California · Penal Code
PEN §537c: Every owner, manager, proprietor, or other person, having the management, charge or control of any livery stable, feed or boarding stable, and every person pasturing stock, who shall receive and take
What this law says, in plain English
A stable owner or caretaker who drives, rides, or uses an animal or vehicle entrusted to their care without the owner's permission, or allows another to do so, commits a misdemeanor.
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