§ 504a

Disposing of leased or unpaid-for property

See penalty details+ Property Crimes Title 13, Ch. 6 · Embezzlement

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Every person who shall fraudulently remove, conceal or dispose of any goods, chattels or effects, leased or let to him by any instrument in writing, or any personal property or effects of another in his possession, under a contract of purchase not yet fulfilled, and any person in possession of such goods, chattels, or effects knowing them to be subject to such lease or contract of purchase who shall so remove, conceal or dispose of the same with intent to injure or defraud the lessor or owner thereof, is guilty of embezzlement.

History: Added by Stats. 1917, Ch. 180.

Simplified explanation

Fraudulently removing, concealing, or disposing of leased property, or property held under an unfinished purchase contract, is embezzlement, as is doing so knowingly by a person in possession; no punishment is stated here.