AnalysisEvidently, cattle theft in California has resulted in cattle farmers reporting losses exceeding $1,000,000 in the state last year. AB 924 adds a violation of Penal Code Section 487a(a) to the grounds for which the Secretary of State may deny, suspend or revoke the commission of a Notary. Penal Code Section 487a(a) provides: “Every person who shall feloniously steal, take, transport or carry the carcass of any bovine, caprine, equine, ovine, or suine animal or of any mule, jack or jenny, which is the personal property of another, or who shall fraudulently appropriate such property which has been entrusted to him, is guilty of grand theft.” Grand theft in punishable by imprisonment in a county jail for up to 1 year or as provided in Penal Code Section 1170.