California · Penal Code

PEN §384h: Every person who willfully or negligently, while hunting upon the inclosed lands of another, kills, maims, or wounds an animal, the property of another, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

Misdemeanor

What this law says, in plain English

A person who willfully or negligently hunts on another's enclosed land and kills, maims, or wounds an animal belonging to that person commits a misdemeanor.

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Every person who willfully or negligently, while hunting upon the inclosed lands of another, kills, maims, or wounds an animal, the property of another, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

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