Military and Veterans Code section 1318

Every person who maliciously destroys, cuts, breaks, mutilates, effaces, or otherwise injures, tears down, or removes any veterans’ memorial constructed or established pursuant to this division, or constructed or established by any veterans’ association, as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 1260, is guilty of a crime punishable by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code or by imprisonment in a county jail for less than one year.

Source: Section 1318, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=MVC§ionNum=1318. (updated Apr. 4, 2011; accessed Jun. 26, 2026).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/military_and_veterans_code_section_1318

Original Source: Section 1318, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=MVC§ionNum=1318. (last accessed May 12, 2025).