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This is a Complaint pleading for use in litigation of the title matter. Adapt this form to comply with your facts and circumstances, and with your specific state law. Not recommended for use by non-attorneys.
A misdemeanor grand theft or larceny appropriation of lost property conviction is punishable by up to a year in county jail and a maximum fine of $1,000. A felony grand theft appropriation of lost property conviction is punishable by 16 months, or two to three years in county jail and a maximum fine of $10,000.
All matters of fact tending to establish a defense other than one specified in the fourth, fifth, and sixth subdivisions of Section 1016, may be given in evidence under the plea of not guilty. (Amended by Stats. 1968, Ch.
PC 496(a) is considered a “wobbler” offense, meaning it can be prosecuted as either a felony or misdemeanor depending on aggravating factors such as your prior criminal history and whether the value of the stolen property you are accused of receiving or possessing exceeds $950.
Under California Penal Code Section 485 PC, misappropriation of lost property can be a theft offense which could result in jail or prison sentences for the person who unlawfully keeps property that does not belong to them.
California Penal Code Section 496(a) PC: Receiving Stolen Property. While many theft offenses make it illegal to unlawfully take or steal property from someone else, the person who receives stolen property can also be charged with a crime under the law.
Penal Code 485 PC makes it a crime misappropriate lost property and can be charged as petty theft or grand theft. Appropriation of lost property is a theft offense described under California Penal Code 485.
946. If there is no law to the contrary, in the place where personal property is situated, it is deemed to follow the person of its owner, and is governed by the law of his domicile.
Embezzlement is the fraudulent appropriation of property by a person to whom it has been intrusted. (Enacted 1872.)
The elements of the crime of receiving stolen property are (1) the property was obtained by theft; (2) the defendant knew the property was so obtained; and (3) the property was received, concealed, or withheld by the defendant or the defendant aided in receiving, concealing, or withholding it.
California Penal Code CPC §602(k) – Trespassing – Section 602(k) of the Penal Code makes it illegal to enter land to damage property or property rights or to enter in order to interfere with a business or occupation carried on by the owner of the land, the owner's agent, or the lawful possessor of the land.