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Cal. Penal Code § 503 (2026)
Embezzlement
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Embezzlement is the fraudulent appropriation of property by a person to whom it has been intrusted.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 49
cases (9 in the last 5 years), 1947–2025 · leading case: People v. Bailes, 129 Cal. App. 3d 265 (Cal. Ct. App. 1982).
People v. Bailes, 129 Cal. App. 3d 265 (Cal. Ct. App. 1982). “(Pen. Code, §§ 503, 506. [1] ) Forgery, where one passes a false document as true and genuine (§ 470), would be nearby, as would theft by false pretense.”
Robert A. Maheu v. Hughes Tool Co., 569 F.2d 459 (9th Cir. 1978). “Code § 13-681) was patterned after Cal.Penal Code § 503, the applicable California statute; and Arizona courts look with great interest to California decisions.”
Ferrick v. Santa Clara Univ., 231 Cal. App. 4th 1337 (Cal. Ct. App. 2014). “” “Ferrick disclosed Travis’ embezzlement” when she told “Floria that Mr. Travis decorated and lived in an SCU-financed home that was not a term of his compensation.”
People v. Proctor, 337 P.2d 93 (Cal. Ct. App. 1959). “” The elements of the crime of embezzlement are: (1) The accused must be the agent or the bailee of the prosecuting witness in holding the allegedly embezzled property; *278 (2) The property must actually belong to the alleged principal ; (3) It must be lawfully in the…”
In re the Extradition of Platko, 213 F. Supp. 2d 1229 (S.D. Cal. 2002). “A California law equivalent may be found at Cal.Penal Code § 503. 7 The fraud charges similarly satisfy the dual criminality doctrine.”
People v. Moser, 50 Cal. App. 4th 130 (Cal. Ct. App. 1996). “§ 701 et seq.), and Moser’s obligation to the Ramirezes on the civil judgment was discharged.”
People v. Whisenand, 37 Cal. App. 4th 1383 (Cal. Ct. App. 1995). “Having pled guilty to one count of embezzlement (Pen. Code, § 503), defendant appeals to challenge a victim *1387 restitution order made after a lengthy restitution hearing.”
Barnett v. State Farm Gen. Ins., 200 Cal. App. 4th 536 (Cal. Ct. App. 2011). “As specified above in Penal Code section 504 and in the definition of embezzlement generally (Pen. Code, § 503), embezzlement requires “ ‘conversion of trusted funds coupled with the intent to defraud.”
People v. Pierce, 243 P.2d 585 (Cal. Ct. App. 1952). “The People, however, contend a trust relationship was established as to these deposits and that their use by the defendants in the Gypsum enterprise violated the trust and constituted embezzlement and therefore grand theft under section 484 of the Penal Code, which provides that…”
People v. Cannon, 176 P.2d 409 (Cal. Ct. App. 1947). “” (Pen. Code, § 503.) The essential elements of the crime of embezzlement are set forth in People v.”
People v. Hedrick, 105 Cal. App. 3d 166 (Cal. Ct. App. 1980). “(Pen. Code, § 503.) We reverse for error in the giving of an instruction which could lead the jury to believe that the failure to return the rental car within 20 days of written demand was conclusive of the defendant’s intent fraudulently to appropriate the automobile.”
People v. Parker, 235 Cal. App. 2d 100 (Cal. Ct. App. 1965). “Kenneth Gillanders, Parker’s accountant-controller, testified that he worked under Parker’s supervision, that the payments received from the purchasers were deposited under his direction, and that, after being deposited in the operating accounts of the Parker organization, these…”
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