Intellectual Property Law

What is the difference between possession of stolen property and receiving stolen property in the state of Ca?

Is there a difference between them?? They sound like the same thing to me but they are two seperate charges.

Public Comments

1. not much,,,depends if you say somebody sold or gave it to you....recieving.
2. go here and have fun reading http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/displaycode?section=pen&group=00001-01000&file=484-502.9