California · Penal Code

PEN §497: 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, m

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A person who steals, embezzles, or knowingly receives stolen property in another state or country and brings it into this state may be prosecuted and punished as if the crime occurred in this state.

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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.

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