§ 487h

Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 607, Sec. 1. (SB 24) Effective January 1, 2010.
(a)Every person who steals, takes, or carries away cargo of another, if the cargo taken is of a

value exceeding nine hundred fifty dollars ($950), except as provided in Sections 487, 487a, and 487d, is guilty of grand theft.

(b)For the purposes of this section, “cargo” means any goods, wares, products, or manufactured merchandise that has been loaded into a trailer, railcar, or cargo container, awaiting or in transit.

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