California · Penal Code

PEN §621: (a) Every person who maliciously destroys, cuts, breaks, mutilates, effaces, or otherwise injures, tears down, or removes any law enforcement memorial or firefighter’s memorial is guilty of a crime pu

Felony

What this law says, in plain English

A person who maliciously destroys or damages a law enforcement or firefighter memorial commits a crime punishable by state prison or county jail for less than one year.

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(a) Every person who maliciously destroys, cuts, breaks, mutilates, effaces, or otherwise injures, tears down, or removes any law enforcement memorial or firefighter’s memorial is guilty of a crime punishable by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 or by imprisonment in a county jail for less than one year. (b) This section does not preclude prosecution under any other provision of law, including Section 1318 of the Military and Veterans Code.

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