California statute
Cal. Penal Code § 588b
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 § 588b
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.
Any person who wilfully breaks down, removes, injures, or destroys any barrier or obstruction erected or placed in or upon any road or highway by the authorities in charge thereof, or by any authorized contractor engaged in the construction or maintenance thereof, or who tears down, defaces, removes, or destroys any warnings, notices, or directional signs erected, placed or posted in, upon, or adjacent to any road or highway, or who extinguishes, removes, injures, or destroys any warning light or lantern, or reflectorized warning or directional sign, erected, placed or maintained by any such authority in, upon or adjacent to any such road or highway, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
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