Section 489.  


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  • Grand theft is punishable as follows:

    (a) When the grand theft involves the theft of a firearm, by imprisonment in the state prison for 16 months, two, or three years.

    (b) In all other cases, by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year or pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170.

(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 15, Sec. 371. Effective April 4, 2011. Operative October 1, 2011, by Sec. 636 of Ch. 15, as amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 39, Sec. 68.)