Section 10851.5 Of Chapter 4. Theft And Injury Of Vehicles From California Vehicle Code >> Division 4. >> Chapter 4.
10851.5
. Any person who takes binder chains, required under
regulations adopted pursuant to Section 31510, having a value of nine
hundred fifty dollars ($950) or less which chains are not his own,
without the consent of the owner thereof, and with intent either
permanently or temporarily to deprive the owner thereof of his title
to or possession of the binder chains whether with or without intent
to steal the same, or any person who is a party or accessory to or an
accomplice in the unauthorized taking or stealing is guilty of a
misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by
imprisonment in the county jail for not less than six months or by a
fine of not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000) or by both such
fine and imprisonment. The consent of the owner of the binder chain
to its taking shall not in any case be presumed or implied because of
such owner's consent on a previous occasion to the taking of the
binder chain by the same or a different person.