§ 487b
Severing real estate worth $250 or more
Official text prohibited actmental stateif conditionpenaltylegal term
Every person who converts real estate of the value of two hundred fifty dollars ($250) or more into personal property by severance from the realty of another, and with felonious intent to do so, steals, takes, and carries away that property is guilty of grand theft and is punishable by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170.
History: Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 15, Sec. 369. (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.
Simplified explanation
Stealing property worth $250 or more by severing it from someone else's real estate is grand theft, punishable by imprisonment under subdivision (h) of Section 1170.