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Cal. Penal Code § 492

Current through 2025–2026 Regular Session (leginfo weekly dump, 2026-07-12)

Part of Chapter 5: Larceny, California Penal Code.

Full text of Cal. Penal Code § 492

Statutory text current through the 2025–2026 Regular Session (leginfo weekly dump, 2026-07-12). This publication reproduces the official statutory text; it is not the official statutes of the State of California.

Cal. Penal Code § 492Primary source, current through the 2025–2026 Regular Session (leginfo weekly dump, 2026-07-12)
If the thing stolen consists of any evidence of debt, or other written instrument, the amount of money due thereupon, or secured to be paid thereby, and remaining unsatisfied, or which in any contingency might be collected thereon, or the value of the property the title to which is shown thereby, or the sum which might be recovered in the absence thereof, is the value of the thing stolen.

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