Cal. Penal Code § 499b

Larceny

Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case 37 Cal. 4th 1 - People v. Moon (2005)

Most recently applied in United States v. Vidal (October 2007)

Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 391, Sec. 1

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(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 of a misdemeanor, and shall be punishable by a fine not exceeding four hundred dollars ($400), or by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding three months, or by both that fine and imprisonment.

(b) Any person who shall, without the permission of the owner thereof, take any vessel for the purpose of temporarily using or operating the same, is guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punishable by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year, or by both that fine and imprisonment.

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