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Pen. Code, § 484g · Chapter 5. Larceny

Pen. Code, § 484g

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Every person who, with the intent to defraud, (a) uses, for the purpose of obtaining money, goods, services, or anything else of value, an access card or access card account information that has been altered, obtained, or retained in violation of Section 484e or 484f, or an access card which he or she knows is forged, expired, or revoked, or (b) obtains money, goods, services, or anything else of value by representing without the consent of the cardholder that he or she is the holder of an access card and the card has not in fact been issued, is guilty of theft. If the value of all money, goods, services, and other things of value obtained in violation of this section exceeds nine hundred fifty dollars ($950) in any consecutive six-month period, then the same shall constitute grand theft.

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History

Amended by Stats. 2009, 3rd Ex. Sess., Ch. 28, Sec. 15. (SB 18 3x) Effective January 25, 2010.

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