Cite as: 21 CNCA § 1785

Every person who maliciously cuts, tears, disfigures, soils, obliterates, breaks or destroys any book, map, chart, picture, engraving, statue, coin, model, apparatus, specimen or other work of literature or art, or object of curiosity deposited in any public library, gallery, museum, collection, fair or exhibition, is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for a term not exceeding three (3) years, or by imposition of a fine in an amount not to exceed Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($15,000.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment.

Historical Data

LA 10–90, eff. November 13, 1990. Amended LA 07-21, eff. February 22, 2021.