Ley sobre la compra de bienes robados en California

Explicación Simple

Si compras algo que sabes que es robado, puedes meterte en problemas. La ley dice que eso es un delito y podrías ir a la cárcel por un tiempo.

Es como si alguien te ofreciera un reloj que claramente fue robado. Si decides quedártelo, aunque sepas que no es suyo, te estarías metiendo en un lío.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Juan compra una bicicleta a un desconocido en un mercado de pulgas. Luego, se entera de que la bicicleta fue robada. Si Juan sabía que la bicicleta era robada, podría ser castigado por la ley.

Penalidades

Hasta un año de cárcel, o más si el valor del bien supera los $950 y hay antecedentes penales.

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 5. Larceny [484 - 502.9] ( Chapter 5 enacted 1872. ) 496. (a) Every person who buys or receives any property that has been stolen or that has been obtained in any manner constituting theft or extortion, knowing the property to be so stolen or obtained, or who conceals, sells, withholds, or aids in concealing, selling, or withholding any property from the owner, knowing the property to be so stolen or obtained, shall be punished by imprisonment in a county jail for not more than one year, or imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170. However, if the value of the property does not exceed nine hundred fifty dollars ($950), the offense shall be a misdemeanor, punishable only by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year, if such person has no prior convictions for an offense specified in clause (iv) of subparagraph (C) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (e) of Section 667 or for an offense requiring registration pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 290. A principal in the actual theft of the property may be convicted pursuant to this section. However, no person may be convicted both pursuant to this section and of the theft of the same property. (b) Every swap meet vendor, as defined in Section 21661 of the Business and Professions Code, and every person whose principal business is dealing in, or collecting, merchandise or personal property, and every agent, employee, or representative of that person, who buys or receives any property of a value in excess of nine hundred fifty dollars ($950) that has been stolen or obtained in any manner constituting theft or extortion, u