California · Penal Code

PEN §593g: Every person who, with the intent to use it in a violation of Section 593a, possesses any iron, steel, ceramic, or other substance sufficiently hard to injure saws or wood manufacturing or processing

Misdemeanor

What this law says, in plain English

A person who possesses hard materials (iron, steel, ceramic, etc.) intending to use them to damage saws or wood processing equipment may be imprisoned in county jail for up to one year.

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Every person who, with the intent to use it in a violation of Section 593a, possesses any iron, steel, ceramic, or other substance sufficiently hard to injure saws or wood manufacturing or processing equipment, shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed one year. This section shall only become operative if Senate Bill 1176 of the 1987–88 Regular Session of the Legislature is enacted and becomes effective on or before January 1, 1988.

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