California Code
PART 1 - OF CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS
TITLE 13 - OF CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY

CHAPTER 1 - Arson

Section 450. - 450. In this chapter, the following terms have the following...

Section 451. - 451. A person is guilty of arson when he or...

Section 451.1. - 451.1. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, any person who is...

Section 451.5. - 451.5. (a) A person who willfully, maliciously, deliberately, with premeditation,...

Section 451.5. - 451.5. (a) A person who willfully, maliciously, deliberately, with premeditation,...

Section 452. - 452. A person is guilty of unlawfully causing a fire...

Section 452.1. - 452.1. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, any person who is...

Section 453. - 453. (a) Every person who possesses, manufactures, or disposes of...

Section 454. - 454. (a) Every person who violates Section 451 or 452...

Section 455. - 455. (a) Any person who willfully and maliciously attempts to...

Section 456. - 456. (a) Upon conviction for any felony violation of this...

Section 457. - 457. Upon conviction of any person for a violation of...

Section 457.1. - 457.1. (a) As used in this section, “arson” means a...

CHAPTER 2 - Burglary

Section 458. - 458. As used in this chapter, the term “cargo container”...

Section 459. - 459. Every person who enters any house, room, apartment, tenement,...

Section 459.5. - 459.5. (a) Notwithstanding Section 459, shoplifting is defined as entering...

Section 460. - 460. (a) Every burglary of an inhabited dwelling house, vessel,...

Section 461. - 461. Burglary is punishable as follows: (a) Burglary in the...

Section 462. - 462. (a) Except in unusual cases where the interests of...

Section 462.5. - 462.5. (a) Except in unusual cases where the interests of...

Section 463. - 463. (a) Every person who violates Section 459, punishable as...

Section 464. - 464. Any person who, with intent to commit crime, enters,...

CHAPTER 3 - Burglarious and Larcenous Instruments and Deadly Weapons

Section 466. - 466. Every person having upon him or her in his...

Section 466.1. - 466.1. Any person who knowingly and willfully sells or provides...

Section 466.3. - 466.3. (a) Whoever possesses a key, tool, instrument, explosive, or...

Section 466.5. - 466.5. (a) Every person who, with the intent to use...

Section 466.6. - 466.6. (a) Any person who makes a key capable of...

Section 466.65. - 466.65. (a) Every person who possesses, gives, or lends any...

Section 466.7. - 466.7. Every person who, with the intent to use it...

Section 466.8. - 466.8. (a) Any person who knowingly and willfully makes a...

Section 466.9. - 466.9. (a) Every person who possesses a code grabbing device,...

Section 468. - 468. Any person who knowingly buys, sells, receives, disposes of,...

Section 469. - 469. Any person who knowingly makes, duplicates, causes to be...

CHAPTER 4 - Forgery and Counterfeiting

Section 470. - 470. (a) Every person who, with the intent to defraud,...

Section 470a. - 470a. Every person who alters, falsifies, forges, duplicates or in...

Section 470b. - 470b. Every person who displays or causes or permits to...

Section 471. - 471. Every person who, with intent to defraud another, makes,...

Section 471.5. - 471.5. Any person who alters or modifies the medical record...

Section 472. - 472. Every person who, with intent to defraud another, forges,...

Section 473. - 473. (a) Forgery is punishable by imprisonment in a county...

Section 474. - 474. Every person who knowingly and willfully sends by telegraph...

Section 475. - 475. (a) Every person who possesses or receives, with the...

Section 476. - 476. Every person who makes, passes, utters, or publishes, with...

Section 476a. - 476a. (a) Any person who, for himself or herself, as...

Section 477. - 477. Every person who counterfeits any of the species of...

Section 478. - 478. Counterfeiting is punishable by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h)...

Section 479. - 479. Every person who has in his possession, or receives...

Section 480. - 480. (a) Every person who makes, or knowingly has in...

Section 481. - 481. Every person who counterfeits, forges, or alters any ticket,...

Section 481.1. - 481.1. (a) Every person who counterfeits, forges, or alters any...

Section 482. - 482. Every person who, for the purpose of restoring to...

Section 483. - 483. Except as otherwise provided in Section 26002.5 of the...

Section 483.5. - 483.5. (a) No deceptive identification document shall be manufactured, sold,...

CHAPTER 5 - Larceny

Section 484. - 484. (a) Every person who shall feloniously steal, take, carry,...

Section 484.1. - 484.1. (a) Any person who knowingly gives false information or...

Section 484b. - 484b. Any person who receives money for the purpose of...

Section 484c. - 484c. Any person who submits a false voucher to obtain...

Section 484d. - 484d. As used in this section and Sections 484e to...

Section 484e. - 484e. (a) Every person who, with intent to defraud, sells,...

Section 484f. - 484f. (a) Every person who, with the intent to defraud,...

Section 484g. - 484g. Every person who, with the intent to defraud, (a)...

Section 484h. - 484h. Every retailer or other person who, with intent to...

Section 484i. - 484i. (a) Every person who possesses an incomplete access card,...

Section 484j. - 484j. Any person who publishes the number or code of...

Section 485. - 485. One who finds lost property under circumstances which give...

Section 486. - 486. Theft is divided into two degrees, the first of...

Section 487. - 487. Grand theft is theft committed in any of the...

Section 487a. - 487a. (a) Every person who feloniously steals, takes, carries, leads,...

Section 487b. - 487b. Every person who converts real estate of the value...

Section 487c. - 487c. Every person who converts real estate of the value...

Section 487d. - 487d. Every person who feloniously steals, takes, and carries away,...

Section 487e. - 487e. (a) Every person who feloniously steals, takes, or carries...

Section 487f. - 487f. (a) Every person who feloniously steals, takes, or carries...

Section 487g. - 487g. Every person who steals or maliciously takes or carries...

Section 487h. - 487h. (a) Every person who steals, takes, or carries away...

Section 487i. - 487i. Any person who defrauds a housing program of a...

Section 487j. - 487j. Every person who steals, takes, or carries away copper...

Section 487k. - 487k. A person who steals, takes, or carries away tractors,...

Section 487m. - 487m. (a) Notwithstanding Sections 215 and 216 of the Labor...

Section 488. - 488. Theft in other cases is petty theft. (Amended by...

Section 489. - 489. Grand theft is punishable as follows: (a) If the...

Section 490. - 490. Petty theft is punishable by fine not exceeding one...

Section 490a. - 490a. Wherever any law or statute of this state refers...

Section 490.1. - 490.1. (a) Petty theft, where the value of the money,...

Section 490.2. - 490.2. (a) Notwithstanding Section 487 or any other provision of...

Section 490.4. - 490.4. (a) A person who commits any of the following...

Section 490.5. - 490.5. (a) Upon a first conviction for petty theft involving...

Section 490.6. - 490.6. (a) A person employed by an amusement park may...

Section 490.7. - 490.7. (a) The Legislature finds that free newspapers provide a...

Section 491. - 491. (a) Companion animals are personal property, and their value...

Section 492. - 492. If the thing stolen consists of any evidence of...

Section 493. - 493. If the thing stolen is any ticket or other...

Section 494. - 494. All the provisions of this Chapter apply where the...

Section 495. - 495. The provisions of this Chapter apply where the thing...

Section 496. - 496. (a) Every person who buys or receives any property...

Section 496a. - 496a. (a) Every person who is a dealer in or...

Section 496b. - 496b. Every person who, being a dealer in or collector...

Section 496c. - 496c. Any person who shall copy, transcribe, photograph or otherwise...

Section 496d. - 496d. (a) Every person who buys or receives any motor...

Section 496e. - 496e. (a) Any person who is engaged in the salvage,...

Section 497. - 497. Every person who, in another state or country steals...

Section 498. - 498. (a) The following definitions govern the construction of this...

Section 499. - 499. (a) Any person who, having been convicted of a...

Section 499b. - 499b. (a) Any person who shall, without the permission of...

Section 499c. - 499c. (a) As used in this section: (1) “Access” means...

Section 499d. - 499d. Any person who operates or takes an aircraft not...

Section 500. - 500. (a) Any person who receives money for the actual...

Section 501. - 501. Upon a trial for larceny or embezzlement of money,...

Section 502. - 502. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature in...

Section 502.01. - 502.01. (a) As used in this section: (1) “Property subject...

Section 502.5. - 502.5. Every person who, after mortgaging or encumbering by deed...

Section 502.6. - 502.6. (a) Any person who knowingly, willfully, and with the...

Section 502.7. - 502.7. (a) Any person who, knowingly, willfully, and with intent...

Section 502.8. - 502.8. (a) Any person who knowingly advertises illegal telecommunications equipment...

Section 502.9. - 502.9. Upon conviction of a felony violation under this chapter,...

CHAPTER 6 - Embezzlement

Section 503. - 503. Embezzlement is the fraudulent appropriation of property by a...

Section 504. - 504. Every officer of this state, or of any county,...

Section 504a. - 504a. Every person who shall fraudulently remove, conceal or dispose...

Section 504b. - 504b. Where under the terms of a security agreement, as...

Section 505. - 505. Every carrier or other person having under his control...

Section 506. - 506. Every trustee, banker, merchant, broker, attorney, agent, assignee in...

Section 506a. - 506a. Any person who, acting as collector, or acting in...

Section 506b. - 506b. Any person who violates Section 2985.3 or 2985.4 of...

Section 507. - 507. Every person intrusted with any property as bailee, tenant,...

Section 508. - 508. Every clerk, agent, or servant of any person who...

Section 509. - 509. A distinct act of taking is not necessary to...

Section 510. - 510. Any evidence of debt, negotiable by delivery only, and...

Section 511. - 511. Upon any indictment for embezzlement, it is a sufficient...

Section 512. - 512. The fact that the accused intended to restore the...

Section 513. - 513. Whenever, prior to an information laid before a magistrate,...

Section 514. - 514. Every person guilty of embezzlement is punishable in the...

Section 515. - 515. Upon conviction of a felony violation under this chapter,...

CHAPTER 7 - Extortion

Section 518. - 518. (a) Extortion is the obtaining of property or other...

Section 519. - 519. Fear, such as will constitute extortion, may be induced...

Section 520. - 520. Every person who extorts property or other consideration from...

Section 521. - 521. Every person who commits any extortion under color of...

Section 522. - 522. Every person who, by any extortionate means, obtains from...

Section 523. - 523. (a) Every person who, with intent to extort property...

Section 524. - 524. Every person who attempts, by means of any threat,...

Section 525. - 525. Upon conviction of a felony violation under this chapter,...

Section 526. - 526. Any person, who, with intent to obtain from another...

Section 527. - 527. Any person who shall sell or offer for sale,...

CHAPTER 8 - False Personation and Cheats

Section 528. - 528. Every person who falsely personates another, and in such...

Section 528.5. - 528.5. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any person...

Section 529. - 529. (a) Every person who falsely personates another in either...

Section 529a. - 529a. Every person who manufactures, produces, sells, offers, or transfers...

Section 529.5. - 529.5. (a) Every person who manufactures, sells, offers for sale,...

Section 529.6. - 529.6. (a) (1) This section shall be known, and may...

Section 529.7. - 529.7. Any person who obtains, or assists another person in...

Section 530. - 530. Every person who falsely personates another, in either his...

Section 530.5. - 530.5. (a) Every person who willfully obtains personal identifying information,...

Section 530.55. - 530.55. (a) For purposes of this chapter, “person” means a...

Section 530.6. - 530.6. (a) A person who has learned or reasonably suspects...

Section 530.7. - 530.7. (a) In order for a victim of identity theft...

Section 530.8. - 530.8. (a) If a person discovers that an application in...

Section 531. - 531. Every person who is a party to any fraudulent...

Section 531a. - 531a. Every person who, with intent to defraud, knowingly executes...

Section 532. - 532. (a) Every person who knowingly and designedly, by any...

Section 532a. - 532a. (1) Any person who shall knowingly make or cause...

Section 532b. - 532b. (a) A person who fraudulently represents themselves as a...

Section 532c. - 532c. Any person, firm, corporation or copartnership who knowingly and...

Section 532d. - 532d. (a) Any person who solicits or attempts to solicit...

Section 532e. - 532e. Any person who receives money for the purpose of...

Section 532f. - 532f. (a) A person commits mortgage fraud if, with the...

Section 533. - 533. Every person who, after once selling, bartering, or disposing...

Section 534. - 534. Every person who is married or in a registered...

Section 535. - 535. Every person who obtains any money or property from...

Section 536. - 536. Every commission merchant, broker, agent, factor, or consignee, who...

Section 536a. - 536a. It is hereby made the duty of every commission...

Section 537. - 537. (a) Any person who obtains any food, fuel, services,...

Section 537b. - 537b. Any person who obtains any livery hire or other...

Section 537c. - 537c. Every owner, manager, proprietor, or other person, having the...

Section 537e. - 537e. (a) Any person who knowingly buys, sells, receives, disposes...

Section 537f. - 537f. No storage battery composed in whole or in part...

Section 537g. - 537g. (a) Unless otherwise provided by law, any person who...

Section 538. - 538. Every person, who, after mortgaging any of the property...

Section 538a. - 538a. Every person who signs any letter addressed to a...

Section 538b. - 538b. Any person who wilfully wears the badge, lapel button,...

Section 538c. - 538c. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), any person...

Section 538d. - 538d. (a) Any person other than one who by law...

Section 538e. - 538e. (a) Any person, other than an officer or member...

Section 538f. - 538f. Any person, other than an employee of a public...

Section 538g. - 538g. (a) Any person, other than a state, county, city,...

Section 538h. - 538h. (a) Any person, other than an officer or member...

Section 538.5. - 538.5. Every person who transmits or causes to be transmitted...

Section 539. - 539. Every person who, with the intent to defraud, certifies...

CHAPTER 10 - Crimes Against Insured Property and Insurers

Section 548. - 548. (a) Every person who willfully injures, destroys, secretes, abandons,...

Section 549. - 549. Any firm, corporation, partnership, or association, or any person...

Section 550. - 550. (a) It is unlawful to do any of the...

Section 551. - 551. (a) It is unlawful for any automotive repair dealer,...

CHAPTER 12 - Unlawful Interference With Property

ARTICLE 1 - Trespassing or Loitering Near Posted Industrial Property

Section 552. - 552. This article does not apply to any entry in...

Section 552.1. - 552.1. This article does not prohibit: (a) Any lawful activity...

Section 553. - 553. The following definitions apply to this article only: (a)...

Section 554. - 554. Any property, except that portion of such property to...

Section 554.1. - 554.1. Any property described in Section 554 may be posted...

Section 555. - 555. It is unlawful to enter or remain upon any...

Section 555.1. - 555.1. It is unlawful, without authority, to tear down, deface...

Section 555.2. - 555.2. It is unlawful to loiter in the immediate vicinity...

Section 555.3. - 555.3. Violation of any of the provisions of this article...

Section 555.4. - 555.4. The provisions of this article are applicable throughout the...

Section 555.5. - 555.5. If any provision of this article, or the application...

ARTICLE 2 - Unlawfully Placing Signs on Public and Private Property

Section 556. - 556. It is a misdemeanor for any person to place...

Section 556.1. - 556.1. It is a misdemeanor for any person to place...

Section 556.2. - 556.2. Sections 556 and 556.1 do not prevent the posting...

Section 556.3. - 556.3. Any sign, picture, transparency, advertisement, or mechanical device placed...

Section 556.4. - 556.4. For purposes of this article, information that appears on...

ARTICLE 3 - Trespass on Property Belonging to the University of California

Section 558. - 558. Every person other than an officer, employee or student...

Section 558.1. - 558.1. Every person who violates any of the provisions of...

CHAPTER 12.5 - Crimes Involving Bailments

Section 560. - 560. Any bailee, as defined in Section 7102 of the...

Section 560.1. - 560.1. Any bailee, as defined in Section 7102 of the...

Section 560.2. - 560.2. Any bailee, as defined in Section 7102 of the...

Section 560.3. - 560.3. Any person who deposits goods with a bailee, as...

Section 560.4. - 560.4. Any bailee, as defined in Section 7102 of the...

Section 560.5. - 560.5. Where there are deposited with or held by a...

Section 560.6. - 560.6. (1) A corporation, firm, or person, and its or...

CHAPTER 12.6 - Crimes Involving Branded Containers, Cabinets, or Other Dairy Equipment

Section 565. - 565. It is a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine not...

Section 566. - 566. It is a felony, punishable by a fine not...

CHAPTER 12.7 - Unlawful Subleasing of Motor Vehicles

Section 570. - 570. An act of unlawful subleasing of a motor vehicle,...

Section 571. - 571. (a) A person engages in an act of unlawful...

Section 572. - 572. (a) The actual or purported transfer or assignment, or...

Section 573. - 573. (a) The penalties under this chapter are in addition...

Section 574. - 574. As used in this chapter, the following terms have...

CHAPTER 14 - Fraudulent Issue of Documents of Title to Merchandise

Section 577. - 577. Every person, being the master, owner or agent of...

Section 578. - 578. Every person carrying on the business of a warehouseman,...

Section 579. - 579. No person shall be convicted of an offense under...

Section 580. - 580. Every person mentioned in this chapter, who issues any...

Section 581. - 581. Every person mentioned in this chapter, who sells, hypothecates,...

Section 583. - 583. Section 581 does not apply where property is demanded...

CHAPTER 15 - Malicious Injuries to Railroad Bridges, Highways, Bridges, and Telegraphs

Section 587. - 587. Every person who maliciously does either of the following...

Section 587.1. - 587.1. (a) Every person who maliciously moves or causes to...

Section 587a. - 587a. Every person, who, without being thereunto duly authorized by...

Section 587b. - 587b. Every person, who shall, without being thereunto authorized by...

Section 587c. - 587c. Every person who fraudulently evades, or attempts to evade...

Section 588. - 588. Every person who negligently, willfully or maliciously digs up,...

Section 588a. - 588a. Any person who throws or deposits any oil, glass...

Section 588b. - 588b. Any person who wilfully breaks down, removes, injures, or...

Section 590. - 590. Every person who maliciously removes, destroys, injures, breaks or...

Section 590a. - 590a. One-half of all fines imposed and collected under Section...

Section 591. - 591. A person who unlawfully and maliciously takes down, removes,...

Section 591.5. - 591.5. A person who unlawfully and maliciously removes, injures, destroys,...

Section 592. - 592. (a) Every person who shall, without authority of the...

Section 593. - 593. Every person who unlawfully and maliciously takes down, removes,...

Section 593a. - 593a. (a) Every person who maliciously drives or places, in...

Section 593b. - 593b. Every person who shall, without the written permission of...

Section 593c. - 593c. Every person who willfully and maliciously breaks, digs up,...

Section 593d. - 593d. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (e), any person...

Section 593e. - 593e. (a) Every person who knowingly and willfully makes or...

Section 593f. - 593f. Every person who for profit knowingly and willfully manufactures,...

Section 593g. - 593g. Every person who, with the intent to use it...