California · Food and Agricultural Code - FAC

FAC §24105: No investigator of the program or any other employee of the department, in enforcing this chapter, shall be required to conduct any investigation that involves the theft of any animal.

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This statute exempts program investigators and department employees from being required to investigate animal theft cases while enforcing this chapter.

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No investigator of the program or any other employee of the department, in enforcing this chapter, shall be required to conduct any investigation that involves the theft of any animal. That investigation shall be conducted by the law enforcement entity that filed the theft report. However, an investigator of the program may assist the law enforcement entity that filed the theft report in the theft investigation.

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