and Counterfeiting §§ 470–483.5 · 20 sections
- § 470 (a) Every person who, with the intent to defraud, knowing that he or she has no authority to do so, signs the name of another person or of a fictitious person…
- § 470a Every person who alters, falsifies, forges, duplicates or in any manner reproduces or counterfeits any driver’s license or identification card issued by a…
- § 470b Every person who displays or causes or permits to be displayed or has in his or her possession any driver’s license or identification card of the type…
- § 471 Every person who, with intent to defraud another, makes, forges, or alters any entry in any book of records, or any instrument purporting to be any record or…
- § 471.5 Any person who alters or modifies the medical record of any person, with fraudulent intent, or who, with fraudulent intent, creates any false medical record,…
- § 472 Every person who, with intent to defraud another, forges, or counterfeits the seal of this State, the seal of any public officer authorized by law, the seal of…
- § 473 (a) Forgery is punishable by imprisonment in a county jail for not more than one year, or by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170. (b)…
- § 474 Every person who knowingly and willfully sends by telegraph or telephone to any person a false or forged message, purporting to be from a telegraph or…
- § 475 (a) Every person who possesses or receives, with the intent to pass or facilitate the passage or utterance of any forged, altered, or counterfeit items, or…
- § 476 Every person who makes, passes, utters, or publishes, with intent to defraud any other person, or who, with the like intent, attempts to pass, utter, or…
- § 476a (a) Any person who, for himself or herself, as the agent or representative of another, or as an officer of a corporation, willfully, with intent to defraud,…
- § 477 Every person who counterfeits any of the species of gold or silver coin current in this State, or any kind or species of gold dust, gold or silver bullion, or…
- § 478 Counterfeiting is punishable by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 for two, three or four years.
- § 479 Every person who has in his possession, or receives for any other person, any counterfeit gold or silver coin of the species current in this state, or any…
- § 480 (a) Every person who makes, or knowingly has in his or her possession any die, plate, or any apparatus, paper, metal, machine, or other thing whatever, made…
- § 481 Every person who counterfeits, forges, or alters any ticket, check, order, coupon, receipt for fare, or pass, issued by any railroad or steamship company, or…
- § 481.1 (a) Every person who counterfeits, forges, or alters any fare media designed to entitle the holder to a ride on vehicles of a public transportation system, as…
- § 482 Every person who, for the purpose of restoring to its original appearance and nominal value in whole or in part, removes, conceals, fills up, or obliterates,…
- § 483 Except as otherwise provided in Section 26002.5 of the Government Code and Sections 40180.5 and 99151 of the Public Utilities Code, any person, firm,…
- § 483.5 (a) No deceptive identification document shall be manufactured, sold, offered for sale, furnished, offered to be furnished, transported, offered to be…
CHAPTER 5. Larceny §§ 484–502.9 · 66 sections
- § 484 (a) Every person who shall feloniously steal, take, carry, lead, or drive away the personal property of another, or who shall fraudulently appropriate property…
- § 484.1 (a) Any person who knowingly gives false information or provides false verification as to the person’s true identity or as to the person’s ownership interest…
- § 484b Any person who receives money for the purpose of obtaining or paying for services, labor, materials or equipment and willfully fails to apply such money for…
- § 484c Any person who submits a false voucher to obtain construction loan funds and does not use the funds for the purpose for which the claim was submitted is guilty…
- § 484d As used in this section and Sections 484e to 484j, inclusive: (1) “Cardholder” means any person to whom an access card is issued or any person who has agreed…
- § 484e (a) Every person who, with intent to defraud, sells, transfers, or conveys, an access card, without the cardholder’s or issuer’s consent, is guilty of grand…
- § 484f (a) Every person who, with the intent to defraud, designs, makes, alters, or embosses a counterfeit access card or utters or otherwise attempts to use a…
- § 484g Every person who, with the intent to defraud, (a) uses, for the purpose of obtaining money, goods, services, or anything else of value, an access card or…
- § 484h Every retailer or other person who, with intent to defraud: (a) Furnishes money, goods, services or anything else of value upon presentation of an access card…
- § 484i (a) Every person who possesses an incomplete access card, with intent to complete it without the consent of the issuer, is guilty of a misdemeanor. (b) Every…
- § 484j Any person who publishes the number or code of an existing, canceled, revoked, expired or nonexistent access card, personal identification number, computer…
- § 485 One who finds lost property under circumstances which give him knowledge of or means of inquiry as to the true owner, and who appropriates such property to his…
- § 486 Theft is divided into two degrees, the first of which is termed grand theft; the second, petty theft.
- § 487 Grand theft is theft committed in any of the following cases: (a) When the money, labor, real property, or personal property taken is of a value exceeding nine…
- § 487a (a) Every person who feloniously steals, takes, carries, leads, or drives away any horse, mare, gelding, any bovine animal, any caprine animal, mule, jack,…
- § 487b 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,…
- § 487c Every person who converts real estate of the value of less than two hundred fifty dollars ($250) into personal property by severance from the realty of…
- § 487d Every person who feloniously steals, takes, and carries away, or attempts to take, steal, and carry from any mining claim, tunnel, sluice, undercurrent, riffle…
- § 487e (a) Every person who feloniously steals, takes, or carries away a companion animal of another which is of a value exceeding nine hundred fifty dollars ($950)…
- § 487f (a) Every person who feloniously steals, takes, or carries away a companion animal of another which is of a value not exceeding nine hundred fifty dollars…
- § 487g Every person who steals or maliciously takes or carries away any animal of another for purposes of sale, medical research, slaughter, or other commercial use,…
- § 487h (a) Every person who steals, takes, or carries away cargo of another, if the cargo taken is of a value exceeding nine hundred fifty dollars ($950), except as…
- § 487i Any person who defrauds a housing program of a public housing authority of more than four hundred dollars ($400) is guilty of grand theft.
- § 487j Every person who steals, takes, or carries away copper materials of another, including, but not limited to, copper wire, copper cable, copper tubing, and…
- § 487k A person who steals, takes, or carries away tractors, all-terrain vehicles, or other agricultural equipment, or any portion thereof, used in the acquisition or…
- § 487m (a) Notwithstanding Sections 215 and 216 of the Labor Code, the intentional theft of wages in an amount greater than nine hundred fifty dollars ($950) from any…
- § 488 Theft in other cases is petty theft.
- § 489 Grand theft is punishable as follows: (a) If the grand theft involves the theft of a firearm, by imprisonment in the state prison for 16 months, or two or…
- § 490 Petty theft is punishable by fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six months, or both.
- § 490a Wherever any law or statute of this state refers to or mentions larceny, embezzlement, or stealing, said law or statute shall hereafter be read and interpreted…
- § 490.1 (a) Petty theft, where the value of the money, labor, real or personal property taken is of a value which does not exceed fifty dollars ($50), may be charged…
- § 490.2 (a) Notwithstanding Section 487 or any other provision of law defining grand theft, obtaining any property by theft where the value of the money, labor, real…
- § 490.3 Notwithstanding any other law, in any case involving one or more acts of theft or shoplifting, including, but not limited to, violations of Sections 459.5,…
- § 490.4 (a) A person who commits any of the following acts is guilty of organized retail theft and shall be punished pursuant to subdivision (b): (1) Acts in concert…
- § 490.5 (a) Upon a first conviction for petty theft involving merchandise taken from a merchant’s premises or a book or other library materials taken from a library…
- § 490.6 (a) A person employed by an amusement park may detain a person for a reasonable time for the purpose of conducting an investigation in a reasonable manner…
- § 490.7 (a) The Legislature finds that free newspapers provide a key source of information to the public, in many cases providing an important alternative to the news…
- § 490.8 (a) A court sentencing a defendant for any violation described in subdivision (b) shall consider issuing an order restraining the defendant from entering the…
- § 491 (a) Companion animals are personal property, and their value is to be ascertained in the same manner as the value of other property. (b) (1) For purposes of…
- § 492 If the thing stolen consists of any evidence of debt, or other written instrument, the amount of money due thereupon, or secured to be paid thereby, and…
- § 493 If the thing stolen is any ticket or other paper or writing entitling or purporting to entitle the holder or proprietor thereof to a passage upon any railroad…
- § 494 All the provisions of this Chapter apply where the property taken is an instrument for the payment of money, evidence of debt, public security, or passage…
- § 495 The provisions of this Chapter apply where the thing taken is any fixture or part of the realty, and is severed at the time of the taking, in the same manner…
- § 496 (a) Every person who buys or receives any property that has been stolen or that has been obtained in any manner constituting theft or extortion, knowing the…
- § 496.5 (a) A person who unlawfully possesses property that was acquired through one or more acts of theft from a vehicle, unlawful entry of a vehicle, burglary of a…
- § 496.6 (a) Any person who possesses property unlawfully that was acquired through one or more acts of shoplifting, theft, or burglary from a retail business, whether…
- § 496a (a) Every person who is a dealer in or collector of junk, metals, or secondhand materials, or the agent, employee, or representative of such dealer or…
- § 496b Every person who, being a dealer in or collector of second-hand books or other literary material, or the agent, employee or representative of such dealer, or…
- § 496c Any person who shall copy, transcribe, photograph or otherwise make a record or memorandum of the contents of any private and unpublished paper, book, record,…
- § 496d (a) Every person who buys or receives any motor vehicle, as defined in Section 415 of the Vehicle Code, any trailer, as defined in Section 630 of the Vehicle…
- § 496e (a) Any person who is engaged in the salvage, recycling, purchase, or sale of scrap metal and who possesses any of the following items that were owned or…
- § 497 Every person who, in another state or country steals or embezzles the property of another, or receives such property knowing it to have been stolen or…
- § 498 (a) The following definitions govern the construction of this section: (1) “Person” means any individual, or any partnership, firm, association, corporation,…
- § 499 (a) Any person who, having been convicted of a previous violation of Section 10851 of the Vehicle Code, or of subdivision (d) of Section 487, involving a…
- § 499b (a) Any person who shall, without the permission of the owner thereof, take any bicycle for the purpose of temporarily using or operating the same, is guilty…
- § 499c (a) As used in this section: (1) “Access” means to approach, a way or means of approaching, nearing, admittance to, including to instruct, communicate with,…
- § 499d Any person who operates or takes an aircraft not his own, without the consent of the owner thereof, and with intent to either permanently or temporarily…
- § 500 (a) Any person who receives money for the actual or purported purpose of transmitting the same or its equivalent to foreign countries as specified in Section…
- § 501 Upon a trial for larceny or embezzlement of money, bank notes, certificates of stock, or valuable securities, the allegation of the indictment or information,…
- § 502 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this section to expand the degree of protection afforded to individuals, businesses, and governmental…
- § 502.01 (a) As used in this section: (1) “Property subject to forfeiture” means any property of the defendant that is illegal telecommunications equipment as defined…
- § 502.5 Every person who, after mortgaging or encumbering by deed of trust any real property, and during the existence of such mortgage or deed of trust, or after such…
- § 502.6 (a) Any person who knowingly, willfully, and with the intent to defraud, possesses a scanning device, or who knowingly, willfully, and with intent to defraud,…
- § 502.7 (a) Any person who, knowingly, willfully, and with intent to defraud a person providing telephone or telegraph service, avoids or attempts to avoid, or aids,…
- § 502.8 (a) Any person who knowingly advertises illegal telecommunications equipment is guilty of a misdemeanor. (b) Any person who possesses or uses illegal…
- § 502.9 Upon conviction of a felony violation under this chapter, the fact that the victim was an elder or dependent person, as defined in Section 288, shall be…
CHAPTER 6. Embezzlement §§ 503–515 · 17 sections
- § 503 Embezzlement is the fraudulent appropriation of property by a person to whom it has been intrusted.
- § 504 Every officer of this state, or of any county, city, city and county, or other municipal corporation or subdivision thereof, and every deputy, clerk, or…
- § 504a Every person who shall fraudulently remove, conceal or dispose of any goods, chattels or effects, leased or let to him by any instrument in writing, or any…
- § 504b Where under the terms of a security agreement, as defined in paragraph (74) of subdivision (a) of Section 9102 of the Commercial Code, the debtor has the right…
- § 505 Every carrier or other person having under his control personal property for the purpose of transportation for hire, who fraudulently appropriates it to any…
- § 506 Every trustee, banker, merchant, broker, attorney, agent, assignee in trust, executor, administrator, or collector, or person otherwise intrusted with or…
- § 506a Any person who, acting as collector, or acting in any capacity in or about a business conducted for the collection of accounts or debts owing by another…
- § 506b Any person who violates Section 2985.3 or 2985.4 of the Civil Code, relating to real property sales contracts, is guilty of a public offense punishable by a…
- § 507 Every person intrusted with any property as bailee, tenant, or lodger, or with any power of attorney for the sale or transfer thereof, who fraudulently…
- § 508 Every clerk, agent, or servant of any person who fraudulently appropriates to his own use, or secretes with a fraudulent intent to appropriate to his own use,…
- § 509 A distinct act of taking is not necessary to constitute embezzlement.
- § 510 Any evidence of debt, negotiable by delivery only, and actually executed, is the subject of embezzlement, whether it has been delivered or issued as a valid…
- § 511 Upon any indictment for embezzlement, it is a sufficient defense that the property was appropriated openly and avowedly, and under a claim of title preferred…
- § 512 The fact that the accused intended to restore the property embezzled, is no ground of defense or mitigation of punishment, if it has not been restored before…
- § 513 Whenever, prior to an information laid before a magistrate, or an indictment found by a grand jury, charging the commission of embezzlement, the person accused…
- § 514 Every person guilty of embezzlement is punishable in the manner prescribed for theft of property of the value or kind embezzled; and where the property…
- § 515 Upon conviction of a felony violation under this chapter, the fact that the victim was an elder or dependent person, as defined in Section 288, shall be…
CHAPTER 7. Extortion §§ 518–527 · 10 sections
- § 518 (a) Extortion is the obtaining of property or other consideration from another, with his or her consent, or the obtaining of an official act of a public…
- § 519 Fear, such as will constitute extortion, may be induced by a threat of any of the following: 1. To do an unlawful injury to the person or property of the…
- § 520 Every person who extorts property or other consideration from another, under circumstances not amounting to robbery or carjacking, by means of force, or any…
- § 521 Every person who commits any extortion under color of official right, in cases for which a different punishment is not prescribed in this Code, is guilty of a…
- § 522 Every person who, by any extortionate means, obtains from another his signature to any paper or instrument, whereby, if such signature were freely given, any…
- § 523 (a) Every person who, with intent to extort property or other consideration from another, sends or delivers to any person any letter or other writing, whether…
- § 524 Every person who attempts, by means of any threat, such as is specified in Section 519 of this code, to extort property or other consideration from another is…
- § 525 Upon conviction of a felony violation under this chapter, the fact that the victim was an elder or dependent person, as defined in Section 288, shall be…
- § 526 Any person, who, with intent to obtain from another person any property or other consideration, delivers or causes to be delivered to the other person any…
- § 527 Any person who shall sell or offer for sale, print, publish, or distribute any paper, document or written, typed or printed form, designed or calculated by its…
CHAPTER 8. False Personation and Cheats §§ 528–539 · 45 sections
- § 528 Every person who falsely personates another, and in such assumed character marries or pretends to marry, or to sustain the marriage relation towards another,…
- § 528.5 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any person who knowingly and without consent credibly impersonates another actual person through or on an…
- § 529 (a) Every person who falsely personates another in either his or her private or official capacity, and in that assumed character does any of the following, is…
- § 529a Every person who manufactures, produces, sells, offers, or transfers to another any document purporting to be either a certificate of birth or certificate of…
- § 529.5 (a) Every person who manufactures, sells, offers for sale, or transfers any document, not amounting to counterfeit, purporting to be a government-issued…
- § 529.6 (a) (1) This section shall be known, and may be cited, as the Freedom to Count Act. (2) It is the intent of the Legislature to ensure that all Californians…
- § 529.7 Any person who obtains, or assists another person in obtaining, a driver’s license, identification card, vehicle registration certificate, or any other…
- § 530 Every person who falsely personates another, in either his private or official capacity, and in such assumed character receives any money or property, knowing…
- § 530.5 (a) Every person who willfully obtains personal identifying information, as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 530.55, of another person, and uses that…
- § 530.55 (a) For purposes of this chapter, “person” means a natural person, living or deceased, firm, association, organization, partnership, business trust, company,…
- § 530.6 (a) A person who has learned or reasonably suspects that his or her personal identifying information has been unlawfully used by another, as described in…
- § 530.7 (a) In order for a victim of identity theft to be included in the data base established pursuant to subdivision (c), he or she shall submit to the Department…
- § 530.8 (a) If a person discovers that an application in their name for a loan, credit line or account, credit card, charge card, public utility service, mail…
- § 531 Every person who is a party to any fraudulent conveyance of any lands, tenements, or hereditaments, goods or chattels, or any right or interest issuing out of…
- § 531a Every person who, with intent to defraud, knowingly executes or procures another to execute any instrument purporting to convey any real property, or any right…
- § 532 (a) Every person who knowingly and designedly, by any false or fraudulent representation or pretense, defrauds any other person of money, labor, or property,…
- § 532a (1) Any person who shall knowingly make or cause to be made, either directly or indirectly or through any agency whatsoever, any false statement in writing,…
- § 532b (a) A person who fraudulently represents themselves as a veteran or ex-serviceman of a war in which the United States was engaged, in connection with the…
- § 532c Any person, firm, corporation or copartnership who knowingly and designedly offers or gives with winning numbers at any drawing of numbers or with tickets of…
- § 532d (a) Any person who solicits or attempts to solicit or receives money or property of any kind for a charitable, religious or eleemosynary purpose and who,…
- § 532e Any person who receives money for the purpose of obtaining or paying for services, labor, materials or equipment incident to constructing improvements on real…
- § 532f (a) A person commits mortgage fraud if, with the intent to defraud, the person does any of the following: (1) Deliberately makes any misstatement,…
- § 533 Every person who, after once selling, bartering, or disposing of any tract of land or town lot, or after executing any bond or agreement for the sale of any…
- § 534 Every person who is married or in a registered domestic partnership, who falsely and fraudulently represents himself or herself as competent to sell or…
- § 535 Every person who obtains any money or property from another, or obtains the signature of another to any written instrument, the false making of which would be…
- § 536 Every commission merchant, broker, agent, factor, or consignee, who shall willfully and corruptly make, or cause to be made, to the principal or consignor of…
- § 536a It is hereby made the duty of every commission merchant, broker, factor, or consignee, to whom any property is consigned or entrusted for sale, to make, when…
- § 537 (a) Any person who obtains any food, fuel, services, or accommodations at a hotel, inn, restaurant, boardinghouse, lodginghouse, apartment house, bungalow…
- § 537b Any person who obtains any livery hire or other accommodation at any livery or feed stable, kept for profit, in this state, without paying therefor, with…
- § 537c Every owner, manager, proprietor, or other person, having the management, charge or control of any livery stable, feed or boarding stable, and every person…
- § 537e (a) Any person who knowingly buys, sells, receives, disposes of, conceals, or has in his or her possession any personal property from which the manufacturer’s…
- § 537f No storage battery composed in whole or in part of a used container, or used plate or plates and intended for use in the starting, lighting or ignition of…
- § 537g (a) Unless otherwise provided by law, any person who knowingly removes, defaces, covers, alters or destroys a National Crime Information Center owner…
- § 538 Every person, who, after mortgaging any of the property permitted to be mortgaged by the provisions of Sections 9102 and 9109 of the Commercial Code, excepting…
- § 538a Every person who signs any letter addressed to a newspaper with the name of a person other than himself and sends such letter to the newspaper, or causes it to…
- § 538b Any person who wilfully wears the badge, lapel button, rosette, or any part of the garb, robe, habit, or any other recognized and established insignia or…
- § 538c (a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), any person who attaches or inserts an unauthorized advertisement in a newspaper, whether alone or in concert with…
- § 538d (a) Any person other than one who by law is given the authority of a law enforcement officer, who willfully wears, exhibits, or uses the authorized uniform,…
- § 538e (a) Any person, other than an officer or member of a fire department, who willfully wears, exhibits, or uses the authorized uniform, insignia, emblem, device,…
- § 538f Any person, other than an employee of a public utility or district as defined in Sections 216 and 11503 of the Public Utilities Code, respectively, who…
- § 538g (a) Any person, other than a state, county, city, special district, or city and county officer or employee, who willfully wears, exhibits, or uses the…
- § 538h (a) Any person, other than an officer or member of a government agency managed or affiliated search and rescue unit or team, who willfully wears, exhibits, or…
- § 538i (a) Any person, other than a first responder, who willfully wears, exhibits, or uses the uniform, insignia, emblem, device, label, certificate, card, or…
- § 538.5 Every person who transmits or causes to be transmitted by means of wire, radio or television communication any words, sounds, writings, signs, signals, or…
- § 539 Every person who, with the intent to defraud, certifies that a person ordered by the court to participate in community service as a condition of probation has…
CHAPTER 10. Crimes Against Insured Property and Insurers §§ 548–551 · 4 sections
- § 548 (a) Every person who willfully injures, destroys, secretes, abandons, or disposes of any property which at the time is insured against loss or damage by theft,…
- § 549 Any firm, corporation, partnership, or association, or any person acting in his or her individual capacity, or in his or her capacity as a public or private…
- § 550 (a) It is unlawful to do any of the following, or to aid, abet, solicit, or conspire with any person to do any of the following: (1) Knowingly present or cause…
- § 551 (a) It is unlawful for any automotive repair dealer, contractor, or employees or agents thereof to offer to any insurance agent, broker, or adjuster any fee,…
CHAPTER 12. Unlawful Interference With Property §§ 552–558.1 · 18 sections
ARTICLE 1. Trespassing or Loitering Near Posted Industrial Property §§ 552–555.5 · 11 sections
- § 552 This article does not apply to any entry in the course of duty of any peace or police officer or other duly authorized public officer, nor does it apply to the…
- § 552.1 This article does not prohibit: (a) Any lawful activity for the purpose of engaging in any organizational effort on behalf of any labor union, agent, or member…
- § 553 The following definitions apply to this article only: (a) “Sign” means a sign not less than one (1) square foot in area and upon which in letters not less than…
- § 554 Any property, except that portion of such property to which the general public is accorded access, may be posted against trespassing and loitering in the…
- § 554.1 Any property described in Section 554 may be posted against trespassing and loitering in the following manner: (a) If it is not enclosed within a fence and if…
- § 555 It is unlawful to enter or remain upon any posted property without the written permission of the owner, tenant, or occupant in legal possession or control…
- § 555.1 It is unlawful, without authority, to tear down, deface or destroy any sign posted pursuant to this article.
- § 555.2 It is unlawful to loiter in the immediate vicinity of any posted property. This section does not prohibit picketing in such immediate vicinity or any lawful…
- § 555.3 Violation of any of the provisions of this article is a misdemeanor.
- § 555.4 The provisions of this article are applicable throughout the State in all counties and municipalities and no local authority shall enact or enforce any…
- § 555.5 If any provision of this article, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, is held to be invalid, the remainder of the article, and the…
ARTICLE 2. Unlawfully Placing Signs on Public and Private Property §§ 556–556.4 · 5 sections
- § 556 It is a misdemeanor for any person to place or maintain, or cause to be placed or maintained without lawful permission upon any property of the State, or of a…
- § 556.1 It is a misdemeanor for any person to place or maintain or cause to be placed or maintained upon any property in which he has no estate or right of possession…
- § 556.2 Sections 556 and 556.1 do not prevent the posting of any notice required by law or order of any court, to be posted, nor the posting or placing of any notice,…
- § 556.3 Any sign, picture, transparency, advertisement, or mechanical device placed on any property contrary to the provisions of Sections 556 and 556.1, is a public…
- § 556.4 For purposes of this article, information that appears on any sign, picture, transparency, advertisement, or mechanical device such as, but not limited to, the…
ARTICLE 3. Trespass on Property Belonging to the University of California §§ 558–558.1 · 2 sections
- § 558 Every person other than an officer, employee or student of the University of California, or licensee of the Regents of the University of California, is…
- § 558.1 Every person who violates any of the provisions of Section 558 is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not more…
CHAPTER 12.5. Crimes Involving Bailments §§ 560–560.6 · 7 sections
- § 560 Any bailee, as defined in Section 7102 of the Uniform Commercial Code, who issues or aids in issuing a document of title, or any person who secures the issue…
- § 560.1 Any bailee, as defined in Section 7102 of the Uniform Commercial Code, who fraudulently issues or aids in fraudulently issuing a receipt for goods knowing that…
- § 560.2 Any bailee, as defined in Section 7102 of the Uniform Commercial Code, who delivers goods out of the possession of such bailee knowing that a negotiable…
- § 560.3 Any person who deposits goods with a bailee, as defined in Section 7102 of the Uniform Commercial Code, to which he has not title or upon which there is a…
- § 560.4 Any bailee, as defined in Section 7102 of the Uniform Commercial Code, who issues or aids in issuing a duplicate or additional negotiable document of title for…
- § 560.5 Where there are deposited with or held by a warehouseman goods of which he is owner either solely or jointly or in common with others such warehouseman or any…
- § 560.6 (1) A corporation, firm, or person, and its or his agents or employees shall not issue, sell, pledge, assign, or transfer in this State any receipt,…
CHAPTER 12.6. Crimes Involving Branded Containers, Cabinets, or Other Dairy Equipment §§ 565–566 · 2 sections
- § 565 It is a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six months, or both,…
- § 566 It is a felony, punishable by a fine not exceeding one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500), or by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170,…
CHAPTER 12.7. Unlawful Subleasing of Motor Vehicles §§ 570–574 · 5 sections
- § 570 An act of unlawful subleasing of a motor vehicle, as defined in Section 571, shall be punishable by imprisonment in a county jail for not more than one year,…
- § 571 (a) A person engages in an act of unlawful subleasing of a motor vehicle if all of the following conditions are met: (1) The motor vehicle is subject to a…
- § 572 (a) The actual or purported transfer or assignment, or the assisting, causing, or arranging of an actual or purported transfer or assignment, of any right or…
- § 573 (a) The penalties under this chapter are in addition to any other remedies or penalties provided by law for the conduct proscribed by this chapter. (b) If any…
- § 574 As used in this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Buyer” has the meaning set forth in subdivision (c) of Section 2981 of the Civil…
CHAPTER 14. Fraudulent Issue of Documents of Title to Merchandise §§ 577–583 · 6 sections
- § 577 Every person, being the master, owner or agent of any vessel, or officer or agent of any railroad, express or transportation company, or otherwise being or…
- § 578 Every person carrying on the business of a warehouseman, wharfinger, or other depositary of property, who issues any receipt, bill of lading, or other voucher…
- § 579 No person shall be convicted of an offense under Section 577 or 578 by reason that the contents of any barrel, box, case, cask, or other vessel or package…
- § 580 Every person mentioned in this chapter, who issues any second or duplicate receipt or voucher, of a kind specified therein, at a time while any former receipt…
- § 581 Every person mentioned in this chapter, who sells, hypothecates, or pledges any merchandise for which any bill of lading, receipt, or voucher has been issued…
- § 583 Section 581 does not apply where property is demanded or sold by virtue of process of law.
CHAPTER 15. Malicious Injuries to Railroad Bridges, Highways, Bridges, and Telegraphs §§ 587–593g · 21 sections
- § 587 Every person who maliciously does either of the following is punishable by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170, or imprisonment in a…
- § 587.1 (a) Every person who maliciously moves or causes to be moved, without authorization, any locomotive, is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in…
- § 587a Every person, who, without being thereunto duly authorized by the owner, lessee, or person or corporation engaged in the operation of any railroad, shall…
- § 587b Every person, who shall, without being thereunto authorized by the owner, lessee, person or corporation operating any railroad, enter into, climb upon, hold…
- § 587c Every person who fraudulently evades, or attempts to evade the payment of his fare, while traveling upon any railroad, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor,…
- § 588 Every person who negligently, willfully or maliciously digs up, removes, displaces, breaks down or otherwise injures or destroys any state or other public…
- § 588a Any person who throws or deposits any oil, glass bottle, glass, nails, tacks, hoops, wire, cans, or any other substance likely to injure any person, animal or…
- § 588b Any person who wilfully breaks down, removes, injures, or destroys any barrier or obstruction erected or placed in or upon any road or highway by the…
- § 590 Every person who maliciously removes, destroys, injures, breaks or defaces any mile post, board or stone, or guide post erected on or near any highway, or any…
- § 590a One-half of all fines imposed and collected under Section 590 shall be paid to the informer who first causes a complaint to be filed charging the defendant…
- § 591 A person who unlawfully and maliciously takes down, removes, injures, disconnects, cuts, or obstructs a line of telegraph, telephone, or cable television, or…
- § 591.5 A person who unlawfully and maliciously removes, injures, destroys, damages, or obstructs the use of any wireless communication device with the intent to…
- § 592 (a) Every person who shall, without authority of the owner or managing agent, and with intent to defraud, take water from any canal, ditch, flume, or reservoir…
- § 593 Every person who unlawfully and maliciously takes down, removes, injures, interferes with, or obstructs any line erected or maintained by proper authority for…
- § 593a (a) Every person who maliciously drives or places, in any tree, saw-log, shingle-bolt, or other wood, any iron, steel, ceramic, or other substance sufficiently…
- § 593b Every person who shall, without the written permission of the owner, lessee, or person or corporation operating any electrical transmission line, distributing…
- § 593c Every person who willfully and maliciously breaks, digs up, obstructs, interferes with, removes or injures any pipe or main or hazardous liquid pipeline…
- § 593d (a) Except as provided in subdivision (e), any person who, for the purpose of intercepting, receiving, or using any program or other service carried by a…
- § 593e (a) Every person who knowingly and willfully makes or maintains an unauthorized connection or connections, whether physically, electrically, or inductively, or…
- § 593f Every person who for profit knowingly and willfully manufactures, distributes, or sells any device or plan or kit for a device, or printed circuit containing…
- § 593g Every person who, with the intent to use it in a violation of Section 593a, possesses any iron, steel, ceramic, or other substance sufficiently hard to injure…