{"data":{"id":"us-ca/pen-466.9","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"PEN § 466.9","heading":"","body":"(a) Every person who possesses a code grabbing device, with the intent to use it in the commission of an unlawful act, is guilty of a misdemeanor.\n(b) Every person who uses a code grabbing device to disarm the security alarm system of a motor vehicle, with the intent to use the device in the commission of an unlawful act, is guilty of a misdemeanor.\n(c) As used in this section, “code grabbing device” means a device that can receive and record the coded signal sent by the transmitter of a motor vehicle security alarm system and can play back the signal to disarm that system.","path":["Penal Code - PEN","PART 1. OF CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS [25. - 680.4.]","TITLE 13. OF CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY [450. - 593g.]","CHAPTER 3. Burglarious and Larcenous Instruments and Deadly Weapons [466. - 469.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"ba093268ca9689bd6fac8d1851802bfc7d74295e81597a5bf5ce24e43cd4a4e5","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/pen-466.8","next":"us-ca/pen-468"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}