California · Fish and Game Code - FGC
FGC §395: (a) The commission may adopt regulations for the possession or training, and the capture, importation, exportation, or intrastate transfer, of any bird in the orders Falconiformes and Strigiformes (bi
What this law says, in plain English
The commission may adopt regulations for falconry licensing and bird-of-prey handling. A falconry license is required to capture, possess, or train birds-of-prey for falconry practice.
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