DIVISION 4. SPECIAL ANTITHEFT LAWS 10500-10904›CHAPTER 4. Theft and Injury of Vehicles 10850-10856

§ 10855

California Vehicle Code · 2018-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

Whenever any person who has leased or rented a vehicle wilfully and intentionally fails to return the vehicle to its owner within five days after the lease or rental agreement has expired, that person shall be presumed to have embezzled the vehicle.

(Enacted by Stats. 1959, Ch. 3.)

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