Veh. Code, § 10855 · Chapter 4. Theft and Injury of Vehicles
Veh. Code, § 10855
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
(a) If a person who has leased or rented a vehicle willfully and intentionally fails to return the vehicle to its owner within five days after the lease or rental agreement has expired, the person shall be presumed to have embezzled the vehicle.
(b) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2024.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Repealed (in Sec. 3) and added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 609, Sec. 4. (AB 391) Effective January 1, 2020. Section operative January 1, 2024, by its own provisions.
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