Section 617 Of Title 14. Malicious Mischief 594-625c From California Penal Code >> Title 14. >> Part 1.
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. Every person who maliciously mutilates, tears, defaces,
obliterates, or destroys any written instrument, the property of
another, the false making of which would be forgery, is punishable by
imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170.