City of San Mateo Law Library
City of San Mateo Municipal Code.

10.56.020 REFUSAL TO RETURN PROPERTY.

Any person who willfully detains any book, newspaper, magazine, pamphlet, manuscript, or other property, belonging to any public library owned, operated or controlled by the City, for thirty 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 or infraction as charged pursuant to Chapter 1.04.