Proceso de entrega de propiedad robada o malversada en California

Explicación Simple

Si la policía encuentra algo robado, tienen que anotar lo que es y a quién pertenece. Si puedes probar que es tuyo, pueden devolvértelo, pero tienes que firmar que realmente es tuyo.

Es como cuando prestas un libro a un amigo, y si luego lo quieres de vuelta, necesitas mostrarle que realmente te pertenece.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Juan es detenido y la policía le encuentra una bicicleta que le habían robado. La policía registra la bicicleta y, cuando Juan demuestra que es suya, pueden devolvérsela, pero primero tienen que tomar fotos y asegurarse de que todo esté en orden.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

Penal Code - PEN PART 2. OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE [681 - 1620] ( Part 2 enacted 1872. ) TITLE 10. MISCELLANEOUS PROCEEDINGS [1268 - 1424.5] ( Title 10 enacted 1872. ) CHAPTER 12. Disposal of Property Stolen or Embezzled [1407 - 1413] ( Chapter 12 enacted 1872. ) 1413. (a) The clerk or person having charge of the property section for any police department in any incorporated city or town, or for any sheriff’s department in any county, shall enter in a suitable book a description of every article of property alleged to be stolen or embezzled, and brought into the office or taken from the person of a prisoner, and shall attach a number to each article, and make a corresponding entry thereof. He may engrave or imbed an identification number in property described in Section 537e for the purposes thereof. (b) The clerk or person in charge of the property section may, upon satisfactory proof of the ownership of property held pursuant to Section 1407, and upon presentation of proper personal identification, deliver it to the owner. Such delivery shall be without prejudice to the state or to the person from whom custody of the property was taken or to any other person who may have a claim against the property. Prior to such delivery such clerk or person in charge of the property section shall make and retain a complete photographic record of such property. The person to whom property is delivered shall sign, under penalty of perjury, a declaration of ownership, which shall be retained by the clerk or person in charge of the property section. This subdivision shall not apply to any property subject to forfeiture under any provision of law. This subdivision shall not apply unless the clerk or person in charge of the property section has served upon the person from whom custody o