{"data":{"id":"us-ca/pen-587c","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"PEN § 587c","heading":"","body":"Every person who fraudulently evades, or attempts to evade the payment of his fare, while traveling upon any railroad, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars, or imprisonment not exceeding six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.","path":["Penal Code - PEN","PART 1. OF CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS [25. - 680.4.]","TITLE 13. OF CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY [450. - 593g.]","CHAPTER 15. Malicious Injuries to Railroad Bridges, Highways, Bridges, and Telegraphs [587. - 593g.]"],"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":"a1a409d44ae7cf26b1554e50476ebb0621c0bae0c502d3cf4b1838d57086cc72","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/pen-587b","next":"us-ca/pen-588"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}