Penal Code Section 466.9 Master Keys

466.9.  (a) Every person who possesses a code grabbing device, with the intent to use it in the commission of an unlawful act, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

(b) Every person who uses a code grabbing device to disarm the security alarm system of a motor vehicle, with the intent to use it in the commission of an unlawful act, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

(c) As used in this section, "code grabbing device" means a device that can receive and record the coded signal sent by the transmitter of a motor vehicle security alarm system and can play back the signal to disarm that system.

(Amended and Renumbered Sec. 124, Ch. 91, Stats. 1995. Effective January 1, 1996.)