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2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 9 - ANIMALS GENERALLY › PART 1 - ANIMALS AT LARGE › CHAPTER 7 - Estrays › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions and General Provisions › Section 17005.

17005. (a) It is the policy of the state that no adoptable animal should be euthanized if it can be adopted into a suitable home. Adoptable animals include only those animals eight weeks of age or older that, at or subsequent to the time the animal is impounded or otherwise taken into possession, have manifested no sign of a behavioral or temperamental defect that could pose a health or safety risk or otherwise make the animal unsuitable for placement as a pet, and have manifested no sign of disease, injury, or congenital or hereditary condition that adversely affects the health of the animal or that is likely to adversely affect the animal’s health in the future.
(b) It is the policy of the state that no treatable animal should be euthanized. A treatable animal shall include any animal that is not adoptable but that could become adoptable with reasonable efforts. This subdivision, by itself, shall not be the basis of liability for damages regarding euthanasia.
(Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 752, Sec. 10. Effective January 1, 1999.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 9 - ANIMALS GENERALLY › PART 1 - ANIMALS AT LARGE › CHAPTER 7 - Estrays › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions and General Provisions › Section 17006.

17006. Animals that are irremediably suffering from a serious illness or severe injury shall not be held for owner redemption or adoption. Except as provided in subdivision (b) of Section 31108 and subdivision (c) of Section 31752, newborn animals that need maternal care and have been impounded without their mothers may be euthanized without being held for owner redemption or adoption.
(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 194, Sec. 1. (AB 2791) Effective January 1, 2019.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 9 - ANIMALS GENERALLY › PART 1 - ANIMALS AT LARGE › CHAPTER 7 - Estrays › ARTICLE 2 - Taker-Up of Estrays › Section 17041.

17041. Except as provided in Article 5 (commencing with Section 17121) of this chapter, any person that finds any estray domestic animal upon his premises, or upon premises to which he has the right of possession, or upon any highway which is adjacent to such premises, may take up the animal and have a lien for all expenses which are incurred in taking up, keeping, and caring for it.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 9 - ANIMALS GENERALLY › PART 1 - ANIMALS AT LARGE › CHAPTER 7 - Estrays › ARTICLE 2 - Taker-Up of Estrays › Section 17042.

17042. Any person that takes up an estray animal shall confine it in a secure place, and shall immediately file with the secretary a notice containing all of the following:
(a) A description of the animal seized.
(b) The marks and brands, if any.
(c) The probable value of the animal.
(d) A statement of the date and place where it was taken up and confined.
(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 653, Sec. 11. Effective January 1, 1997.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 9 - ANIMALS GENERALLY › PART 1 - ANIMALS AT LARGE › CHAPTER 7 - Estrays › ARTICLE 2 - Taker-Up of Estrays › Section 17043.

17043. The taker-up of an estray animal shall use reasonable care to preserve it from injury. If it dies or escapes from the taker-up at any time while he is holding it pursuant to this chapter, the taker-up shall not be held liable in any manner therefor.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 9 - ANIMALS GENERALLY › PART 1 - ANIMALS AT LARGE › CHAPTER 7 - Estrays › ARTICLE 2 - Taker-Up of Estrays › Section 17044.

17044. The taker-up is entitled to the sum prescribed by Section 17095 for the keeping and care of the estray animal.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 9 - ANIMALS GENERALLY › PART 1 - ANIMALS AT LARGE › CHAPTER 7 - Estrays › ARTICLE 2 - Taker-Up of Estrays › Section 17045.

17045. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, it is unlawful for any person to remove any animal from the possession of the taker-up.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 9 - ANIMALS GENERALLY › PART 1 - ANIMALS AT LARGE › CHAPTER 7 - Estrays › ARTICLE 3 - Possession by Inspector › Section 17061.

17061. Upon demand of any authorized inspector, the taker-up shall deliver possession of the animal to the inspector.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 9 - ANIMALS GENERALLY › PART 1 - ANIMALS AT LARGE › CHAPTER 7 - Estrays › ARTICLE 3 - Possession by Inspector › Section 17062.

17062. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, it is unlawful for any person to remove from the possession of an inspector any animal so delivered to him.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 9 - ANIMALS GENERALLY › PART 1 - ANIMALS AT LARGE › CHAPTER 7 - Estrays › ARTICLE 3 - Possession by Inspector › Section 17063.

17063. If the animal which is seized or otherwise in the possession of the inspector is branded, the director shall cause a search to be made of the brand records to ascertain the owner.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 9 - ANIMALS GENERALLY › PART 1 - ANIMALS AT LARGE › CHAPTER 7 - Estrays › ARTICLE 3 - Possession by Inspector › Section 17064.

17064. If the brands or marks are recorded, the director shall immediately, by letter, notify the person in whose name the brands or marks are recorded.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 9 - ANIMALS GENERALLY › PART 1 - ANIMALS AT LARGE › CHAPTER 7 - Estrays › ARTICLE 3 - Possession by Inspector › Section 17065.

17065. (a) If the owner is not found, and the estimated value of the animal exceeds two hundred twenty-five dollars ($225), the secretary shall cause a notice of the taking up of, and intent to sell the animal to be prepared. The notice may be distributed to the county department of agriculture and to all sales yards in the state. The secretary may limit distribution of the notice, however, to those sales yards that deal in the same type of animal as the animal that is taken up.
(b) The notice shall be posted for a period of 14 days on a bulletin board in each office of the Bureau of Livestock Identification.
(c) In addition to posting and distributing the notice, the secretary shall periodically publish a list of the animals for which notice was given pursuant to this section, including the brands and descriptions of the branded animals and descriptions of the unbranded animals in the classified section of a livestock industry publication that is in general circulation throughout the State of California.
(Amended by Stats. 1997, Ch. 727, Sec. 1.5. Effective January 1, 1998.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 9 - ANIMALS GENERALLY › PART 1 - ANIMALS AT LARGE › CHAPTER 7 - Estrays › ARTICLE 3 - Possession by Inspector › Section 17066.

17066. If the estimated value of the animal is less than two hundred twenty-five dollars ($225) and a notice is posted for five days on a bulletin board in each office of the Bureau of Livestock Identification, the director may cause the sale of the animal at a public sale and hold the proceeds as provided in Article 4 (commencing with Section 17091) of this chapter.
(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1064, Sec. 3.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 9 - ANIMALS GENERALLY › PART 1 - ANIMALS AT LARGE › CHAPTER 7 - Estrays › ARTICLE 3 - Possession by Inspector › Section 17067.

17067. The notice of the taking up of an animal shall describe the weight, sex, breed, color, marks, and brands, if any, of the animal and shall state the time and place of its proposed sale.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 9 - ANIMALS GENERALLY › PART 1 - ANIMALS AT LARGE › CHAPTER 7 - Estrays › ARTICLE 3 - Possession by Inspector › Section 17068.

17068. Any person that claims ownership in the animal may, at any time, but not later than 14 days after the first posting of notice, file his or her proofs of ownership with the director and the director shall proceed to hear and determine the claim of ownership.
(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1064, Sec. 4.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 9 - ANIMALS GENERALLY › PART 1 - ANIMALS AT LARGE › CHAPTER 7 - Estrays › ARTICLE 3 - Possession by Inspector › Section 17069.

17069. If ownership is proved to the satisfaction of the director, the animal shall be turned over to the owner upon payment by the owner of all expenses which were incurred in the handling of the animal.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 9 - ANIMALS GENERALLY › PART 1 - ANIMALS AT LARGE › CHAPTER 7 - Estrays › ARTICLE 4 - Disposal and Sale › Section 17091.

17091. If the animal at any time while in the possession of an inspector is in a condition which requires immediate disposal, the animal may be disposed of by the director. The proceeds from the salvage, if any, in excess of expenses which were incurred in the handling of the animal shall be paid to the person proving ownership pursuant to Section 17096.
(Amended by Stats. 1979, Ch. 318.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 9 - ANIMALS GENERALLY › PART 1 - ANIMALS AT LARGE › CHAPTER 7 - Estrays › ARTICLE 4 - Disposal and Sale › Section 17092.

17092. If after 14 days from the date of the first posting of notice no satisfactory proof of ownership of the animal has been made, or if the owner fails or refuses to pay all expenses which were incurred, the director shall sell the animal at public sale.
All sales which are made pursuant to this chapter convey a good and valid title to the purchaser. The former owner of the animal so sold is thereafter barred from all right to recover it.
(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1064, Sec. 5.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 9 - ANIMALS GENERALLY › PART 1 - ANIMALS AT LARGE › CHAPTER 7 - Estrays › ARTICLE 4 - Disposal and Sale › Section 17093.

17093. In lieu of public sale, the director may sell the animal at private sale at a price not less than the appraised value of the animal. The appraisal shall be made by a board of three stockmen who are qualified to make the appraisal, to be selected as follows:
(a) One to be named by the director.
(b) One by the person from whose possession the estray animal was taken.
(c) One selected jointly by the stockmen who are selected pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b) of this section.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 9 - ANIMALS GENERALLY › PART 1 - ANIMALS AT LARGE › CHAPTER 7 - Estrays › ARTICLE 4 - Disposal and Sale › Section 17094.

17094. Any carcass or portion of a carcass may be sold by the director at any time at the market price which prevails at the time of sale.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 9 - ANIMALS GENERALLY › PART 1 - ANIMALS AT LARGE › CHAPTER 7 - Estrays › ARTICLE 4 - Disposal and Sale › Section 17095.

17095. The proceeds from the sale of any animal shall be paid into, and the expenses of holding, advertising, sale, and other incidental expenses shall be paid from, the Department of Food and Agriculture Fund. For the keeping and care of the estray animal, the taker-up is entitled to a per day payment based on the prevailing rates charged by commercial enterprises that feed livestock on a custom basis.
(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 653, Sec. 12. Effective January 1, 1997.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 9 - ANIMALS GENERALLY › PART 1 - ANIMALS AT LARGE › CHAPTER 7 - Estrays › ARTICLE 4 - Disposal and Sale › Section 17096.

17096. If any person shall, within one year after the date of the sale, prove to the satisfaction of the director his ownership of an animal which was sold pursuant to this article, the director shall order the net proceeds of the sale of the animal to be paid to such person.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 9 - ANIMALS GENERALLY › PART 1 - ANIMALS AT LARGE › CHAPTER 7 - Estrays › ARTICLE 5 - Grazing Counties › Section 17121.

17121. A lawful fence is any fence which is good, strong, substantial, and sufficient to prevent the ingress and egress of livestock. No wire fence is a good and substantial fence within the meaning of this article unless it has three tightly stretched barbed wires securely fastened to posts of reasonable strength, firmly set in the ground not more than one rod apart, one of which wires shall be at least four feet above the surface of the ground. Any kind of wire or other fence of height, strength and capacity equal to or greater than the wire fence herein described is a good and substantial fence within the meaning of this article. The term “lawful fence” includes cattle guards of such width, depth, rail spacing, and construction as will effectively turn livestock.
(Amended by Stats. 1967, Ch. 13.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 9 - ANIMALS GENERALLY › PART 1 - ANIMALS AT LARGE › CHAPTER 7 - Estrays › ARTICLE 5 - Grazing Counties › Section 17122.

17122. In any county or part of a county devoted chiefly to grazing and so declared pursuant to this article, a person shall not have the right to take up any estray animal found upon his premises, or upon premises to which he has the right of possession, nor shall he have a lien thereon, unless the premises are entirely enclosed with a good and substantial fence.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 9 - ANIMALS GENERALLY › PART 1 - ANIMALS AT LARGE › CHAPTER 7 - Estrays › ARTICLE 5 - Grazing Counties › Section 17123.

17123. The following counties or parts of counties are declared to be devoted chiefly to grazing:
(a) That portion of Trinity which is outside of the area described in Section 17125.
(b) That portion of Shasta outside of the area which is described in Section 17126.
(c) Siskiyou, Lassen, and Modoc.
(d) Any county or part of a county which is declared to be devoted chiefly to grazing pursuant to Section 17124.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 9 - ANIMALS GENERALLY › PART 1 - ANIMALS AT LARGE › CHAPTER 7 - Estrays › ARTICLE 5 - Grazing Counties › Section 17124.

17124. The board of supervisors of any county may by ordinance declare that such county, or part of such county, is devoted chiefly to grazing.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 9 - ANIMALS GENERALLY › PART 1 - ANIMALS AT LARGE › CHAPTER 7 - Estrays › ARTICLE 5 - Grazing Counties › Section 17125.

17125. The following portions of Trinity County are declared not to be devoted chiefy to grazing:
(a) All of Sections 1, 2, 3, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, T. 31 N., R. 12 W.; Section 7 and the north
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(b) Beginning at the section corner common to Sections 7 and 18, T. 33 N., R. 9 W. and Sections 12 and 13, T. 33 N., R. 10 W., thence west 20 chains; then north 20 chains; thence west 20 chains; thence north 50 chains; thence east 17.09 chains; then south 32° west, 5.41 chains; thence south 59° east, 13.12 chains; thence south 42° 30´ east, 4.80 chains; thence north 22° east, 5.41 chains; thence north 22° west, 4.90 chains; thence north 75° west, 3.40 chains; thence north 33° west, 2.45 chains; thence north 58° west, 4.47 chains; thence east 15.02 chains; thence south 10° west, 4.66 chains; thence south 22° east, 3.75 chains; thence north 12° east, 8.04 chains; thence east 2.00 chains; thence north 9.36
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chains; thence north 14° 30´ east, 10.58 chains; thence north 20° 30´ west, 0.42 chains; thence east 17.59 chains; thence south 30.00 chains; thence east 20.00 chains; thence south 40.00 chains; thence west 10. 00 chains; thence south 20.00 chains; thence west 30.00 chains, to and closing on the starting corner.
(c) Beginning at the northeast corner of the southwest quarter of Section 17; thence south along the east line of said quarter section and the east line of the northwest quarter of Section 20, to the southeast corner of said quarter section; thence west along the south line of said quarter section and the south line of the northeast quarter of Section 19 to the southwest corner of said quarter section; thence north along the west line of said quarter section and the west line of the southeast quarter of Section 18 to the northwest corner of said quarter section; and thence east along the north line of said quarter section and the north line of the southwest quarter of Section 17 to the northeast corner of said quarter section and the point of beginning; being the southwest quarter of Section 17, the southeast quarter of Section 18, the northeast quarter of Section 19, and the northwest quarter of Section 20, T. 33 N., R. 8 W., Mount Diablo base and meridian.
(d) Highway U.S. 299 and all land within 500 feet of each side of the centerline of the highway.
(e) All of Section 5, T. 33 N., R. 9 W., M.D.M.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 9 - ANIMALS GENERALLY › PART 1 - ANIMALS AT LARGE › CHAPTER 7 - Estrays › ARTICLE 5 - Grazing Counties › Section 17126.

17126. The portion of Shasta County within the following metes and bounds is declared not to be devoted chiefly to grazing:
Beginning at the intersection of the Reading Grant line and the northwest corner of the Anderson-Cottonwood Irrigation District, thence southerly along said Reading Grant line to the first intersection with the boundary of the dissolved Happy Valley Irrigation District; thence counterclockwise around the boundaries of said dissolved Happy Valley Irrigation District to the southeast corner of Section 20, T. 30 N., R. 4 W., M.D.B. and M.; thence directly east along section lines to the westerly boundary line of the Anderson-Cottonwood Irrigation District; thence counterclockwise around the boundaries of said district to Cottonwood Creek; thence down Cottonwood Creek to its confluence with the Sacramento River; thence counterclockwise along the most easterly and northerly boundary lines of said Anderson-Cottonwood Irrigation District, including a crossing of the Sacramento River, to the point of beginning.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 9 - ANIMALS GENERALLY › PART 1 - ANIMALS AT LARGE › CHAPTER 7 - Estrays › ARTICLE 5 - Grazing Counties › Section 17127.

17127. The board of supervisors of Shasta or Trinity County may, if it determines that all or any part of the county under its jurisdiction has ceased to be devoted chiefly to grazing, provide by ordinance that estray animals may thereafter be taken up on unenclosed property in the county or part of county under its jurisdiction. It is the intent and purpose of this section that the provisions of law which are generally applicable throughout the state shall be extended to all of the county when the conditions upon which the exceptions were based have ceased to exist.
(Amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 212.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 9 - ANIMALS GENERALLY › PART 1 - ANIMALS AT LARGE › CHAPTER 7 - Estrays › ARTICLE 5 - Grazing Counties › Section 17128.

17128. The act entitled “An act concerning lawful fences, and animals, trespassing upon lawfully enclosed lands,” passed March 30, 1850 (Ch. 49, Stats. 1850), and an act entitled “An act concerning lawful fences in the Counties of San Bernardino, Colusa, Shasta, Tehama and Placer,” approved April 18, 1859 (Ch. 266, Stats. 1859), insofar as the provisions of each of the acts apply to or affect the Counties of Trinity, Shasta, except that portion described in Section 17126, and Siskiyou, are continued in force, except as to goats, swine, or hogs, which may be taken up in the counties when the goats, swine or hogs estray or trespass on lands of others. The provisions of this chapter apply to goats, swine, or hogs in such counties, but in all other respects the acts specified in this section are continued in full force therein, it being determined that the conditions prevailing in the Counties of Trinity, Shasta, except that portion described in Section 17126, and Siskiyou demand the continued application of the acts in the counties until such time as action is taken pursuant to Section 17124.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 9 - ANIMALS GENERALLY › PART 1 - ANIMALS AT LARGE › CHAPTER 8 - Electrified Fences › Section 17150.

17150. The Legislature finds and declares that improperly designed and installed electrified fences have caused injuries and in some instances have resulted in the deaths of persons, particularly children, coming into contact with the conductive elements thereof. In order to prevent further such accidents, it is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this chapter to provide for the study and development and enforcement of safety standards for electrified fences.
(Amended by Stats. 1978, Ch. 83.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 9 - ANIMALS GENERALLY › PART 1 - ANIMALS AT LARGE › CHAPTER 8 - Electrified Fences › Section 17151.

17151. (a) As used in this chapter, “electrified fence” means any fence and appurtenant devices, including, but not limited to, fences and devices used in animal control, and including, but not limited to, a fence consisting of a single strand of wire supported by posts or other fixtures, which has an electrical charge or is connected to a source of electrical current and which is so designed or placed that a person or animal coming into contact with the conductive element of the fence receives an electrical shock.
(b) For purposes of this chapter, “electrified fence” does not include an electrified security fence as described in Section 835 of the Civil Code.
(Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 273, Sec. 2. (SB 582) Effective January 1, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 9 - ANIMALS GENERALLY › PART 1 - ANIMALS AT LARGE › CHAPTER 8 - Electrified Fences › Section 17152.

17152. No electrified fences shall be offered for sale, sold, installed, or used in this state, or otherwise connected to a source of electrical current, unless the electrical current is limited and regulated by an electrical controller which meets or exceeds the standards or specifications of the National Electrical Code of the National Fire Protection Association, international standards of the International Electrotechnical Commission, or the Underwriters Laboratories for intermittent type electric fence or electrified fence controllers.
(Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 273, Sec. 3. (SB 582) Effective January 1, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 9 - ANIMALS GENERALLY › PART 1 - ANIMALS AT LARGE › CHAPTER 8 - Electrified Fences › Section 17153.

17153. The provisions of this chapter shall not be construed to preclude regulation of electrified fences by cities and counties, including, but not limited to, requiring the installation or use of electrified fences under permit, except that such regulation shall not permit the installation or use of electrified fences which do not conform to the requirements of this chapter.
(Amended by Stats. 1978, Ch. 83.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 9 - ANIMALS GENERALLY › PART 2 - UNLAWFUL MARKING AND BRANDING › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 17401.

17401. The director may make any and all necessary investigations relative to reported violations of this part pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 11180), Chapter 2, Part 1, Division 3, Title 2 of the Government Code.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 9 - ANIMALS GENERALLY › PART 2 - UNLAWFUL MARKING AND BRANDING › CHAPTER 2 - Violations › Section 17551.

17551. It is unlawful for any person with the intent to steal any bovine animal, horse, colt, jack, jenny, or mule which belongs to another person, or prevent its identification by the true owner to do any of the following:
(a) Mark or brand any such animal with any brand or mark except the recorded brand or brand and mark of the owner of the animal.
(b) Alter or deface a brand or mark on such an animal.
(Amended by Stats. 1973, Ch. 938.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 9 - ANIMALS GENERALLY › PART 2 - UNLAWFUL MARKING AND BRANDING › CHAPTER 2 - Violations › Section 17552.

17552. It is unlawful for any person, with the intent to steal any sheep, goat, hog, shoat, or pig, or prevent its identification by the true owner, to do any of the following:
(a) Mark or brand such an animal with any brand or mark except the recorded brand or brand and mark of the owner of the animal.
(b) Alter or deface a brand or mark on such an animal.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 9 - ANIMALS GENERALLY › PART 2 - UNLAWFUL MARKING AND BRANDING › CHAPTER 2 - Violations › Section 17553.

17553. It is unlawful for any person to mark any bovine animal by cutting off more than one-half of an ear of the animal.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 9 - ANIMALS GENERALLY › PART 2 - UNLAWFUL MARKING AND BRANDING › CHAPTER 3 - Criminal Penalties › Section 17701.

17701. A violation of Section 17551 shall be punished by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code.
(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 15, Sec. 118. (AB 109) Effective April 4, 2011. Operative October 1, 2011, by Sec. 636 of Ch. 15, as amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 39, Sec. 68.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 9 - ANIMALS GENERALLY › PART 2 - UNLAWFUL MARKING AND BRANDING › CHAPTER 3 - Criminal Penalties › Section 17702.

17702. Except as otherwise provided in Section 17701, any violation of any provision of this part is a misdemeanor.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 9 - ANIMALS GENERALLY › PART 2 - UNLAWFUL MARKING AND BRANDING › CHAPTER 4 - Civil Penalties and Remedies › Section 17951.

17951. Any person that violates any provision of this part or the regulations which are issued pursuant to it is liable civilly for a penalty in an amount not to exceed a sum of five hundred dollars ($500) for each violation. Any money which is recovered under this section shall be paid into the Department of Agriculture Fund.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 9 - ANIMALS GENERALLY › PART 2 - UNLAWFUL MARKING AND BRANDING › CHAPTER 4 - Civil Penalties and Remedies › Section 17952.

17952. The Attorney General shall, upon complaint by the director, or may upon his own initiative, if after examination of the complaint and evidence he believes a violation has occurred, bring action for civil penalties in the name of the people of this state in any court of competent jurisdiction in this state against any person violating any provision of this part.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 9 - ANIMALS GENERALLY › PART 2 - UNLAWFUL MARKING AND BRANDING › CHAPTER 4 - Civil Penalties and Remedies › Section 17953.

17953. The Attorney General shall, upon complaint by the director, or may upon his own initiative, if after examination of the complaint and evidence he believes a violation has occurred, bring an action in the name of the people of this state in the superior court for an injunction against any person violating any provision of this part or any regulation which is duly issued by the director pursuant to it.
Any proceedings pursuant to this section shall conform to the requirements of Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 525), Title 7, Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure. The director shall not, however, be required to allege facts necessary to show or tending to show lack of adequate remedy at law or to show or tending to show irreparable damage or loss.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 9 - ANIMALS GENERALLY › PART 2 - UNLAWFUL MARKING AND BRANDING › CHAPTER 4 - Civil Penalties and Remedies › Section 17954.

17954. Any moneys in the Department of Agriculture Fund which were derived under any of the provisions of this chapter may be expended for the administration and enforcement of any of the provisions of this code stated in Section 16461, notwithstanding any other provision of law which limits the expenditure of any such money to some specific purpose or to the administration or enforcement of some specific section of this chapter.
(Amended by Stats. 1967, Ch. 13.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 9 - ANIMALS GENERALLY › PART 3 - SLAUGHTERED ANIMALS › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 1 - Investigation › Section 18201.

18201. The director may make any and all necessary investigations relative to reported violations of this part pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 11180), Chapter 2, Part 1, Division 3, Title 2 of the Government Code.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 9 - ANIMALS GENERALLY › PART 3 - SLAUGHTERED ANIMALS › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 1 - Investigation › Section 18203.

18203. There is in the department the Bureau of Meat and Poultry Inspection.
(Amended by Stats. 1987, Ch. 56, Sec. 54.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 9 - ANIMALS GENERALLY › PART 3 - SLAUGHTERED ANIMALS › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 2 - Civil Remedies › Section 18221.

18221. The Attorney General shall upon complaint by the director or may upon his own initiative, if after examination of the complaint and evidence he believes a violation to have occurred, bring an action in the name of the people of this state in the superior court for an injunction against any person violating any provision of this part or any regulation which is duly issued by the director pursuant to it.
Any proceedings pursuant to this section shall conform to the requirements of Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 525), Title 7, Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure. The director shall not, however, be required to allege facts necessary to show or tending to show lack of adequate remedy at law or to show or tending to show irreparable damage or loss.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 9 - ANIMALS GENERALLY › PART 3 - SLAUGHTERED ANIMALS › CHAPTER 2 - Packers and Stockyards › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions › Section 18351.

18351. Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this article govern the construction of this chapter.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 9 - ANIMALS GENERALLY › PART 3 - SLAUGHTERED ANIMALS › CHAPTER 2 - Packers and Stockyards › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions › Section 18352.

18352. “Packer” means any person that is engaged in any of the following businesses:
(a) Buying livestock in commerce for purposes of slaughter.
(b) Manufacturing or preparing any meat or meat food product for sale or shipment in commerce.
(c) Manufacturing or preparing any livestock product for sale or shipment in commerce.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 9 - ANIMALS GENERALLY › PART 3 - SLAUGHTERED ANIMALS › CHAPTER 2 - Packers and Stockyards › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions › Section 18353.

18353. “Stockyard” means any place, establishment, or facility commonly known as stockyards, conducted, or operated for compensation or profit as a public market, consisting of pens, or other inclosures, and their appurtenances, in which live cattle, sheep, swine, horses, mules, or goats, are received, held, or kept for sale or shipment in commerce.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 9 - ANIMALS GENERALLY › PART 3 - SLAUGHTERED ANIMALS › CHAPTER 2 - Packers and Stockyards › ARTICLE 2 - Ownership Against Public Policy › Section 18381.

18381. No packer shall own or control, directly or indirectly, through stock ownership or control or otherwise, by himself or through his agents or employees, any interest in a stockyard.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 9 - ANIMALS GENERALLY › PART 3 - SLAUGHTERED ANIMALS › CHAPTER 2 - Packers and Stockyards › ARTICLE 2 - Ownership Against Public Policy › Section 18382.

18382. Such ownership or control is hereby declared to be contrary to public policy, as tending to create a monopoly and to interfere with trade and commerce.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 9 - ANIMALS GENERALLY › PART 3 - SLAUGHTERED ANIMALS › CHAPTER 3 - Warranties › Section 18501.

18501. In the absence of an express warranty, the mere sale of livestock shall not be construed to imply a warranty of such livestock for any particular purpose.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 9 - ANIMALS GENERALLY › PART 3 - SLAUGHTERED ANIMALS › CHAPTER 3 - Warranties › Section 18502.

18502. In the absence of any express warranty, the sale of livestock for slaughter, whether the slaughter will be immediate or otherwise, shall not imply a warranty of fitness for any particular purpose or warranty of merchantable quality, notwithstanding the provisions of subdivisions (1), (2), and (5) of Section 1735 of the Civil Code.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 9 - ANIMALS GENERALLY › PART 3 - SLAUGHTERED ANIMALS › CHAPTER 4 - Meat and Poultry Inspection › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions and Short Title › Section 18650.

18650. This chapter shall be known as the California Meat and Poultry Inspection Act.
(Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1385.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 9 - ANIMALS GENERALLY › PART 3 - SLAUGHTERED ANIMALS › CHAPTER 4 - Meat and Poultry Inspection › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions and Short Title › Section 18651.

18651. Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this article govern the construction of this chapter.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1385.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 9 - ANIMALS GENERALLY › PART 3 - SLAUGHTERED ANIMALS › CHAPTER 4 - Meat and Poultry Inspection › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions and Short Title › Section 18652.

18652. “Adulterated” means any livestock product or poultry product which is in violation of Article 4 (commencing with Section 18751) of this chapter.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1385.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 9 - ANIMALS GENERALLY › PART 3 - SLAUGHTERED ANIMALS › CHAPTER 4 - Meat and Poultry Inspection › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions and Short Title › Section 18653.

18653. “Animal food manufacturer” means any person that is engaged in the business of preparing any animal food which is derived wholly or in part from any livestock or poultry carcass or any part or product of any such carcass.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1385.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 9 - ANIMALS GENERALLY › PART 3 - SLAUGHTERED ANIMALS › CHAPTER 4 - Meat and Poultry Inspection › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions and Short Title › Section 18654.

18654. “Broker” means any person that is engaged in the business of buying or selling any livestock product or poultry product on commission, or otherwise negotiating any purchase or sale of any livestock product or poultry product, other than for his own account or as an employee of another person.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1385.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 9 - ANIMALS GENERALLY › PART 3 - SLAUGHTERED ANIMALS › CHAPTER 4 - Meat and Poultry Inspection › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions and Short Title › Section 18655.

18655. “Capable of use as human food” means any livestock or poultry carcass, or any part or product of any such carcass, unless it is denatured or otherwise identified as required by the director to prevent its use as human food, or is naturally inedible by humans.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1385.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 9 - ANIMALS GENERALLY › PART 3 - SLAUGHTERED ANIMALS › CHAPTER 4 - Meat and Poultry Inspection › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions and Short Title › Section 18656.

18656. “Container” or “package” means any box, can, tin, cloth, plastic, or other receptacle, wrapper, or cover.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1385.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 9 - ANIMALS GENERALLY › PART 3 - SLAUGHTERED ANIMALS › CHAPTER 4 - Meat and Poultry Inspection › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions and Short Title › Section 18657.

18657. “Federal acts” means the Federal Meat Inspection Act and Federal Poultry Products Inspection Act.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1385.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 9 - ANIMALS GENERALLY › PART 3 - SLAUGHTERED ANIMALS › CHAPTER 4 - Meat and Poultry Inspection › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions and Short Title › Section 18658.

18658. “Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act” means the act so entitled, approved June 25, 1938 (52 Stat. 1040; 21 U.S.C., Sec. 301 et seq.), and acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1385.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 9 - ANIMALS GENERALLY › PART 3 - SLAUGHTERED ANIMALS › CHAPTER 4 - Meat and Poultry Inspection › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions and Short Title › Section 18659.

18659. “Federal Meat Inspection Act” means the act so entitled approved March 4, 1907 (34 Stat. 1260; 21 U.S.C., Sec. 71 et seq.), as amended by the Wholesome Meat Act (81 Stat. 584; 21 U.S.C., Sec. 601 et seq.).
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1385.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 9 - ANIMALS GENERALLY › PART 3 - SLAUGHTERED ANIMALS › CHAPTER 4 - Meat and Poultry Inspection › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions and Short Title › Section 18660.

18660. “Federal Poultry Products Inspection Act” means the act so entitled approved August 28, 1957 (71 Stat. 441; 21 U.S.C., Sec. 451 et seq.), as amended by the Wholesome Poultry Products Act (82 Stat. 791; 21 U.S.C., Sec. 451 et seq. ).
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1385.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 9 - ANIMALS GENERALLY › PART 3 - SLAUGHTERED ANIMALS › CHAPTER 4 - Meat and Poultry Inspection › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions and Short Title › Section 18661.

18661. “Inspector” means an employee of the department authorized to perform any inspection function under this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1385.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 9 - ANIMALS GENERALLY › PART 3 - SLAUGHTERED ANIMALS › CHAPTER 4 - Meat and Poultry Inspection › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions and Short Title › Section 18662.

18662. “Label” means a display of written, printed, or graphic matter upon any article or the immediate container of any article. It does not, however, include package liners.
(Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1385.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 9 - ANIMALS GENERALLY › PART 3 - SLAUGHTERED ANIMALS › CHAPTER 4 - Meat and Poultry Inspection › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions and Short Title › Section 18663.

18663. “Livestock” means any cattle, sheep, swine, goat, or any horse, mule or other equine, whether live or dead.
(Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1385.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 9 - ANIMALS GENERALLY › PART 3 - SLAUGHTERED ANIMALS › CHAPTER 4 - Meat and Poultry Inspection › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions and Short Title › Section 18664.

18664. “Livestock product” means any carcass, part of a carcass, meat, or meat food product of any livestock.
(Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1385.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 9 - ANIMALS GENERALLY › PART 3 - SLAUGHTERED ANIMALS › CHAPTER 4 - Meat and Poultry Inspection › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions and Short Title › Section 18665.

18665. “Meat food product” means any product which is capable of use as human food that is made wholly or in part from any meat or other portion of the carcass of any cattle, sheep, swine, or goat. The director may exempt from this definition any product which contains meat or any other portion of such a carcass only in a relatively small proportion which is found by the director not to be a product of the meat food industry for the purposes of this chapter, under such conditions as he may prescribe to assure that the meat or other portion of such carcass which is contained in such product is not adulterated and that such product is not represented as a meat food product. The term meat food product, as applied to any food product of any equine, has the same meaning as is provided in this paragraph with respect to meat food products of cattle, sheep, swine, and goats.
(Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1385.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 9 - ANIMALS GENERALLY › PART 3 - SLAUGHTERED ANIMALS › CHAPTER 4 - Meat and Poultry Inspection › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions and Short Title › Section 18666.

18666. “Misbranded” means any livestock product or poultry product which is in violation of Article 5 (commencing with Section 18781) of this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1385.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 9 - ANIMALS GENERALLY › PART 3 - SLAUGHTERED ANIMALS › CHAPTER 4 - Meat and Poultry Inspection › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions and Short Title › Section 18667.

18667. “Official certificate” means any certificate which is prescribed by regulations of the director for issuance by an inspector or other person performing official functions under this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1385.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 9 - ANIMALS GENERALLY › PART 3 - SLAUGHTERED ANIMALS › CHAPTER 4 - Meat and Poultry Inspection › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions and Short Title › Section 18668.

18668. “Official device” means any device which is prescribed or authorized by the director for use in applying any official mark.
(Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1385.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 9 - ANIMALS GENERALLY › PART 3 - SLAUGHTERED ANIMALS › CHAPTER 4 - Meat and Poultry Inspection › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions and Short Title › Section 18669.

18669. “Official establishment” means any establishment at which inspection of the slaughter of livestock or poultry, or the preparation of any livestock product or poultry product, is maintained under the authority of this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1385.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 9 - ANIMALS GENERALLY › PART 3 - SLAUGHTERED ANIMALS › CHAPTER 4 - Meat and Poultry Inspection › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions and Short Title › Section 18670.

18670. “Official inspection legend” means any symbol which is prescribed by the director that shows that an article was inspected and passed in accordance with this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1385.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 9 - ANIMALS GENERALLY › PART 3 - SLAUGHTERED ANIMALS › CHAPTER 4 - Meat and Poultry Inspection › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions and Short Title › Section 18671.

18671. “Offical mark” means the official inspection legend or any other symbol which is prescribed by the director to identify the status of any article or livestock or poultry under this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1385.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 9 - ANIMALS GENERALLY › PART 3 - SLAUGHTERED ANIMALS › CHAPTER 4 - Meat and Poultry Inspection › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions and Short Title › Section 18672.

18672. “Person” includes any individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, association, or other business unit, and any officer, agent, or employee thereof.
(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 1010, Sec. 128. Effective January 1, 1995.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 9 - ANIMALS GENERALLY › PART 3 - SLAUGHTERED ANIMALS › CHAPTER 4 - Meat and Poultry Inspection › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions and Short Title › Section 18673.

18673. “Pesticide chemical,” “food additive,” “color additive,” and “raw agricultural commodity” shall have the same meanings as under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.
(Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1385.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 9 - ANIMALS GENERALLY › PART 3 - SLAUGHTERED ANIMALS › CHAPTER 4 - Meat and Poultry Inspection › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions and Short Title › Section 18674.

18674. “Prepared” means slaughtered, canned, salted, stuffed, rendered, boned, cut up, or otherwise manufactured or processed.
(Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1385.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 9 - ANIMALS GENERALLY › PART 3 - SLAUGHTERED ANIMALS › CHAPTER 4 - Meat and Poultry Inspection › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions and Short Title › Section 18675.

18675. “Poultry” means any domesticated bird, whether live or dead.
(Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1385.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 9 - ANIMALS GENERALLY › PART 3 - SLAUGHTERED ANIMALS › CHAPTER 4 - Meat and Poultry Inspection › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions and Short Title › Section 18676.

18676. “Poultry product” means any poultry carcass, any part of a poultry carcass, or any product which is made wholly or in part from any poultry carcass or any part of a poultry carcass. The director may exempt from this definition any product which contains any poultry ingredient only in a relatively small proportion which is found by him not to be a product of the poultry food industry for the purposes of this chapter, under such condition as he may prescribe to assure that the poultry ingredient in such product is not adulterated and that such product is not represented as a poultry product.
(Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1385.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 9 - ANIMALS GENERALLY › PART 3 - SLAUGHTERED ANIMALS › CHAPTER 4 - Meat and Poultry Inspection › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions and Short Title › Section 18677.

18677. “Renderer” means any person that is engaged in the business of rendering any livestock or poultry carcass, or any part or product of such a carcass, except rendering conducted under inspection or exemption under this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1385.)