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Cal. Penal Code § 653v

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

Part of Chapter 2: Of Other and Miscellaneous Offenses, California Penal Code.

Full text of Cal. Penal Code § 653v

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 § 653vPrimary source, current through the 2025–2026 Regular Session (leginfo weekly dump, 2026-07-12)
Whenever any person is convicted of any violation of Section 653h, 653s, 653u, or 653w the court, in its judgment of conviction, shall, in addition to the penalty therein prescribed, order the forfeiture and destruction or other disposition of all articles, including, but not limited to, phonograph records, discs, wires, tapes, films, or any other article upon which sounds or images can be recorded or stored, and any and all electronic, mechanical, or other devices for manufacturing, reproducing or assembling these articles, which were used in connection with, or which were part of, any violation of Section 653h, 653s, 653u, or 653w.

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