Penal Code section 621

(a)

Every person who maliciously destroys, cuts, breaks, mutilates, effaces, or otherwise injures, tears down, or removes any law enforcement memorial or firefighter’s memorial is guilty of a crime punishable by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 or by imprisonment in a county jail for less than one year.

(b)

This section does not preclude prosecution under any other provision of law, including Section 1318 of the Military and Veterans Code.

Source: Section 621, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PEN§ionNum=621. (updated Jan. 1, 2019; accessed Jun. 30, 2025).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/penal_code_section_621

Original Source: Section 621, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PEN§ionNum=621. (last accessed May 12, 2025).