California · Health and Safety Code - HSC

HSC §13003: Every person is guilty of a misdemeanor who uses any steam-powered logging locomotive, donkey, or threshing engine, or any other steam engine or steam boiler, in or near any forest, brush, grass, grai

Misdemeanor

What this law says, in plain English

A person commits a misdemeanor by operating a steam engine or boiler near forests, grasslands, or grain fields without proper fire-prevention devices and reasonable precautions.

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Every person is guilty of a misdemeanor who uses any steam-powered logging locomotive, donkey, or threshing engine, or any other steam engine or steam boiler, in or near any forest, brush, grass, grain, or stubble land, unless the steam engine or steam boiler is provided with adequate devices to prevent the escape of fire or sparks and unless he uses every reasonable precaution to prevent the causing of fire thereby.

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