{"data":{"id":"us-ca/pen-621","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"PEN § 621","heading":"","body":"(a) Every person who maliciously destroys, cuts, breaks, mutilates, effaces, or otherwise injures, tears down, or removes any law enforcement memorial or firefighter’s memorial is guilty of a crime punishable by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 or by imprisonment in a county jail for less than one year.\n(b) This section does not preclude prosecution under any other provision of law, including Section 1318 of the Military and Veterans Code.","path":["Penal Code - PEN","PART 1. OF CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS [25. - 680.4.]","TITLE 14. MALICIOUS MISCHIEF [594. - 625c.]"],"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":"84969cffabb272ace2b1a86f099ddfdb0339930a628782aa0b569b7dd56d848c","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/pen-620","next":"us-ca/pen-622"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}