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 embezzled, and brings the same into this state, may be convicted and punished in the same manner as if such larceny, or embezzlement, or receiving, had been committed in this state.
Cal. Penal Code § 497
Larceny
Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case 127 Cal. App. 39 - People v. McGowan (1932)
Most recently applied in People v. Brown (October 1988)
Amended by Stats. 1905, Ch. 554.
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