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  • California Education Code
    • EDUCATION CODE SECTION 19910-19911

19910.  Any person who maliciously cuts, tears, defaces, breaks, or
injures any book, map, chart, picture, engraving, statue, coin,
model, apparatus, or other work of literature, art, mechanics, or
object of curiosity, deposited in any public library, gallery,
museum, collection, fair, or exhibition, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

   The parent or guardian of a minor who willfully and maliciously
commits any act within the scope of this section shall be liable for
all damages so caused by the minor.



19911.  Any person who willfully detains any book, newspaper,
magazine, pamphlet, manuscript, or other property belonging to any
public or incorporated library, reading room, museum, or other
educational institution, for 30 days after notice in writing to
return the article or property, given after the expiration of the
time for which by the rules of the institution the article or
property may be kept, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
   The parent or guardian of a minor who willfully and maliciously
commits any act within the scope of this section shall be liable for
all damages so caused by the minor.