California Penal Code Section 594

Penal code 594 pc is the california statute that defines vandalism as maliciously damaging destroying or defacing another person s property.

California penal code section 594. A 1 it shall be unlawful for any person firm or corporation except a parent or legal guardian to sell or give or in any way furnish to another person who is in fact under the age of 18 years any etching cream or aerosol container of paint that is capable of defacing property without first obtaining bona fide evidence of majority and identity. Ca penal code 594 2019 594. Vandalism is a misdemeanor if the amount of the damage is less than 400 00 and can be filed as a felony if the amount is 400 00 or greater.

A every person who possesses a masonry or glass drill bit a carbide drill bit a glass cutter a grinding stone an awl a chisel a carbide scribe an aerosol paint container a felt tip marker or any other marking substance with the intent to commit vandalism or graffiti is guilty of a misdemeanor. 1 defaces with graffiti or other inscribed material. A every person who maliciously commits any of the following acts with respect to any real or personal property not his or her own in cases other than those specified by state law is guilty of vandalism.

California penal code section 594. A any person who knowingly commits any act of vandalism to a church synagogue mosque temple building owned and occupied by a religious educational institution or other place primarily used as a place of worship where religious services are regularly conducted or a cemetery is guilty of a crime punishable by imprisonment in a county jail for not exceeding one year or imprisonment pursuant to subdivision h of section 1170. If the amount of defacement damage or destruction is less than four hundred dollars 400 and the defendant has been previously convicted of vandalism or affixing graffiti or other inscribed material under section 594 594 3 594 4 640 5 640 6 or 640 7 vandalism is punishable by imprisonment in a county jail for not more than one year or by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars 5 000 or by both that fine and imprisonment.

1 defaces with graffiti or other inscribed material. Malicious mischief 594 625c title 14 enacted 1872. A every person who maliciously commits any of the following acts with respect to any real or personal property not his or her own in cases other than those specified by state law is guilty of vandalism.

1 defaces with graffiti or other inscribed material.