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Cal. Penal Code § 511
Current through 2025–2026 Regular Session (leginfo weekly dump, 2026-07-12)
Part of Chapter 6: Embezzlement, California Penal Code.
Full text of Cal. Penal Code § 511
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.
Upon any indictment for embezzlement, it is a sufficient defense that the property was appropriated openly and avowedly, and under a claim of title preferred in good faith, even though such claim is untenable. But this provision does not excuse the unlawful retention of the property of another to offset or pay demands held against him.
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