California · Penal Code

PEN §625: Every person who, with intent to defraud or injure, opens or causes to be opened, or draws water from any stopcock or faucet by which the flow of water is controlled, after having been notified that t

Misdemeanor

What this law says, in plain English

A person commits a misdemeanor by intentionally opening a water stopcock or faucet after being notified it was closed by proper authority, with intent to defraud or injure.

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Every person who, with intent to defraud or injure, opens or causes to be opened, or draws water from any stopcock or faucet by which the flow of water is controlled, after having been notified that the same has been closed or shut for specific cause, by order of competent authority, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

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