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Cal. Penal Code § 593
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 § 593
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.
Every person who unlawfully and maliciously takes down, removes, injures, interferes with, or obstructs any line erected or maintained by proper authority for the purpose of transmitting electricity for light, heat, or power, or any part thereof, or any insulator or crossarm, appurtenance or apparatus connected therewith, or severs or in any way interferes with any wire, cable, or current thereof, is punishable by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170, or by fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), or imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding one year.
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