Pen. Code, § 789 · Chapter 1. Of the Local Jurisdiction of Public Offenses
Pen. Code, § 789
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The jurisdiction of a criminal action for stealing or embezzling, in any other state, the property of another, or receiving it knowing it to have been stolen or embezzled, and bringing the same into this State, is in any competent court into or through the jurisdictional territory of which such stolen or embezzled property has been brought.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by Stats. 1951, Ch. 1674.
Source of truth
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- As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
- Official file
- https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PEN§ionNum=789.
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