Cal. Penal Code § 504a
Cal. Penal Code § 504a
California · California Penal Code · Status: effective
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- Cal. Penal Code § 504a, California, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-25, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/887283
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Every person who shall fraudulently remove, conceal or dispose of any goods, chattels or effects, leased or let to him by any instrument in writing, or any personal property or effects of another in his possession, under a contract of purchase not yet fulfilled, and any person in possession of such goods, chattels, or effects knowing them to be subject to such lease or contract of purchase who shall so remove, conceal or dispose of the same with intent to injure or defraud the lessor or owner thereof, is guilty of embezzlement.