DIVISION 4. SPECIAL ANTITHEFT LAWS 10500-10904›CHAPTER 4. Theft and Injury of Vehicles 10850-10856
§ 10853
California Vehicle Code · 2018-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California
No person shall with intent to commit any malicious mischief, injury, or other crime, climb into or upon a vehicle whether it is in motion or at rest, nor shall any person attempt to manipulate any of the levers, starting mechanism, brakes, or other mechanism or device of a vehicle while the same is at rest and unattended, nor shall any person set in motion any vehicle while the same is at rest and unattended.
(Enacted by Stats. 1959, Ch. 3.)
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