{"data":{"id":"us-ca/pen-492","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"PEN § 492","heading":"","body":"If the thing stolen consists of any evidence of debt, or other written instrument, the amount of money due thereupon, or secured to be paid thereby, and remaining unsatisfied, or which in any contingency might be collected thereon, or the value of the property the title to which is shown thereby, or the sum which might be recovered in the absence thereof, is the value of the thing stolen.","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":"7dc4d0a2fb7ee86d990e8f7a3a14851ae278ff9ca3d03cae25a5efc913490728","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/pen-491","next":"us-ca/pen-493"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}