Ley sobre el ingreso ilegal a propiedades en California

Explicación Simple

Si alguien entra sin permiso a una casa o edificio con la intención de robar algo, eso se llama allanamiento. Es un delito serio en California, y puede ocurrir incluso si el lugar está dañado por una tormenta o incendio.

Es como si alguien entrara a la cocina de tu casa mientras estás fuera, solo para llevarse un pastel que dejaste enfriando. No importa si la cocina no se ve perfecta, entrar sin permiso sigue siendo un problema.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Juan, un joven de 18 años, decide entrar en una casa deshabitada en su vecindario. Aunque la casa fue dañada por un huracán y no hay nadie dentro, él entra con la intención de robar algunas cosas. Juan podría enfrentar cargos por allanamiento a pesar de que la casa no estaba ocupada.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

Penal Code - PEN PART 1. OF CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS [25 - 680.4] ( Part 1 enacted 1872. ) TITLE 13. OF CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY [450 - 593g] ( Title 13 enacted 1872. ) CHAPTER 2. Burglary [458 - 465] ( Heading of Chapter 2 amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 193, Sec. 99. ) 459. (a) Every person who enters any house, room, apartment, tenement, shop, warehouse, store, mill, barn, stable, outhouse or other building, tent, vessel, as defined in Section 21 of the Harbors and Navigation Code, floating home, as defined in subdivision (d) of Section 18075.55 of the Health and Safety Code, railroad car, locked or sealed cargo container, whether or not mounted on a vehicle, trailer coach, as defined in Section 635 of the Vehicle Code, any house car, as defined in Section 362 of the Vehicle Code, inhabited camper, as defined in Section 243 of the Vehicle Code, vehicle as defined by the Vehicle Code, when the doors are locked, aircraft as defined by Section 21012 of the Public Utilities Code, or mine or any underground portion thereof, with intent to commit grand or petit larceny or any felony is guilty of burglary. As used in this chapter, “inhabited” means currently being used for dwelling purposes, whether occupied or not. A house, trailer, vessel designed for habitation, or portion of a building is currently being used for dwelling purposes if, at the time of the burglary, it was not occupied solely because a natural or other disaster caused the occupants to leave the premises. (b) The fact that the structure entered has been damaged by a natural or other disaster, or the extent of that damage, does not preclude conviction. (Amended by Stats. 2025, Ch. 533, Sec. 1. (AB 468) Effective January 1, 2026.)