No person shall either individually or in association with one or more other persons, wilfully injure or tamper with any vehicle or the contents thereof or break or remove any part of a vehicle without the consent of the owner.
Cal. Veh. Code § 10852
Theft and Injury of Vehicles
Applied in 24 court decisions — leading case 70 Cal. 2d 97 - Stapleton v. Superior Court (1968)
Most recently applied in People v. Roberts (July 2017)
Enacted by Stats. 1959, Ch. 3.
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