SB 1461, as introduced, Glazer. Theft.
Existing law provides that a person who finds lost property under circumstances that give the person knowledge of or means of inquiry as to the true owner, and who appropriates the property to his or her own use, or to the use of another person not entitled to the property, without first making reasonable and just efforts to find the owner and to restore the property to the owner, is guilty of theft.
This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to those provisions.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 485 of the Penal Code is amended to
2read:
One who finds lost property under circumstancesbegin delete whichend delete
4begin insert thatend insert give himbegin insert or herend insert knowledge of or means of inquiry as to the
5true owner, and who appropriatesbegin delete suchend deletebegin insert thatend insert property to hisbegin insert or herend insert
6 own use, or to the use of another person
not entitledbegin delete theretoend deletebegin insert
to the
7propertyend insert, without first making reasonable and just efforts to find
P2 1the owner and to restore the property to himbegin insert or herend insert, is guilty of
2theft.
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