California · Penal Code

PEN §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, and with felonious intent to do so, steal

Felony

What this law says, in plain English

A person who severs real estate valued at $250 or more from another's property with intent to steal it commits grand theft, punishable by imprisonment.

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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, and with felonious intent to do so, steals, takes, and carries away that property is guilty of grand theft and is punishable by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170.

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