{"data":{"id":"us-ca/pen-487j","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"PEN § 487j","heading":"","body":"Every person who steals, takes, or carries away copper materials of another, including, but not limited to, copper wire, copper cable, copper tubing, and copper piping, which are of a value exceeding nine hundred fifty dollars ($950) is guilty of grand theft. Grand theft of copper shall be punishable by a fine not exceeding two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500), by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year, or by both that fine and imprisonment, or by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 and a fine not exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000).","path":["Penal Code - PEN","PART 1. OF CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS [25. - 680.4.]","TITLE 13. OF CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY [450. - 593g.]","CHAPTER 5. Larceny [484. - 502.9.]"],"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":"78127f0fd55212fd009d99cac6f02a980310543c903ef601c0b89af133a1ed00","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/pen-487i","next":"us-ca/pen-487k"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}