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Cal. Penal Code § 593a — Malicious Injuries to Railroad Bridges, Highways, Bridges, and Telegraphs

Cal. Penal Code § 593a

Type
Statute
Source
California Penal Code
Jurisdiction
California
Date
1987-09-25
Current through
Nov 2, 2026 (California Legislative Counsel)

(a) Every person who maliciously drives or places, in any tree, saw-log, shingle-bolt, or other wood, any iron, steel, ceramic, or other substance sufficiently hard to injure saws, knowing that the tree is intended to be harvested or that the saw-log, shingle-bolt, or other wood is intended to…

Citator

Cal. Penal Code § 593a — Malicious Injuries to Railroad Bridges, Highways, Bridges, and Telegraphs is in force in the current edition of the Code, and nothing recorded condemns it.

(a) Every person who maliciously drives or places, in any tree, saw-log, shingle-bolt, or other wood, any iron, steel, ceramic, or other substance sufficiently hard to injure saws, knowing that the tree is intended to be harvested or that the saw-log, shingle-bolt, or other wood is intended to be manufactured into any kind of lumber or other wood product, is guilty of a felony.

(b) Any person who violates subdivision (a) and causes bodily injury to another person other than an accomplice shall, in addition and consecutive to the punishment prescribed for that felony, be punished by an additional prison term of three years.