California · Streets and Highways Code - SHC

SHC §732: Any person who wilfully injures, defaces, breaks down or removes any monument or stake placed, erected or used by the department to designate any point in the boundary or survey of any State highway o

Misdemeanor

What this law says, in plain English

A person who intentionally damages, defaces, breaks, or removes boundary or survey monuments placed by the state on highways commits a misdemeanor offense.

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Any person who wilfully injures, defaces, breaks down or removes any monument or stake placed, erected or used by the department to designate any point in the boundary or survey of any State highway or proposed State highway is guilty of a misdemeanor.

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