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Cal. Penal Code § 593a

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 § 593a

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 § 593aPrimary source, current through the 2025–2026 Regular Session (leginfo weekly dump, 2026-07-12)
(a) Every person who maliciously drives or places, in any tree, saw-log, shingle-bolt, or other wood, any iron, steel, ceramic, or other substance sufficiently hard to injure saws, knowing that the tree is intended to be harvested or that the saw-log, shingle-bolt, or other wood is intended to be manufactured into any kind of lumber or other wood product, is guilty of a felony. (b) Any person who violates subdivision (a) and causes bodily injury to another person other than an accomplice shall, in addition and consecutive to the punishment prescribed for that felony, be punished by an additional prison term of three years.

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