§ 487d
Theft of gold dust from mining claims
Official text prohibited actmental stateif conditionpenaltylegal term
Every person who feloniously steals, takes, and carries away, or to take, steal, and carry from any mining claim, tunnel, sluice, undercurrent, riffle box, or sulfurate machine, another’s gold dust, amalgam, or quicksilver 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. 370. (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 or trying to steal another's gold dust, amalgam, or quicksilver from a mining claim, tunnel, sluice, or similar works is grand theft, punishable by imprisonment under subdivision (h) of Section 1170.