California · Penal Code

PEN §507: Every person intrusted with any property as bailee, tenant, or lodger, or with any power of attorney for the sale or transfer thereof, who fraudulently converts the same or the proceeds thereof to his

Felony

What this law says, in plain English

A person who fraudulently converts property entrusted to them as a bailee, tenant, lodger, or attorney—or conceals it with intent to convert it—commits embezzlement.

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Every person intrusted with any property as bailee, tenant, or lodger, or with any power of attorney for the sale or transfer thereof, who fraudulently converts the same or the proceeds thereof to his own use, or secretes it or them with a fraudulent intent to convert to his own use, is guilty of embezzlement.

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