Cal. Pen. Code § 496d : CALIFORNIA PENAL CODE — OF CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS — OF CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY — LARCENY — Buying or receiving stolen motor vehicle, trailer, construction equipment, or vessel
(a) Every person who buys or receives any motor vehicle, as defined in Section
415 of the Vehicle Code, any trailer, as defined in Section
630 of the Vehicle Code, any special construction equipment, as defined in Section
565 of the Vehicle Code, or any vessel, as defined in Section
21 of the Harbors and Navigation Code, that has been stolen or that has been obtained in any manner constituting theft or extortion, knowing the property to be stolen or obtained, or who conceals, sells, withholds, or aids in concealing, selling, or withholding any motor vehicle, trailer, special construction equipment, or vessel from the owner, knowing the property to be so stolen or obtained, shall be punished by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section
1170 for 16 months or two or three years or a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or both, or by imprisonment in a county jail not to exceed one year or a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or both.
(b) For the purposes of this section, the terms "special construction equipment" and "vessel" are limited to motorized vehicles and vessels.
Ca. Pen. Code § 496d
Amended by Stats 2011 ch 39 (AB 117),s 68, eff. 6/30/2011.
Amended by Stats 2011 ch 15 (AB 109),s 374, eff. 4/4/2011, but operative no earlier than October 1, 2011, and only upon creation of a community corrections grant program to assist in implementing this act and upon an appropriation to fund the grant program.