California · Food and Agricultural Code - FAC
FAC §31645: (a) A dog determined to be a vicious dog may be destroyed by the animal control department when it is found, after proceedings conducted under Article 2 (commencing with Section 31621), that the relea
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An animal control department may destroy a dog determined to be vicious after conducting legal proceedings, if conditions under specified statutory sections are met.
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