Section 487 Criminal Code

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Section 487 criminal code. The meaning of place is primarily treated as a territorial concept rather than an informational one. If the property is valued at less than 950 00 the charge can only be filed as the less serious offense of petty theft. Read this complete california code penal code pen 487 on westlaw findlaw codes are provided courtesy of thomson reuters westlaw the industry leading online legal research system.

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Under penal code 487 pc california law defines the crime of grand theft as unlawfully taking someone else s property when the property is valued at 950 00 or more. The motor vehicle can be the thing to be searched for or the place to be searched depending on the circumstances. 487 08 1 no person shall use bodily substances that are taken in execution of a warrant under section 487 05 or under section 196 12 of the national defence act except to use them for the purpose of forensic dna analysis in the course of an investigation of a designated offence.

Use of bodily substances order authorization. A anything on or in respect of which any offence against this act or any other act of parliament has been or is suspected to have been committed. Is guilty of a misdemeanor and in addition to the punishment prescribed therefor by the penal law he forfeits to the party injured treble damages to be recovered in a civil action.

A when the money labor or real or personal property taken is of a value exceeding nine hundred fifty dollars 950 except as provided in subdivision b. Grand theft is theft committed in any of the following cases. 487 1 a justice who is satisfied by information on oath in form 1 that there are reasonable grounds to believe that there is in a building receptacle or place.

Section 487 permits the search of a building receptacle or place. 487 1 1 if a peace officer believes that an indictable offence has been committed and that it would be impracticable to appear personally before a justice to make an application for a warrant in accordance with section 487 the peace officer may submit an information on oath by telephone or other means of telecommunication to a justice designated for the purpose by the chief judge of the provincial court having jurisdiction in the matter.