§ 587. — 587. (Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 15, Sec. 402.)

California § 587.

• Jurisdiction: California
• Code PEN: Penal Code - PEN
• Title: 13.
• Part 1.: TITLE 13. OF CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY
• Ch. 15.: CHAPTER 15. Malicious Injuries to Railroad Bridges, Highways, Bridges, and Telegraphs

Text

Every person who maliciously does either of the following is punishable by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170, or imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year:
(a)
Removes, displaces, injures, or destroys any part of any railroad, whether for steam or horse cars, or any track of any railroad, or any branch or branchway, switch, turnout, bridge, viaduct, culvert, embankment, station house, or other structure or fixture, or any part thereof, attached to or connected with any railroad.
(b)
Places any obstruction upon the rails or track of any railroad, or of any switch, branch, branchway, or turnout connected with
any railroad.

Legislative History

Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 15, Sec. 402. (AB 109) Effective April 4, 2011. Operative October 1, 2011, by Sec. 636 of Ch. 15, as amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 39, Sec. 68.