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2018 California Code
Penal Code - PEN
PART 1 - OF CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS
TITLE 14 - MALICIOUS MISCHIEF
Section 605.
Universal Citation: CA Penal Code § 605 (2018)
605.
Every person who either:
1. Maliciously removes any monument erected for the purpose of designating any point in the boundary of any lot or tract of land, or a place where a subaqueous telegraph cable lies; or,
2. Maliciously defaces or alters the marks upon any such monument; or,
3. Maliciously cuts down or removes any tree upon which any such marks have been made for such purpose, with intent to destroy such marks;—Is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Enacted 1872.)
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