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CA Penal Code § 533 (2021)
2021 California Code|Penal Code - PEN|PART 1 - OF CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS|TITLE 13 - OF CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY|CHAPTER 8 - False Personation and Cheats|Section 533.

533.  Every person who, after once selling, bartering, or disposing of any tract of land or town lot, or after executing any bond or agreement for the sale of any land or town lot, again willfully and with intent to defraud previous or subsequent purchasers, sells, barters, or disposes of the same tract of land or town lot, or any part thereof, or willfully and with intent to defraud previous or subsequent purchasers, executes any bond or agreement to sell, barter, or dispose of the same land or lot, or any part thereof, to any other person for a valuable consideration, is punishable by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170.(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 15, Sec. 386. (AB 109) Effective April 4, 2011. Operative October 1, 2011, by Sec. 636 of Ch. 15, as amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 39, Sec. 68.)
CA Penal Code § 534 (2021)
2021 California Code|Penal Code - PEN|PART 1 - OF CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS|TITLE 13 - OF CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY|CHAPTER 8 - False Personation and Cheats|Section 534.

534.  Every person who is married or in a registered domestic partnership, who falsely and fraudulently represents himself or herself as competent to sell or mortgage any real estate, to the validity of which sale or mortgage the assent or concurrence of his or her spouse is necessary, and under such representations willfully conveys or mortgages the same, is guilty of a felony.(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 50, Sec. 73. (SB 1005) Effective January 1, 2017.)
CA Penal Code § 535 (2021)
2021 California Code|Penal Code - PEN|PART 1 - OF CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS|TITLE 13 - OF CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY|CHAPTER 8 - False Personation and Cheats|Section 535.

535.  Every person who obtains any money or property from another, or obtains the signature of another to any written instrument, the false making of which would be forgery, by means of any false or fraudulent sale of property or pretended property, by auction, or by any of the practices known as mock auctions, is punishable by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year, or by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170, or by a fine not exceeding two thousand dollars ($2,000), or by both that fine and imprisonment, and, in addition, is disqualified for a period of three years from acting as an auctioneer in this state.(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 15, Sec. 387. (AB 109) Effective April 4, 2011. Operative October 1, 2011, by Sec. 636 of Ch. 15, as amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 39, Sec. 68.)
CA Penal Code § 536 (2021)
2021 California Code|Penal Code - PEN|PART 1 - OF CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS|TITLE 13 - OF CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY|CHAPTER 8 - False Personation and Cheats|Section 536.

536.  Every commission merchant, broker, agent, factor, or consignee, who shall willfully and corruptly make, or cause to be made, to the principal or consignor of such commission merchant, agent, broker, factor, or consignee, a false statement as to the price obtained for any property consigned or entrusted for sale, or as to the quality or quantity of any property so consigned or entrusted, or as to any expenditures made in connection therewith, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof, shall be punished by fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000) and not less than two hundred dollars ($200), or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six months and not less than 10 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.(Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1092, Sec. 299. Effective September 27, 1983. Operative January 1, 1984, by Sec. 427 of Ch. 1092.)
CA Penal Code § 536a (2021)
2021 California Code|Penal Code - PEN|PART 1 - OF CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS|TITLE 13 - OF CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY|CHAPTER 8 - False Personation and Cheats|Section 536a.

536a.  It is hereby made the duty of every commission merchant, broker, factor, or consignee, to whom any property is consigned or entrusted for sale, to make, when accounting therefor or subsequently, upon the written demand of his principal or consignor, a true written statement setting forth the name and address of the person or persons to whom a sale of the said property, or any portion thereof, was made, the quantity so sold to each purchaser, and the respective prices obtained therefor; provided, however, that unless separate written demand shall be made as to each consignment or shipment regarding which said statement is desired, prior to sale, it shall be sufficient to set forth in said statement only so many of said matters above enumerated as said commission merchant, broker, factor, or consignee may be able to obtain from the books of account kept by him; and that said statement shall not be required in case of cash sales where the amount of the transaction is less than fifty dollars. Any person violating the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor.(Added by Stats. 1909, Ch. 706.)
CA Penal Code § 537 (2021)
2021 California Code|Penal Code - PEN|PART 1 - OF CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS|TITLE 13 - OF CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY|CHAPTER 8 - False Personation and Cheats|Section 537.

537.  (a) Any person who obtains any food, fuel, services, or accommodations at a hotel, inn, restaurant, boardinghouse, lodginghouse, apartment house, bungalow court, motel, marina, marine facility, autocamp, ski area, or public or private campground, without paying therefor, with intent to defraud the proprietor or manager thereof, or who obtains credit at an hotel, inn, restaurant, boardinghouse, lodginghouse, apartment house, bungalow court, motel, marina, marine facility, autocamp, or public or private campground by the use of any false pretense, or who, after obtaining credit, food, fuel, services, or accommodations, at an hotel, inn, restaurant, boardinghouse, lodginghouse, apartment house, bungalow court, motel, marina, marine facility, autocamp, or public or private campground, absconds, or surreptitiously, or by force, menace, or threats, removes any part of his or her baggage therefrom with the intent not to pay for his or her food or accommodations is guilty of a public offense punishable as follows:(1) If the value of the credit, food, fuel, services, or accommodations is nine hundred fifty dollars ($950) or less, by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000) or by imprisonment in the county jail for a term not exceeding six months, or both.(2) If the value of the credit, food, fuel, services, or accommodations is greater than nine hundred fifty dollars ($950), by imprisonment in a county jail for a term of not more than one year, or in the state prison.(b) Any person who uses or attempts to use ski area facilities for which payment is required without paying as required, or who resells a ski lift ticket to another when the resale is not authorized by the proprietor, is guilty of an infraction.(c) Evidence that a person left the premises of such an hotel, inn, restaurant, boardinghouse, lodginghouse, apartment house, bungalow court, motel, marina, marine facility, autocamp, ski area, or public or private campground, without paying or offering to pay for such food, fuel, services, use of facilities, or accommodation, or that the person, without authorization from the proprietor, resold his or her ski lift ticket to another person after making use of such facilities, shall be prima facie evidence of the following:(1) That the person obtained such food, fuel, services, use of facilities or accommodations with intent to defraud the proprietor or manager.(2) That, if, after obtaining the credit, food, fuel, services, or accommodations, the person absconded, or surreptitiously, or by force, menace, or threats, removed part of his or her baggage therefrom, the person did so with the intent not to pay for the credit, food, fuel, services, or accommodations.(Amended by Stats. 2009, 3rd Ex. Sess., Ch. 28, Sec. 27. (SB 18 3x) Effective January 25, 2010.)
CA Penal Code § 537b (2021)
2021 California Code|Penal Code - PEN|PART 1 - OF CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS|TITLE 13 - OF CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY|CHAPTER 8 - False Personation and Cheats|Section 537b.

537b.  Any person who obtains any livery hire or other accommodation at any livery or feed stable, kept for profit, in this state, without paying therefor, with intent to defraud the proprietor or manager thereof; or who obtains credit at any such livery or feed stable by the use of any false pretense; or who after obtaining a horse, vehicle, or other property at such livery or feed stable, willfully or maliciously abuses the same by beating, goading, overdriving or other willful or malicious conduct, or who after obtaining such horse, vehicle, or other property, shall, with intent to defraud the owner, manager or proprietor of such livery or feed stable, keep the same for a longer period, or take the same to a greater distance than contracted for; or allow a feed bill or other charges to accumulate against such property, without paying therefor; or abandon or leave the same, is guilty of a misdemeanor.(Added by renumbering Section 537¾ by Stats. 1905, Ch. 523.)
CA Penal Code § 537c (2021)
2021 California Code|Penal Code - PEN|PART 1 - OF CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS|TITLE 13 - OF CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY|CHAPTER 8 - False Personation and Cheats|Section 537c.

537c.  Every owner, manager, proprietor, or other person, having the management, charge or control of any livery stable, feed or boarding stable, and every person pasturing stock, who shall receive and take into his possession, charge, care or control, any horse, mare, or other animal, or any buggy, or other vehicle, belonging to any other person, to be by him kept, fed, or cared for, and who, while said horse, mare or other animal or buggy or other vehicle, is thus in his possession, charge, care or under his control, as aforesaid, shall drive, ride or use, or knowingly permit or allow any person other than the owner or other person entitled so to do, to drive, ride, or otherwise use the same, without the consent or permission of the owner thereof, or other person charged with the care, control or possession of such property, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.(Added by Stats. 1909, Ch. 178.)
CA Penal Code § 537e (2021)
2021 California Code|Penal Code - PEN|PART 1 - OF CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS|TITLE 13 - OF CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY|CHAPTER 8 - False Personation and Cheats|Section 537e.

537e.  (a) Any person who knowingly buys, sells, receives, disposes of, conceals, or has in his or her possession any personal property from which the manufacturer’s serial number, identification number, electronic serial number, or any other distinguishing number or identification mark has been removed, defaced, covered, altered, or destroyed, is guilty of a public offense, punishable as follows:(1) If the value of the property does not exceed nine hundred fifty dollars ($950), by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding six months.(2) If the value of the property exceeds nine hundred fifty dollars ($950), by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year.(3) If the property is an integrated computer chip or panel of a value of nine hundred fifty dollars ($950) or more, by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 for 16 months, or two or three years or by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year.(b) For purposes of this subdivision, “personal property” includes, but is not limited to, the following:(1) Any television, radio, recorder, phonograph, telephone, piano, or any other musical instrument or sound equipment.(2) Any washing machine, sewing machine, vacuum cleaner, or other household appliance or furnishings.(3) Any typewriter, adding machine, dictaphone, or any other office equipment or furnishings.(4) Any computer, printed circuit, integrated chip or panel, or other part of a computer.(5) Any tool or similar device, including any technical or scientific equipment.(6) Any bicycle, exercise equipment, or any other entertainment or recreational equipment.(7) Any electrical or mechanical equipment, contrivance, material, or piece of apparatus or equipment.(8) Any clock, watch, watch case, or watch movement.(9) Any vehicle or vessel, or any component part thereof.(c) When property described in subdivision (a) comes into the custody of a peace officer it shall become subject to the provision of Chapter 12 (commencing with Section 1407) of Title 10 of Part 2, relating to the disposal of stolen or embezzled property. Property subject to this section shall be considered stolen or embezzled property for the purposes of that chapter, and prior to being disposed of, shall have an identification mark imbedded or engraved in, or permanently affixed to it.(d) This section does not apply to those cases or instances where any of the changes or alterations enumerated in subdivision (a) have been customarily made or done as an established practice in the ordinary and regular conduct of business, by the original manufacturer, or by his or her duly appointed direct representative, or under specific authorization from the original manufacturer.(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 15, Sec. 388. (AB 109) Effective April 4, 2011. Operative October 1, 2011, by Sec. 636 of Ch. 15, as amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 39, Sec. 68.)
CA Penal Code § 537f (2021)
2021 California Code|Penal Code - PEN|PART 1 - OF CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS|TITLE 13 - OF CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY|CHAPTER 8 - False Personation and Cheats|Section 537f.

537f.  No storage battery composed in whole or in part of a used container, or used plate or plates and intended for use in the starting, lighting or ignition of automobiles, shall be sold or offered for sale in this State unless: the word “Rebuilt” together with the rebuilder’s name and address is labeled on one side of the battery in letters not less than one-half inch in height with a one-eighth inch stroke.Any person selling or offering for sale such a battery in violation of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine not exceeding two hundred fifty dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.(Added by Stats. 1933, Ch. 925.)
CA Penal Code § 537g (2021)
2021 California Code|Penal Code - PEN|PART 1 - OF CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS|TITLE 13 - OF CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY|CHAPTER 8 - False Personation and Cheats|Section 537g.

537g.  (a) Unless otherwise provided by law, any person who knowingly removes, defaces, covers, alters or destroys a National Crime Information Center owner identification number from the personal property of another without permission is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed four hundred dollars ($400), imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed one year, or both.(b) This section shall not apply to any action taken by an authorized person to dispose of property pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 2080) of Chapter 4 of Title 6 of Part 4 of Division 3 of the Civil Code or pursuant to Chapter 12 (commencing with Section 1407) of Title 10 of Part 2 of this code.(Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 878, Sec. 2.)
CA Penal Code § 538 (2021)
2021 California Code|Penal Code - PEN|PART 1 - OF CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS|TITLE 13 - OF CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY|CHAPTER 8 - False Personation and Cheats|Section 538.

538.  Every person, who, after mortgaging any of the property permitted to be mortgaged by the provisions of Sections 9102 and 9109 of the Commercial Code, excepting locomotives, engines, rolling stock of a railroad, steamboat machinery in actual use, and vessels, during the existence of the mortgage, with intent to defraud the mortgagee, his or her representative or assigns, takes, drives, carries away, or otherwise removes or permits the taking, driving, or carrying away, or other removal of the mortgaged property, or any part thereof, from the county where it was situated when mortgaged, without the written consent of the mortgagee, or who sells, transfers, slaughters, destroys, or in any manner further encumbers the mortgaged property, or any part thereof, or causes it to be sold, transferred, slaughtered, destroyed, or further encumbered, is guilty of theft, and is punishable accordingly. In the case of a sale, transfer, or further encumbrance at or before the time of making the sale, transfer, or encumbrance, the mortgagor informs the person to whom the sale, transfer, or encumbrance is made, of the existence of the prior mortgage, and also informs the prior mortgagee of the intended sale, transfer, or encumbrance, in writing, by giving the name and place of residence of the party to whom the sale, transfer, or encumbrance is to be made.(Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 991, Sec. 54. Effective January 1, 2000. Operative July 1, 2001, by Sec. 75 of Ch. 991.)
CA Penal Code § 538a (2021)
2021 California Code|Penal Code - PEN|PART 1 - OF CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS|TITLE 13 - OF CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY|CHAPTER 8 - False Personation and Cheats|Section 538a.

538a.  Every person who signs any letter addressed to a newspaper with the name of a person other than himself and sends such letter to the newspaper, or causes it to be sent to such newspaper, with intent to lead the newspaper to believe that such letter was written by the person whose name is signed thereto, is guilty of a misdemeanor.(Added by renumbering Section 480 (as added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1256) by Stats. 1972, Ch. 449.)
CA Penal Code § 538b (2021)
2021 California Code|Penal Code - PEN|PART 1 - OF CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS|TITLE 13 - OF CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY|CHAPTER 8 - False Personation and Cheats|Section 538b.

538b.  Any person who wilfully wears the badge, lapel button, rosette, or any part of the garb, robe, habit, or any other recognized and established insignia or apparel of any secret society, or fraternal or religious order or organization, or of any sect, church or religious denomination, or uses the same to obtain aid or assistance within this State, with intent to deceive, unless entitled to wear and use the same under the constitution, by-laws or rules and regulations, or other laws or enactments of such society, order, organization, sect, church or religious denomination is guilty of a misdemeanor.(Amended by Stats. 1937, Ch. 255.)
CA Penal Code § 538c (2021)
2021 California Code|Penal Code - PEN|PART 1 - OF CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS|TITLE 13 - OF CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY|CHAPTER 8 - False Personation and Cheats|Section 538c.

538c.  (a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), any person who attaches or inserts an unauthorized advertisement in a newspaper, whether alone or in concert with another, and who redistributes it to the public or who has the intent to redistribute it to the public, is guilty of the crime of theft of advertising services which shall be punishable as a misdemeanor.(b) As used in this section:(1) “Unauthorized advertisement” means any form of representation or communication, including any handbill, newsletter, pamphlet, or notice that contains any letters, words, or pictorial representation that is attached to or inserted in a newspaper without a contractual agreement between the publisher and an advertiser.(2) “Newspaper” includes any newspaper, magazine, periodical, or other tangible publication, whether offered for retail sale or distributed without charge.(c) This section does not apply if the publisher or authorized distributor of the newspaper consents to the attachment or insertion of the advertisement.(d) This section does not apply to a newspaper distributor who is directed to insert an unauthorized advertisement by a person or company supplying the newspapers, and who is not aware that the advertisement is unauthorized.(e) A conviction under this section shall not constitute a conviction for petty theft.(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 1134, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2003.)
CA Penal Code § 538f (2021)
2021 California Code|Penal Code - PEN|PART 1 - OF CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS|TITLE 13 - OF CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY|CHAPTER 8 - False Personation and Cheats|Section 538f.

538f.  Any person, other than an employee of a public utility or district as defined in Sections 216 and 11503 of the Public Utilities Code, respectively, who willfully presents himself or herself to a utility or district customer with the intent of fraudulently personating an employee of a public utility or district, or of fraudulently inducing the belief that he or she is an employee of a public utility or district, is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by imprisonment in a county jail not to exceed six months, or by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by both that fine and imprisonment. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit conduct that arguably constitutes protected activity under state labor law or the National Labor Relations Act (Title 29, United States Code, Section 151 and following).(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 460, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1996.)
CA Penal Code § 538g (2021)
2021 California Code|Penal Code - PEN|PART 1 - OF CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS|TITLE 13 - OF CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY|CHAPTER 8 - False Personation and Cheats|Section 538g.

538g.  (a) Any person, other than a state, county, city, special district, or city and county officer or employee, who willfully wears, exhibits, or uses the authorized badge, photographic identification card, or insignia of a state, county, city, special district, or city and county officer or employee, with the intent of fraudulently personating a state, county, city, special district, or city and county officer or employee, or of fraudulently inducing the belief that he or she is a state, county, city, special district, or city and county officer or employee, is guilty of a misdemeanor.(b) Any person who willfully wears, exhibits, or uses, or willfully makes, sells, loans, gives, or transfers to another, any badge, photographic identification card, or insignia, which falsely purports to be for the use of a state, county, city, special district, or city and county officer or employee, or which so resembles the authorized badge, photographic identification card, or insignia of a state, county, city, special district, or city and county officer or employee as would deceive an ordinary reasonable person into believing that it is authorized for use by a state, county, city, special district, or city and county officer or employee, is guilty of a misdemeanor, except that any person who makes or sells any badge under the circumstances described in this subdivision is subject to a fine not to exceed fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000).(c) This section shall not apply to either of the following:(1) Use of a badge solely as a prop for a motion picture, television, or video production, or an entertainment or theatrical event.(2) A badge supplied by a recognized employee organization as defined in Section 3501 of the Government Code or a state or international organization to which it is affiliated.(Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 22, Sec. 2. Effective March 5, 2004.)
CA Penal Code § 538.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Penal Code - PEN|PART 1 - OF CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS|TITLE 13 - OF CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY|CHAPTER 8 - False Personation and Cheats|Section 538.5.

538.5.  Every person who transmits or causes to be transmitted by means of wire, radio or television communication any words, sounds, writings, signs, signals, or pictures for the purpose of furthering or executing a scheme or artifice to obtain, from a public utility, confidential, privileged, or proprietary information, trade secrets, trade lists, customer records, billing records, customer credit data, or accounting data by means of false or fraudulent pretenses, representations, personations, or promises is guilty of an offense punishable by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170, or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding one year.(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 15, Sec. 389. (AB 109) Effective April 4, 2011. Operative October 1, 2011, by Sec. 636 of Ch. 15, as amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 39, Sec. 68.)