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Cal. Penal Code § 587

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

Part of Chapter 15: Malicious Injuries to Railroad Bridges, Highways, Bridges, and Telegraphs, California Penal Code.

Full text of Cal. Penal Code § 587

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 § 587Primary source, current through the 2025–2026 Regular Session (leginfo weekly dump, 2026-07-12)
Every person who maliciously does either of the following is punishable by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170, or imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year: (a) Removes, displaces, injures, or destroys any part of any railroad, whether for steam or horse cars, or any track of any railroad, or any branch or branchway, switch, turnout, bridge, viaduct, culvert, embankment, station house, or other structure or fixture, or any part thereof, attached to or connected with any railroad. (b) Places any obstruction upon the rails or track of any railroad, or of any switch, branch, branchway, or turnout connected with any railroad.

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