Source: https://legallabrador.com/california-trapping-laws/
Timestamp: 2018-09-25 08:40:16
Document Index: 353657260

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 465', '§ 4008', '§ 467', '§ 4004', '§ 2005', '§ 4180', '§ 4152']

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In general, traps include “padded-jaw leg-hold, steel-jawed leg-hold, and conibear traps, snares, dead-falls, cage traps and other devices designed to confine, hold, grasp, grip, clamp or crush animals’ bodies or body parts,” e.g. box traps, nets, suitcase-style live bear traps, and common rat and mouse traps (see 14 CCR § 465.5(a) and (b)). On this page, we cover California trapping laws for recreational, commercial, and private trapping of birds and mammals. We identify rules related to legal and illegal traps, trap requirements, licensing, methods of killing trapped animals, special rules for particular locations and species, the purchase and sale of fur and handicraft products, and much more. Finally, we include important definitions, public trapping locations, related links, and a trapping forum.
Domestic Animals (e.g. dogs and cats)
Migratory Birds (e.g. blackbirds, crows, geese)
Small Game Birds & Mammals
By July 1, trappers with a Trapping License must submit a sworn statement to the CDFW reporting several things. First, report the number of each kind of Furbearing Mammals and Nongame Mammals you took that year, both for recreation and commerce. Second, the county in which each animal was trapped. Third, the names and addresses of anyone to whom your animals were shipped or sold. Finally, you have the option of reporting your “catch-per-unit-effort,” which is the number of each species trapped divided by the total number of “trap-nights” (i.e. trap nights = number of traps set * number of nights traps were set).
Click here to submit your report. Click here for a summary from the CDFW of fur trappers and dealer reports. Warning shot!!! If you fail to submit a complete report on time, your license will be suspended. The FGC can then either revoke or reinstate your renewal application after you receive notice and opportunity to be heard. If this happens to you, contact our Attorney immediately. The same rules apply to Nongame Mammals. See FGC § 4008 and 14 CCR § 467.
CDFW Trapping Page
In general, it’s illegal to intentionally drown any mammal that’s been legally trapped. There’s an exception for Beaver and Muskrat trapped in legally set conibear traps. See FGC § 4004(g) and California Depredation Permits.
In general, it’s to use or possess “night vision equipment” for help Take any bird or mammal. Examples include infrared with an electronic viewing device and binoculars with electrical or battery powered light amplifying circuits). See FGC § 2005(c) and California Depredation Permits [FGC § 4180 exception for Furbearing Mammals causing property damage].
In general, landowners, tenants, and their agents can protect people and property from Nongame Mammals at any time of the day or night. However, a California Depredation Permit may be required before trapping them. Also see 14 CCR § 4152.
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