# Cal. PEN § 464: Section 464

> California · Statutes · In force

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_CA_Cpen_P1_T13_C2_S464

## Section

- **Citation:** Cal. PEN § 464
- **Heading:** Section 464
- **Jurisdiction:** California
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** California Code / Code pen / Part 1 / Title 13 / Chapter 2 / Section 464

## Text

Any person who, with intent to commit crime, enters, either by day or by night, any building, whether inhabited or not, and opens or attempts to open any vault, safe, or other secure place by use of acetylene torch or electric arc, burning bar, thermal lance, oxygen lance, or any other similar device capable of burning through steel, concrete, or any other solid substance, or by use of nitroglycerine, dynamite, gunpowder, or any other explosive, is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, shall be punished by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 for a term of three, five, or seven years.

## Nearby sections

- [Cal. PEN § 458 Section 458](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_CA_Cpen_P1_T13_C2_S458.md)
- [Cal. PEN § 459 Section 459](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_CA_Cpen_P1_T13_C2_S459.md)
- [Cal. PEN § 459.5 Section 459.5](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_CA_Cpen_P1_T13_C2_S459.5.md)
- [Cal. PEN § 460 Section 460](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_CA_Cpen_P1_T13_C2_S460.md)
- [Cal. PEN § 461 Section 461](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_CA_Cpen_P1_T13_C2_S461.md)
- [Cal. PEN § 462 Section 462](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_CA_Cpen_P1_T13_C2_S462.md)
- [Cal. PEN § 462.5 Section 462.5](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_CA_Cpen_P1_T13_C2_S462.5.md)
- [Cal. PEN § 463 Section 463](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_CA_Cpen_P1_T13_C2_S463.md)
- [Cal. PEN § 463.2 Section 463.2](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_CA_Cpen_P1_T13_C2_S463.2.md)
- [Cal. PEN § 464 Section 464](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_CA_Cpen_P1_T13_C2_S464.md)
- [Cal. PEN § 465 Section 465](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_CA_Cpen_P1_T13_C2_S465.md)

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