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Cal. Penal Code § 494

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 § 494

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 § 494Primary source, current through the 2025–2026 Regular Session (leginfo weekly dump, 2026-07-12)
All the provisions of this Chapter apply where the property taken is an instrument for the payment of money, evidence of debt, public security, or passage ticket, completed and ready to be issued or delivered, although the same has never been issued or delivered by the makers thereof to any person as a purchaser or owner.

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