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Cal. Penal Code § 490a (2026)

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Wherever any law or statute of this state refers to or mentions larceny, embezzlement, or stealing, said law or statute shall hereafter be read and interpreted as if the word “theft” were substituted therefor.

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Cited in 10 cases, 1960–2018 · leading case: People v. Solis, 200 Cal. Rptr. 3d 463 (Cal. Ct. App. 2nd 2016).
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People v. Solis, 200 Cal. Rptr. 3d 463 (Cal. Ct. App. 2nd 2016). · cites it 2× “) Penal Code section 490a, in turn, provides that any law referring to larceny, embezzlement, or stealing is a theft offense.”
United States v. Edwin Flores, 901 F.3d 1150 (9th Cir. 2018). “” 9 California Penal Code section 496(a) uses the term “theft” without including a definition, thereby incorporating California’s general theft definition set forth in California Penal Code section 484(a). See, e.”
People v. Zamani, 183 Cal. App. 4th 854 (Cal. Ct. App. 2010). · cites it 2× “" (Pen. Code, § 490a.) [5] The prosecutor sought admission of evidence of defendant's prior misdemeanor offenses of contempt of court (Pen.”
People v. Romo, 220 Cal. App. 3d 514 (Cal. Ct. App. 1990). “(Pen. Code, § 490a makes the section applicable to all theft crimes.”
People v. Pater, 267 Cal. App. 2d 921 (Cal. Ct. App. 1968). “” In California the catch-all section (Pen. Code, § 490a) has combined several crimes—larceny, embezzlement, stealing— under one name, “theft.”
People v. Schramling, 192 Cal. App. 3d 989 (Cal. Ct. App. 1987). “” Penal Code section 490a specifies any law or statute referring to larceny, embezzlement or stealing shall be read and interpreted as the word “theft.”
People v. Burns, 181 Cal. App. 2d 480 (Cal. Ct. App. 1960). “) Since appellant’s 1928 Michigan conviction would have constituted grand theft in California (Pen. Code, § 490a; Stats. 1927, ch. 619, § 7, p.”
People v. Solis (Cal. Ct. App. 2016). · cites it 2× “) Penal Code section 490a, in turn, provides that any law referring to larceny, embezzlement, or stealing is a theft offense.”
People v. Smith CA2/3 (Cal. Ct. App. 2016). · cites it 2× “) Penal Code section 490a, in turn, provides that any law referring to larceny, embezzlement, or stealing is a theft offense.”
QDOS, Inc. v. Signature Fin., LLC (Cal. Ct. App. 2017). “Lastly, DeskSite notes that embezzlement is a form of theft (Pen. Code, § 490a; People v. Gonzales (2017) 2 Cal.”
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