California · Penal Code

PEN §505: Every carrier or other person having under his control personal property for the purpose of transportation for hire, who fraudulently appropriates it to any use or purpose inconsistent with the safe k

Felony

What this law says, in plain English

A carrier or transporter who fraudulently misappropriates property entrusted to their care for transportation is guilty of embezzlement, regardless of whether the property's packaging is opened.

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Every carrier or other person having under his control personal property for the purpose of transportation for hire, who fraudulently appropriates it to any use or purpose inconsistent with the safe keeping of such property and its transportation according to his trust, is guilty of embezzlement, whether he has broken the package in which such property is contained, or has otherwise separated the items thereof, or not.

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