§ 466.7
Unauthorized motor vehicle key
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Property Crimes
Title 13, Ch. 3 · Burglarious and Larcenous Instruments and Deadly Weapons
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Every person who, with the intent to use it in the commission of an unlawful act, possesses a motor vehicle key with knowledge that such key was made without the consent of either the registered or legal owner of the motor vehicle or of a person who is in lawful possession of the motor vehicle, is guilty of a .
History: Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1147.
Simplified explanation
Possessing a vehicle key known to have been made without the owner's or lawful possessor's consent, intending to use it for an unlawful act, is a misdemeanor.