California

Food and Agricultural Code - FAC

9,659 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § 29155 — A license is good for the calendar year within which it is issued and shall expire on December 31, of that year, unless it is revoked or suspended sooner.
• § 29156 — Any license which is issued pursuant to this article may be revoked or suspended, or a license renewal may be refused by the director, after hearing, if the director finds that the licensee has not co
• § 29157 — To the greatest extent possible, the proceedings for all hearings under this article shall be conducted pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the
• § 29170 — No person shall maintain or operate a diseased colony of bees, except pursuant to Section 29074.
• § 29171 — No person shall conceal or attempt to conceal the fact that disease exists within an apiary.
• § 29172 — No person shall sell any diseased bees, comb, hive, appliance, or colony.
• § 29173 — No person shall abandon any diseased apiary.
• § 29174 — No person shall expose to bees any comb or honey from a diseased colony of bees, except pursuant to Section 29074.
• § 29175 — No person shall extract or render any honey, pollen, or wax from comb except in a building or enclosure which is so constructed as to prevent access by bees.
• § 29176 — No person shall possess any comb which is not occupied by a live bee colony unless the comb is tightly enclosed to prevent access to the comb by bees.
• § 29177 — Any hive or appliance which contains any comb that is not occupied by a live bee colony and that is accessible to bees constitutes a public nuisance.
• § 29178 — No person shall make honey available to bees by means of open air feeding.
• § 29179 — All beekeepers shall provide movable frames in the brood area of all hives which they use to contain bees, and shall make provisions so the bees in the hives shall construct combs in the frames in suc
• § 29180 — The inspector shall order the owner, broker, or person in charge of any bees that are kept in a box or other unmovable or stationary comb hive to transfer the bees to a movable frame hive within a rea
• § 29181 — No person shall place, in any combless package of bees or queen bees offered for sale or shipment, any food which contains honey.
• § 29190 — The director may establish a system for certifying colony strength for bees used in the pollination of agricultural crops.
• § 29191 — The colony strength of a bee colony shall be certified after inspection on the basis of the number of active frames of bees per colony, as determined by either cluster count or frame count, or both, o
• § 29192 — The inspection and certification of colony strength of bees may be made by department employees, the commissioner or persons authorized by the commissioner, or persons appointed by the director.
• § 29193 — Inspection and certification shall be made at the request of the beekeeper or agricultural producer involved.
• § 29194 — The director may by regulation establish reasonable fees to cover the cost of inspection and certification performed by department employees and persons appointed by the director, other than the agric
• § 29195 — The board of supervisors of the county may establish reasonable fees to cover the cost of inspection and certification performed by the commissioner.
• § 29200 — The Legislature finds that in order to ensure the vitality of the apiary industry, to protect the welfare of the people of the State of California, as well as agricultural crops dependent upon bees fo
• § 29201 — (a) The secretary, or the commissioner, or any inspector acting under their direction, may enter if they determine it to be necessary, any location where an apiary is maintained, and make an inspectio
• § 29202 — If, in the course of an inspection authorized by Section 29201, the inspector finds or has reason to suspect that there are pests in the apiary, the inspector shall plainly mark the hives or any part
• § 29203 — (a) If infestation is found in an apiary, the inspector shall notify the owner, broker, or person in charge or possession of the apiary in writing.
• § 29204 — Every infested apiary is a public nuisance.
• § 29205 — The notice may be served upon the broker or the person that has possession or that owns the infested apiary, personally or by certified mail to their last known address.
• § 29206 — If the infestation found in an apiary is American foulbrood, the time specified in the notice shall not be less than 24 hours nor more than 48 hours from the time the notice is served, except that the
• § 29207 — If American foulbrood is found in an apiary, the abatement shall be by killing the bees in the infested colonies and disposing of the hives and their contents, together with any other infested comb, h
• § 29208 — (a) If abatement is by burning or hazardous waste disposal, the person abating shall act in accordance with applicable air pollution control district or air quality maintenance district regulations an
• § 29209 — If the owner, broker, or person in charge or possession of an apiary in which an infestation is found to exist cannot be located after diligent search by the inspector, or if notice has been served pu
• § 29210 — If an abatement notice as required by this article has been served upon the owner or bailee of an apiary, the owner or bailee, before the expiration of the time specified in the notice, may appeal fro
• § 29211 — In those instances when the inspector has sealed the infested hive after making a field determination, if a beekeeper appeals the inspector’s field determination, the owner or bailee of the apiary and
• § 29212 — The specimen shall be subjected to a laboratory diagnosis by the director, or at his or her direction.
• § 29213 — The disease which is named by the director in a written response to the appeal may be abated pursuant to this chapter.
• § 29300 — The director, and the commissioner of each county under the direction and supervision of the director shall enforce this chapter.
• § 29301 — The director may make any regulations that are reasonable and necessary to carry out this chapter.
• § 29302 — (a) Unless otherwise stated, it shall be an infraction for any person to fail to comply with any requirement of this chapter, or regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter, after a warning notice of
• § 29303 — It shall be an infraction for any person to fail to comply with any notice or order which is issued pursuant to this chapter subject to the penalties set forth in Section 29302.
• § 29304 — (a) In addition to the penalties outlined in Sections 12999.
• § 29305 — (a) Any penalties recovered under this chapter, whether criminal or civil, shall be paid into a special account maintained by the department, and shall be used for the administration of Section 29302,
• § 29306 — In addition to any other penalty provided for by law, and by this article, any person who willfully or intentionally violates any provisions of this chapter shall be liable for a civil penalty not to
• § 29307 — Any person who violates any injunctive order issued pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 29304 shall be subject to a civil penalty, in addition to any other penalty provided for by law, not to excee
• § 29308 — The director shall appoint a supervisor of apiary inspection and such qualified state apiary inspectors as may be necessary.
• § 29309 — Each commissioner is an ex officio state apiary inspector and may appoint one or more inspectors, qualified pursuant to the regulations of the director, to be county apiary inspectors.
• § 29310 — The director may assign one or more qualified state apiary inspectors to perform the duties of a county apiary inspector in any county for such time and rate of compensation as may be determined by ag
• § 29311 — The penalties prescribed by this chapter are exclusive and no other civil penalties may be assessed, except as specified in Section 12999.
• § 29312 — In any civil action for the wrongful and willful taking, possessing, harboring, or transporting of a beehive, for the wrongful and willful removal of bees from their beehive, or for the wrongful and w
• § 29313 — (a) In lieu of prosecution, and in addition to any other penalty that is provided in this chapter, the secretary or the commissioner may impose an administrative civil penalty on a person who violates
• § 29320 — The secretary, in consultation with the board, may approve programs statewide to train, on a voluntary basis, beekeepers, inspectors, or commissioners in contemporary and geographically relevant colon
• § 29321 — Any hive or comparable apparatus that is not occupied by a live bee colony, and that is accessible to bees, is a public nuisance.
• § 29322 — (a) The governing board of a city, county, or city and county may, by ordinance, establish procedures for the abatement of a hive or comparable apparatus where Africanized or overly defensive honey be
• § 29401 — Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this article govern the construction of this chapter.
• § 29402 — “Adulterated honey” means any honey to which has been added honeydew, glucose, dextrose, molasses, sugar, sugar sirup, invert sugar, or any other similar product except the nectar of floral exudations
• § 29403 — “Agent” includes broker, commission merchant, auctioneer, solicitor, seller on consignment, and any other person that is acting upon the actual or implied authority of another.
• § 29404 — “Clean and sound containers” means containers which are virtually free from rust, stains, or leaks.
• § 29405 — “Comb honey” means honey which is in the comb.
• § 29406 — “Container” means any box, crate, chest, carton, barrel, keg, or other receptacle which contains honey.
• § 29407 — “Crystallized honey” means honey which has assumed a solid form due to the crystallization of one or more of the natural sugars in it.
• § 29408 — “Deceptive arrangement” or “deceptive display” means any lot, load, arrangement, or display of honey which has in any exposed surface, honey which is so superior in quality, appearance, or condition,
• § 29409 — “Deceptive pack” means any container or subcontainer of honey which has, in any exposed surface, honey or honeycomb, so superior in quality, appearance, condition, or in any other respect to the honey
• § 29409.5 — “Domestic honey” means comb or extracted honey produced within one of the states of the United States.
• § 29410 — “Extracted honey” means honey which has been removed from the comb.
• § 29412 — “Foreign material” means wax particles, insects, or other materials which were not deposited by bees.
• § 29413 — (a) “Honey” means the natural sweet substance produced by honeybees from the nectar of plants or from secretions of living parts of plants or excretions of plant sucking insects on the living parts of
• § 29414 — “Honeybees” means honey-producing insects of the genus Apis mellifica.
• § 29415 — “Honeydew” means the dextrorotatory saccharine exudation of plants or insects, except nectareous exudations, which is gathered and stored in the comb by honeybees.
• § 29415.5 — “Imported honey” means comb or extracted honey imported from any territory or foreign county or honey which is repackaged into subcontainers as a blend with honey imported from one or more other count
• § 29416 — “Mislabeled” means the placing or presence of any false or misleading statement, design, or device upon, or in connection with, any container or lot of honey, or upon the label, lining, or wrapper of
• § 29417 — “Pack,” or “packing” or “packed,” means the arrangement of all or a part of the subcontainers in any container.
• § 29418 — “Placard” means any sign, label, or designation, except an oral designation, which is used in connection with any honey as a description or identification of it.
• § 29419 — “Section box” means the wood or other frame in which bees have built a small comb of honey.
• § 29420 — “Slack-filled” means that the contents of any container occupy less than 85 percent of the volume of the closed container.
• § 29421 — “Subcontainer” means any section box or other receptacle which is used within a container.
• § 29441 — The director and the commissioners of each county of the state, their deputies and inspectors, under the supervision and control of the director shall enforce this chapter.
• § 29442 — The refusal of any officer who is authorized pursuant to this chapter to carry out the orders and directions of the director in the enforcement of this chapter is neglect of duty.
• § 29443 — The director may do all of the following: (a) Prescribe by regulation methods of selecting samples of lots or containers of honey, which shall be reasonably calculated to produce by such sampling fair
• § 29444 — Any sample which is taken pursuant to this chapter is prima facie evidence of the true condition of the entire lot in the examination of which the sample was taken.
• § 29445 — An enforcing officer may do all of the following: (a) Enter and inspect any place or conveyance within the county or district over which he has jurisdiction, where any honey is produced, stored, packe
• § 29446 — An enforcing officer shall cause the prosecution of any person whom he knows or has reason to believe is guilty of violating any provision of this chapter.
• § 29447 — Any enforcement officer may, while enforcing this chapter, seize and hold as evidence all or any part of any pack, load, bulk lot, consignment, or shipment of honey packed, delivered for shipment, loa
• § 29448 — If any markings are used or required to be used by this chapter on any container of honey to identify the container or describe its contents, the markings shall be plainly and conspicuously marked, st
• § 29449 — Any person, forwarding company, or common carrier may decline to ship or transport any honey if notified by any enforcing officer of this chapter, that the honey is found to be delivered for shipment
• § 29450 — Any person, forwarding company, or common carrier may reserve the right, in any receipt, bill of lading or other writing which is given to the consignor of any honey, to reject for shipment and to ret
• § 29451 — Honey may not be labeled honey or words of similar import or represented to be honey unless manufactured by bees.
• § 29471 — If the requirements prescribed by this article are satisfied, all of the following ungraded honey is exempt from the remaining provisions of this chapter: (a) Honey which is intended to be used in com
• § 29472 — The containers of the ungraded honey shall not bear any false or misleading statements or be deceptively packed
• § 29473 — The owner or person in possession of the ungraded honey shall, on demand of any enforcing officer under this chapter, give to the officer a sworn statement in writing, which was made before a notary p
• § 29474 — A person who makes a sworn statement pursuant to Section 29473 shall, within a reasonable time after the demand and receipt by the officer of the statement, present a written receipt to the commission
• § 29501 — The standard units of net weight of honey in containers are as established by this article.
• § 29502 — Containers which hold the following units of weight of honey are standard containers: 60 pounds 2 pounds 12 pounds 1 1 2 pounds 10 pounds 1 pound 6 po
• § 29503 — When honey is prepared for, and is shipped directly to, any foreign country, the containers of honey shall not be required to meet the unit of net weight standards required by the provisions of this a
• § 29504 — The director may promulgate regulations to permit the preparation, packing, shipment, or sale of honey in an experimental type of container which does not conform to the standards prescribed in this a
• § 29531 — The classes as to color comprising the California standards shall conform to the United States color standards, using the readings on the Pfund honey scale.
• § 29551 — As used in this article, “emergency standard” means any emergency standard for honey, standard units of weight, type of container, color classifications, or markings required upon containers which is
• § 29552 — The director, upon petition of persons that are interested in the production or handling of honey, or upon his own motion, may establish emergency standards for honey, standard units of net weight, ty
• § 29553 — Emergency standards shall apply in lieu of the standards for honey, standard units of net weight, type of container, color classifications, or markings required upon any container set forth in this ch
• § 29554 — Every emergency standard which is established pursuant to this article shall be reasonably calculated to effectuate the purposes of the standard which it supersedes.
• § 29555 — No emergency standard shall be construed to modify in any respect any provision of this chapter which is designed to prevent deception or mislabeling, or which is designed to prevent the marketing of
• § 29556 — Every emergency standard which is issued pursuant to this article, before it may become effective, shall be published in one or more newspapers, trade papers, or industry publications which are deemed
• § 29557 — The hearing shall be not less than 10 nor more than 20 days from the date of publication.
• § 29558 — Notice of hearing shall be mailed not less than 10 days prior to the date of the hearing to all persons that have filed with the director a request for notice of such hearings.
• § 29559 — At the hearing, interested parties shall be heard and a record kept of the proceedings for determination by the director of the facts which are shown at the hearing.
• § 29560 — The director, upon his findings on the facts shown at the hearing, shall rescind, modify, or affirm the emergency standard as published.
• § 29561 — Any emergency standard may be amended, suspended, or rescinded upon notice and hearing pursuant to the same procedure as is provided for the establishment of such standard.
• § 29581 — All comb honey shall be conspicuously marked, either on the section or on its individual container, with all of the following: (a) The name and address of the producer or distributor of the comb honey
• § 29582 — All comb honey shall meet the requirements of the color classification and grades as defined in United States grades, color standards, and packing requirements for honey by the United States Departmen
• § 29583 — Any container of comb honey which is marked as to color shall be considered as properly marked if the color of the honey in the container is equal to or lighter than the description as marked.
• § 29584 — Opaque containers of bulk or chunk comb honey shall be marked with the color the honey would be if extracted, unless it is in the unclassified grade.
• § 29585 — If comb honey is in crystallized form, a sample of the honey shall be liquefied and the honey graded on the liquid basis.
• § 29586 — In order to allow for variations which are incident to proper grading and handling, not more than 5 percent, by count, of the containers or of the subcontainers in any lot of honey may be below the re
• § 29587 — Comb honey which has crystallized shall be conspicuously marked with the word “crystallized” on a placard which is used in connection with such honey that has reference to it.
• § 29611 — Every container or subcontainer of extracted honey shall be conspicuously marked with all of the following: (a) The name and address of the producer or distributor of the extracted honey.
• § 29612 — All extracted honey shall meet the requirements of the color classifications and grades as defined in United States grades, color standards, and packing requirements for honey by the United States Dep
• § 29613 — Any container of extracted honey which is marked as to color shall be considered as properly marked if the color of the honey in the container is equal to or lighter than the description as marked.
• § 29614 — If extracted honey is in crystallized form, a sample of the honey shall be liquefied and the honey graded on the liquid basis.
• § 29615 — All extracted honey regardless of grade term as marked, shall be free from serious damage and at least as free from excessive foreign material as honey that has been strained through standard bolting
• § 29616 — In order to allow for variations which are incident to proper grading and handling, not more than 5 percent, by count, of the containers or of the subcontainers in any lot of honey may be below the re
• § 29617 — If the color of extracted honey is designated on the container or subcontainer, or upon a placard which has reference to such honey, it shall conform to the color definitions provided in this chapter.
• § 29618 — Any honey which is a blend of two or more floral types of honey shall not be labeled as honey from any one particular floral source alone unless one floral type is predominant.
• § 29619 — Any slack-filled container shall be conspicuously marked “slack-filled.
• § 29620 — Extracted honey in containers which hold five ounces or more, shall be packed in standard containers and sold in the exact units of weight as set forth in the table of standard weights of honey in con
• § 29641 — Any container or subcontainer of extracted honey which is produced entirely within this state may be conspicuously marked with the name “California.
• § 29642 — A container or subcontainer of comb or extracted honey shall not be marked or labeled with the name “California” unless the honey in the container or subcontainer was produced entirely within this sta
• § 29643 — Every container and subcontainer of imported honey shall be labeled with the name of the territory or foreign country from which it is imported or, when it is repackaged subsequent to importation, in
• § 29644 — If the floral flavor of comb or extracted honey is stated on the container the honey contained in the container or subcontainer shall be true to such flavor, unless the honey is a blend of two or more
• § 29671 — It is unlawful for any person to prepare, pack, place, deliver for shipment, deliver for sale, load, ship, transport, or sell any honey, adulterated honey or any product which is marked, labeled, or d
• § 29672 — It is unlawful for any person to prepare, pack, place, deliver for shipment, load, ship, transport, or sell a deceptive pack, lot, load, arrangement, or display of honey.
• § 29673 — It is unlawful for any person to mislabel any container or subcontainer of honey or place any false or misleading statement on any wrapper, label, or lining of any container of honey, or on any placar
• § 29674 — It is unlawful for any person to place or pack any honey in any container or subcontainer which bears any markings, or any designation of brand, quality, grade, or other matter, unless all of such mar
• § 29675 — (a) It is unlawful for any person to move any honey, or any container of honey, to which any warning tag or notice has been affixed, except under written permit from an enforcing officer or under his
• § 29676 — (a) It is unlawful for any person to do either of the following: (1) Refuse to submit any container, subcontainer, load, or display of honey to the inspection of any enforcing officer.
• § 29677 — It is unlawful for any person to prepare, pack, place, deliver for shipment, load, ship, transport, or sell, any of the following: (a) Adulterated honey, unless the container is conspicuously marked,
• § 29701 — (a) Unless otherwise specified, a violation of this chapter is an infraction punishable by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500).
• § 29702 — Any prosecution for the violation of any provision of this chapter may be made in any county where any part of the offense occurred.
• § 29703 — Any evidence which is taken by any enforcing officer in any county may be admitted in evidence in any prosecution in any other county.
• § 29731 — Any honey which is packed, stored, delivered for shipment, loaded, shipped, or being transported or sold in violation of any provision of this chapter, together with its containers, is a public nuisan
• § 29732 — The enforcement officer may affix a warning tag or notice to the honey and its containers which are a public nuisance.
• § 29733 — If a packer or owner of honey, or the agent of either, after notification to the packer, owner, or agent that the honey and its containers are a public nuisance, refuses, or fails within a reasonable
• § 29734 — If an agent is found in possession of any honey which is a public nuisance, notice of rejection or any order of the court concerning the honey may be served on such agent and need not be served on the
• § 29735 — It is unlawful for any person to fail to comply with the directions of any officer relating to the disposition of any honey which is a public nuisance, or with any order of court respecting it.
• § 29810 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) The California citrus industry is in the process of adapting to a more competitive marketplace and to consumer tastes that continue to
• § 29811 — (a) Not later than 15 days after enactment of this chapter, the secretary shall designate a Seedless Mandarin and Honeybee Coexistence Working Group from recommendations received by interested stakeho
• § 29812 — The secretary shall give the Seedless Mandarin and Honeybee Coexistence Working Group reasonable time to develop best management practices described in Section 29810.
• § 3 — It is hereby declared, as a matter of legislative determination, that the provisions of this code are enacted in the exercise of the power of this state for the purposes of promoting and protecting th
• § 3001 — Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this article govern the construction of the chapter.
• § 3002 — “Courtesy pass admission” means any admission, without payment of the admission charge, to any state, county, district, or citrus fruit fair, except any of the following: (a) Credential admission.
• § 3003 — “Credential admission” means any admission which is authorized by the board of directors of a state, district, or citrus fruit fair, or by the board of supervisors of a county for admission to a fair
• § 301 — As used in this article, “fee” includes, but is not limited to, any application fee, license fee, permit fee, inspection fee, certification fee, registration fee, identification fee, analysis fee, or
• § 302 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the director may authorize the refund of any money which is received or collected by the department in the payment of any fee, assessment, or tax.
• § 3021 — Every state, district, county, or citrus fruit fair which receives any money from the State Treasury shall permit the admission without payment of the admission charge of all children 12 years of age
• § 3022 — If a charge is made for admission to enter a state, district, county, or citrus fruit fair, the following persons may be admitted to those fairgrounds without the payment of the established admission
• § 3023 — A credential admission may be issued to any individual, association, or body that does any of the following: (a) Prepares or services any educational, commercial, industrial, livestock, agricultural,
• § 3024 — Credential admissions may, also, be issued to any of the following persons: (a) Representatives of press, radio, and television personally engaged in obtaining and transmitting public information.
• § 3025 — The words “credential admission” shall be printed on each ticket which is issued as a credential admission.
• § 3026 — The percentage of courtesy pass admissions to any state, county, district, or citrus fruit fair shall not exceed 4 percent of the gross paid admission to the fair in the preceding calendar year.
• § 3027 — A courtesy pass admission is not transferable.
• § 3028 — Each fair shall maintain complete records of the number of credential and courtesy pass admissions which are issued for each fair period.
• § 3029 — Each fair shall make an annual report to the department, as prescribed by the department, of the total number of credential and courtesy pass admissions issued and honored at the fair.
• § 303 — A refund may be made in whole or in part in any of the following instances: (a) The purpose for a fee cannot lawfully be accomplished for the person that paid the fee through no fault of such person.
• § 304 — The fiscal officer of the department shall make payment of any refund pursuant to this article if the director prepares a voucher which sets forth the facts which pertain to the refund and authorizes
• § 305 — If any money which is to be refunded has been deposited in the State Treasury, the State Controller, upon receipt of a claim which is filed by the department, shall draw his warrant for the payment of
• § 30501 — (a) The board of supervisors of any county or the governing body of any city may adopt Sections 30801, 30802, 30803, 30804, 30805, 30952, 31105, 31106, 31107, 31108, 31152, 31153, 31251, 31252, and 31
• § 30502 — Any dog license tag which is issued by any city and county or city constitutes compliance with this division if it is issued pursuant to an ordinance which does all of the following: (a) Substantially
• § 30503 — (a) (1) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), no public animal control agency or shelter, society for the prevention of cruelty to animals shelter, humane society shelter, or rescue group s
• § 30503.5 — (a) For purposes of this section: (1) “Animal shelter” means a public animal control agency or shelter, society for the prevention of cruelty to animals shelter, humane society shelter, or rescue grou
• § 30504 — For purposes of this division, each member of a litter of puppies, weaned or unweaned, shall be treated as an individual animal.
• § 30505 — (a) A public animal shelter shall not charge an adoption fee for a dog if the person adopting the dog presents to the public animal shelter a current and valid driver’s license or identification card
• § 30520 — (a) This chapter only applies to a county that has a population of less than 100,000 persons as of January 1, 2000, and to cities within that county.
• § 30521 — (a) A spaying or neutering deposit may be either of the following: (1) A portion of the adoption fee or other fees rendered in acquiring the dog, which will enable the adopter to take the dog for spay
• § 30522 — (a) (1) If a recipient fails to comply with the spaying or neutering agreement within 30 business days after the agreement is signed, the recipient shall forfeit the sterilization deposit and is subje
• § 30523 — (a) (1) A person who commits any violation of subdivision (b) is subject to a civil penalty of not less than fifty dollars ($50) on a first violation of subdivision (b), and a civil penalty of not les
• § 30524 — Local ordinances concerning the adoption or placement procedures of any public animal control agency or shelter, society for the prevention of cruelty to animals shelter, humane society shelter, or re
• § 30524.5 — (a) A public animal shelter shall not charge an adoption fee for a dog if the person adopting the dog presents to the public animal shelter a current and valid driver’s license or identification card
• § 30525 — Whenever a dog license tag is issued pursuant to this division, the tag shall be issued for one-half or less of the fee required for a dog, if a certificate is presented from a licensed veterinarian t
• § 30526 — (a) For purposes of this section: (1) “Animal shelter” means a public animal control agency or shelter, society for the prevention of cruelty to animals shelter, humane society shelter, or rescue grou
• § 306 — If the director finds that the amount of any refund is less than ten dollars ($10) or an amount established pursuant to Section 16302.
• § 30651 — As used in this chapter, “livestock” includes domestic fowls and rabbits.
• § 30652 — All fees for the issuance of dog license tags and all fines collected pursuant to this division shall be paid into the county, city, or city and county treasury, as the case may be, and shall be used
• § 30653 — Each such claim for damages is governed by Part 3 (commencing with Section 900) and Part 4 (commencing with Section 940), Division 3.
• § 30654 — The affidavits shall fix the value of the livestock and establish the fact beyond reasonable doubt that the animal was killed by a dog.
• § 30655 — If a claim is allowed, it shall be paid from the fund which is provided for in this chapter in the same manner as other claims against the county are paid.
• § 30656 — (a) Any county, city, or city and county may, by ordinance, elect to utilize the provisions of this section in lieu of Sections 30653 and 30654.
• § 30801 — (a) A board of supervisors may provide for the issuance of serially numbered metallic dog licenses pursuant to this section.
• § 30802 — Each application for a dog license tag shall state the age, sex, color, and breed of the dog for which the license is desired and the address of the owner.
• § 30803 — (a) The animal control department shall endorse upon the application for a dog license tag the number of the license tag issued.
• § 30804 — The fee for the issuance of the dog license tag is fifty cents ($0.
• § 30804.5 — Whenever dog license tags are issued pursuant to this division, any such tag shall be issued for one-half or less of the fee required for a dog, if a certificate is presented from a licensed veterinar
• § 30804.7 — (a) The owner of a nonspayed or unneutered dog that is impounded once by a city or county animal control agency or shelter, society for the prevention of cruelty to animals, or humane society, shall b
• § 30805 — The board of supervisors shall fix the compensation of the animal control department for issuing dog license tags.
• § 30807 — Any licensed kennel may be exempted pursuant to regulation or ordinance from any requirement to obtain a license tag for each dog within the kennel.
• § 30850 — (a) The animal control department shall endorse upon the application for an assistance dog identification tag the number of the identification tag issued.
• § 30851 — The owners of assistance dogs shall comply with all state and local ordinances regarding health and licensure requirements for dogs.
• § 30852 — (a) The tag identifying a dog as an assistance dog shall be used only by a person with a disability or a trainer of an assistance dog and shall be of such uniform statewide shape, size, and color as t
• § 30853 — Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to limit the access of any person in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-336).
• § 30854 — The provisions of this chapter are severable.
• § 30951 — It is unlawful for any person to own, harbor, or keep any dog over the age of four months, or to permit such a dog which is owned, harbored, or controlled by him to run at large, unless the dog has at
• § 30952 — It is unlawful for any person to attach a license tag to the collar of any dog except the dog which is described in the application for such license tag.
• § 30953 — Except as otherwise provided in this division, it is unlawful for any person to kill, injure, or impound any dog, if the owner of the dog has complied with the provisions of this division.
• § 30954 — It is unlawful for any person to permit any female dog which is owned, harbored, or controlled by him, to run at large at any time during the period when the dog is in heat or breeding condition.