13-1601. Definitions
In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. "Damaging" means damage as defined in section 13-1701.
2. "Defacing" means any unnecessary act of substantially marring any surface or
place, by any means, or any act of putting up, affixing, fastening, printing or painting
any notice on any structure, without permission from the owner.
3. "Litter" includes any rubbish, refuse, waste material, offal, paper, glass,
cans, bottles, organic or inorganic trash, debris, filthy or odoriferous objects, dead
animals or any foreign substance of whatever kind or description, including junked or
abandoned vehicles, whether or not any of these items are of value.
4. "Property of another" means property in which any person other than the
defendant has an interest, including community property and other property in which the
defendant also has an interest and, for damage caused by theft of scrap metal, the
property of other persons damaged directly or indirectly as a result of the acts of the
defendant.
5. "Tamper" means any act of interference.
6. "Utility" means any enterprise, public or private, that provides gas, electric,
irrigation, steam, water, water conservation, sewer or communications services, as well
as any common carrier on land, rail, sea or air.
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