California · Penal Code

PEN §487c: Every person who converts real estate of the value of less than two hundred fifty dollars ($250) into personal property by severance from the realty of another, and with felonious intent to do so stea

Misdemeanor

What this law says, in plain English

Taking and carrying away real estate (valued under $250) that has been separated from another's property with intent to steal constitutes petty theft, punishable by up to one year in county jail, a fine up to $1,000, or both.

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Every person who converts real estate of the value of less than two hundred fifty dollars ($250) 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 petty theft and is punishable by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one year, or by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by both that fine and imprisonment.

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