Please find below some relevant California statutory laws on Receiving Stolen Property. If you have any further questions, please feel free to contact a criminal defense attorney in our Orange County office for a consultation with a lawyer.

California Criminal Law: Receiving Stolen Property 496(a)

California Penal Code Section 496(a) defines Receiving Stolen Property as follows:

496. (a) Every person who buys or receives any property that has been stolen or that has been obtained in any manner constituting theft or extortion, knowing the property to be so stolen or obtained, or who conceals, sells, withholds, or aids in concealing, selling, or withholding any property from the owner, knowing the property to be so stolen or obtained, shall be punished by imprisonment in a county jail for not more than one year, or imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170. However, if the district attorney or the grand jury determines that this action would be in the interests of justice, the district attorney or the grand jury, as the case may be, may, if the value of the property does not exceed nine hundred fifty dollars ($950), specify in the accusatory pleading that the offense shall be a misdemeanor, punishable only by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year.

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