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2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 3 - FISH AND GAME GENERALLY › CHAPTER 2 - Importation, Transportation, and Sheltering of Restricted Live Wild Animals › ARTICLE 1 - Generally › Section 2116.5.

2116.5. The Legislature finds and declares that wild animals are being captured for importation and resale in California; that some populations of wild animals are being depleted; that many animals die in captivity or transit; that some keepers of wild animals lack sufficient knowledge or facilities for the proper care of wild animals; that some wild animals are a threat to the native wildlife or agricultural interests of this state; and that some wild animals are a threat to public health and safety. It is the intention of the Legislature that the importation, transportation, and possession of wild animals shall be regulated to protect the health and welfare of wild animals captured, imported, transported, or possessed, to reduce the depletion of wildlife populations, to protect the native wildlife and agricultural interests of this state against damage from the existence at large of certain wild animals, and to protect the public health and safety in this state.
(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1503.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 3 - FISH AND GAME GENERALLY › CHAPTER 2 - Importation, Transportation, and Sheltering of Restricted Live Wild Animals › ARTICLE 1 - Generally › Section 2117.

2117. As used in this chapter, “enforcing officers” means the department, the state plant quarantine officers, the local law enforcement agents, the county sheriffs, and the county agricultural commissioners. These enforcing officers are authorized and empowered to enforce the provisions of this chapter or any regulation implementing this chapter.
(Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 698, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2006.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 3 - FISH AND GAME GENERALLY › CHAPTER 2 - Importation, Transportation, and Sheltering of Restricted Live Wild Animals › ARTICLE 1 - Generally › Section 2118.2.

2118.2. Except as provided in Section 1007, it is unlawful to import any elk (genus Cervus) into this state. The department may import elk pursuant to Section 1007, if prior to such importation, the department issues written findings justifying the need for and explaining the purpose of the importation.
This section shall not apply to zoos certified by the United States Department of Agriculture.
(Added by Stats. 1979, Ch. 1074.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 3 - FISH AND GAME GENERALLY › CHAPTER 2 - Importation, Transportation, and Sheltering of Restricted Live Wild Animals › ARTICLE 1 - Generally › Section 2118.3.

2118.3. No part of any elk horn or antler shall be removed from any live elk for commercial purposes.
(Added by Stats. 1979, Ch. 1074.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 3 - FISH AND GAME GENERALLY › CHAPTER 2 - Importation, Transportation, and Sheltering of Restricted Live Wild Animals › ARTICLE 1 - Generally › Section 2118.4.

2118.4. The department shall seize any elk imported in violation of Section 2118.2.
(Added by Stats. 1979, Ch. 1074.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 3 - FISH AND GAME GENERALLY › CHAPTER 2 - Importation, Transportation, and Sheltering of Restricted Live Wild Animals › ARTICLE 1 - Generally › Section 2118.5.

2118.5. The commission may designate wild animals which may be possessed without a permit.
(Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1510.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 3 - FISH AND GAME GENERALLY › CHAPTER 2 - Importation, Transportation, and Sheltering of Restricted Live Wild Animals › ARTICLE 1 - Generally › Section 2119.

2119. The department shall publish from time to time as changes arise, a list of animals that may not be imported or transported into this state.
(Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 154, Sec. 51. (AB 1527) Effective January 1, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 3 - FISH AND GAME GENERALLY › CHAPTER 2 - Importation, Transportation, and Sheltering of Restricted Live Wild Animals › ARTICLE 1 - Generally › Section 2120.

2120. (a) The commission, in cooperation with the Department of Food and Agriculture, shall adopt regulations governing both (1) the entry, importation, possession, transportation, keeping, confinement, or release of any and all wild animals that will be or that have been imported into this state pursuant to this chapter, and (2) the possession of all other wild animals. The regulations shall be designed to prevent damage to the native wildlife or agricultural interests of this state resulting from the existence at large of these wild animals, and to provide for the welfare of wild animals and the safety of the public.
(b) The regulations shall also include criteria for all of the following:
(1) The receiving, processing, and issuing of a permit and conducting inspections.
(2) Contracting out inspection activities.
(3) Responding to public reports and complaints.
(4) The notification of the revocation, termination, or denial of permits, and related appeals.
(5) The method by which the department determines that the breeding of wild animals pursuant to a single event breeding permit for exhibitor or a breeding permit is necessary and will not result in unneeded or uncared for animals, and the means by which the criteria will be implemented and enforced.
(6) How a responding agency will respond to an escape of a wild animal. This shall include, but not be limited to, the establishment of guidelines for the safe recapture of the wild animal and procedures outlining when lethal force would be used to recapture the wild animal.
(c) These regulations shall be developed and adopted by the commission on or before January 1, 2007.
(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 285, Sec. 30. Effective January 1, 2008.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 3 - FISH AND GAME GENERALLY › CHAPTER 2 - Importation, Transportation, and Sheltering of Restricted Live Wild Animals › ARTICLE 1 - Generally › Section 2121.

2121. No person having possession or control over any wild animal under this chapter shall intentionally free, or knowingly permit the escape, or release of such an animal, except in accordance with the regulations of the commission.
(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 285, Sec. 31. Effective January 1, 2008.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 3 - FISH AND GAME GENERALLY › CHAPTER 2 - Importation, Transportation, and Sheltering of Restricted Live Wild Animals › ARTICLE 1 - Generally › Section 2122.

2122. The commission shall promulgate regulations in cooperation with the State Department of Food and Agriculture for the guidance of enforcing officers. Such regulations shall include a list of the wild animals for which permits that may be issued under this chapter will be refused, and the disposition of such wild animals illegally imported into this state.
(Amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1503.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 3 - FISH AND GAME GENERALLY › CHAPTER 2 - Importation, Transportation, and Sheltering of Restricted Live Wild Animals › ARTICLE 1 - Generally › Section 2123.

2123. The department in cooperation with the State Department of Food and Agriculture shall furnish descriptive and illustrative material concerning the wild animals enumerated in or designated pursuant to Section 2118, as well as explanatory material setting forth the reasons for designating such animals as undesirable and a menace to native wildlife or to the agricultural interests of this state for the information and guidance of the enforcing officers.
(Amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1503.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 3 - FISH AND GAME GENERALLY › CHAPTER 2 - Importation, Transportation, and Sheltering of Restricted Live Wild Animals › ARTICLE 1 - Generally › Section 2124.

2124. (a) Except as otherwise authorized by this code or regulations adopted pursuant to this code, including, but not limited to, those provisions that authorize raising deer to produce venison for market, it is unlawful for any person to possess, transport, import, export, propagate, purchase, sell, or transfer any live mammal enumerated in or designated pursuant to Section 2118 for the purposes of maiming, injuring, or killing the mammal for gain, amusement, or sport.
(b) Except as otherwise authorized by this code or regulations adopted pursuant to this code, the buyer of a live mammal enumerated in or designated pursuant to Section 2118 shall not resell the live mammal to another buyer who has the intent to maim, injure, or kill that mammal for purposes of gain, amusement, or sport.
(c) This section does not apply to the meat, hide, or parts of a dead mammal.
(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 132, Sec. 43. (AB 1760) Effective January 1, 2024.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 3 - FISH AND GAME GENERALLY › CHAPTER 2 - Importation, Transportation, and Sheltering of Restricted Live Wild Animals › ARTICLE 1 - Generally › Section 2126.

2126. (a) Except as otherwise authorized by this code or regulations made pursuant thereto, it is unlawful for any person to take any mammal enumerated in or designated pursuant to Section 2118.
(b) This section does not prohibit the euthanasia of a mammal as appropriately directed by a licensed veterinarian or animal health technician.
(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 132, Sec. 45. (AB 1760) Effective January 1, 2024.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 3 - FISH AND GAME GENERALLY › CHAPTER 2 - Importation, Transportation, and Sheltering of Restricted Live Wild Animals › ARTICLE 1 - Generally › Section 2127.

2127. (a) The department may reimburse eligible local entities, pursuant to a memorandum of understanding entered into pursuant to this section, for costs incurred by the eligible local entities in the administration and enforcement of any provision concerning the possession of, handling of, care for, or holding facilities provided for, a wild animal enumerated in or designated pursuant to Section 2118.
(b) The department may enter into memorandums of understanding with eligible local entities for the administration and enforcement of any provision concerning the possession of, handling of, care for, or holding facilities provided for, a wild animal enumerated in or designated pursuant to Section 2118.
(c) The commission shall adopt regulations that establish specific criteria an eligible local entity shall meet in order to qualify as an eligible local entity.
(d) For the purposes of this division, “eligible local entity” means a county, local animal control officer, local humane society official, educational institution, or trained private individual that enters into a memorandum of understanding with the department pursuant to this section.
(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 132, Sec. 46. (AB 1760) Effective January 1, 2024.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 3 - FISH AND GAME GENERALLY › CHAPTER 2 - Importation, Transportation, and Sheltering of Restricted Live Wild Animals › ARTICLE 1 - Generally › Section 2128.

2128. (a) (1) Any person who houses, possesses, manages, or is in direct contact with an elephant shall not do either of the following:
(A) Use a bullhook, ankus, baseball bat, axe handle, pitchfork, or other device designed to inflict pain for the purpose of training or controlling the behavior of an elephant.
(B) Authorize or allow an employee, agent, or contractor to use a bullhook, ankus, baseball bat, axe handle, pitchfork, or other device designed to inflict pain for the purpose of training or controlling the behavior of an elephant.
(2) Use prohibited by this subdivision includes brandishing, exhibiting, or displaying the devices in the presence of an elephant.
(b) Any person who violates this section is subject to the civil penalty set forth in Section 2125 for each violation, and the restricted species permit for the elephant is subject to immediate suspension or revocation by the department. A person whose restricted species permit is suspended or revoked pursuant to this section may appeal the suspension or revocation to the commission by filing a written request for an appeal with the commission within 30 days of the suspension or revocation. A person who violates this section is not subject to the criminal penalties set forth in this code.
(c) The provisions of this section are in addition to, and not in lieu of, any other laws protecting animal welfare. This section shall not be construed to limit any state law or rules protecting the welfare of animals or to prevent a local governing body from adopting and enforcing its own animal welfare laws and regulations.
(d) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2018.
(Added by Stats. 2016, Ch. 234, Sec. 1. (SB 1062) Effective January 1, 2017. Section operative January 1, 2018, by its own provisions.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 3 - FISH AND GAME GENERALLY › CHAPTER 2 - Importation, Transportation, and Sheltering of Restricted Live Wild Animals › ARTICLE 2 - Permits › Section 2150.1.

2150.1. Fees collected pursuant to this chapter for permits, permit applications, and facility inspections shall be deposited in the Fish and Game Preservation Fund. The department shall annually identify the amount collected for each type of permit, permit application, or inspection for which a fee is collected.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 789, Sec. 4.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 3 - FISH AND GAME GENERALLY › CHAPTER 2 - Importation, Transportation, and Sheltering of Restricted Live Wild Animals › ARTICLE 2 - Permits › Section 2150.2.

2150.2. The department shall establish fees for permits, permit applications, and facility inspections in amounts sufficient to cover the costs of administering, implementing, and enforcing this chapter.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 789, Sec. 6.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 3 - FISH AND GAME GENERALLY › CHAPTER 2 - Importation, Transportation, and Sheltering of Restricted Live Wild Animals › ARTICLE 2 - Permits › Section 2150.3.

2150.3. (a) The director shall appoint a committee to advise the director on the humane care and treatment of wild animals.
(b) The committee shall make recommendations to the director for the establishment of standards of performance for administration and enforcement, which shall include, but are not limited to, requiring that the eligible local entity possess a knowledge of humane wild animal training methods.
(c) The committee shall make recommendations to the director as to the frequency of inspections necessary for the enforcement and administration of any provision concerning the possession of, handling of, care for, or holding facilities provided for, a wild animal enumerated in or designated pursuant to Section 2118.
(d) The committee shall advise and assist the director in entering into memorandums of understanding with eligible local entities and in determining whether the memorandums of understanding meet the requirements of this chapter.
(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 132, Sec. 47. (AB 1760) Effective January 1, 2024.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 3 - FISH AND GAME GENERALLY › CHAPTER 2 - Importation, Transportation, and Sheltering of Restricted Live Wild Animals › ARTICLE 2 - Permits › Section 2150.4.

2150.4. (a) The department or an eligible local entity shall inspect the wild animal facilities, as determined by the director’s advisory committee, of each person holding a permit issued pursuant to Section 2150 authorizing the possession of a wild animal.
(b) In addition to the inspections specified in subdivision (a), the department or an eligible local entity, pursuant to the regulations of the commission, may inspect the facilities and care provided for the wild animal of any person holding a permit issued pursuant to Section 2150 for the purpose of determining whether the animal is being cared for in accordance with all applicable statutes and regulations. The department shall collect an inspection fee, in an amount determined by the department pursuant to Section 2150.2.
(c) No later than January 1, 2009, the department, in cooperation with the committee created pursuant to Section 2150.3, shall develop, implement, and enter into memorandums of understanding with eligible local entities if the department elects not to inspect every wild animal facility pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b). Eligible local entities shall meet the criteria established in regulations adopted pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 2157.
(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 285, Sec. 34. Effective January 1, 2008.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 3 - FISH AND GAME GENERALLY › CHAPTER 2 - Importation, Transportation, and Sheltering of Restricted Live Wild Animals › ARTICLE 2 - Permits › Section 2150.5.

2150.5. Classes, orders, families, genera, and species which may not be imported, transported, possessed, or released alive in this state solely because of concern for the welfare of the animal may be possessed under permit when the owner can demonstrate that such animal was legally acquired and possessed in California before the effective date of this section. The department may require the owner of an animal which may be possessed under this section to mark or otherwise identify such animal and progeny, so as not to endanger the welfare of that animal, to the satisfaction of the department. The owner shall not transfer such animal or progeny to any other person without prior approval of the department.
(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1503.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 3 - FISH AND GAME GENERALLY › CHAPTER 2 - Importation, Transportation, and Sheltering of Restricted Live Wild Animals › ARTICLE 2 - Permits › Section 2151.

2151. A permit shall be issued only upon written application from the person desiring to import or transport the species, enumerating all of the following:
(a) The approximate number and true scientific name of each species of wild animal for which a permit is requested.
(b) The carrier and probable point of first arrival in this State of each shipment of such species.
(c) The purpose for which they are to be imported or transported.
(d) The name and address of the consignee.
(e) The name and address of the consignor.
(Amended by Stats. 1961, Ch. 617.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 3 - FISH AND GAME GENERALLY › CHAPTER 2 - Importation, Transportation, and Sheltering of Restricted Live Wild Animals › ARTICLE 2 - Permits › Section 2152.

2152. Each permit issued shall set forth all of the following:
(a) The number and true scientific name of the species of wild animal for which the permit is granted.
(b) A statement of the manner and conditions under which the entry of such species is permitted.
(c) A statement of the conditions under which the species shall be kept after importation or during transportation.
(Enacted by Stats. 1957, Ch. 456.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 3 - FISH AND GAME GENERALLY › CHAPTER 2 - Importation, Transportation, and Sheltering of Restricted Live Wild Animals › ARTICLE 2 - Permits › Section 2153.

2153. Whenever any permit is issued under the provisions of this article, one copy shall be sent by the department to the State Department of Food and Agriculture, one copy to the county agricultural commissioner or to the state plant quarantine officer having jurisdiction at the place designated in the application as the probable point of first arrival in the state of such species, and one copy shall accompany each shipment of wild animals involved.
(Amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1503.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 3 - FISH AND GAME GENERALLY › CHAPTER 2 - Importation, Transportation, and Sheltering of Restricted Live Wild Animals › ARTICLE 2 - Permits › Section 2155.

2155. The provisions of this chapter and regulations adopted pursuant thereto shall apply to the progeny of any wild animal imported or possessed under such laws and regulations, except that no permit shall be required for the possession of progeny if a permit has already been obtained by the owner for the parent, and the progeny are kept at the same site.
(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1503.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 3 - FISH AND GAME GENERALLY › CHAPTER 2 - Importation, Transportation, and Sheltering of Restricted Live Wild Animals › ARTICLE 2 - Permits › Section 2156.

2156. Neither the provisions of this chapter nor the regulations of the commission shall prevent any city or county from enacting ordinances relating to the possession or care of wild animals provided such ordinances are more restrictive.
(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1503.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 3 - FISH AND GAME GENERALLY › CHAPTER 2 - Importation, Transportation, and Sheltering of Restricted Live Wild Animals › ARTICLE 2 - Permits › Section 2157.

2157. (a) Every person holding a permit issued pursuant to Section 2150 shall uniquely identify each wild mammal that poses a risk to the health and safety of the public and report this identification to the department to maintain in a registry.
(b) The commission shall adopt regulations that address the following:
(1) Identify the mammals that pose a risk to the health and safety of the public and are subject to subdivision (a). This identification shall include the following species of mammals: wild cats, elephants, nonhuman primates, bears, and wolves.
(2) Acceptable forms of identification.
(3) How and when a permittee must notify the department of the unique identifier required in subdivision (a).
(c) The department shall establish a registry listing the permit number, type, expiration date, the name and address of the permittee, and an inventory of each mammal and to the identification assigned or affixed to the mammal pursuant to subdivision (a) that is covered by the permit.
(d) These regulations shall be developed and adopted by the commission, on or before January 1, 2007.
(Added by Stats. 2005, Ch. 698, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 2006.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 3 - FISH AND GAME GENERALLY › CHAPTER 2 - Importation, Transportation, and Sheltering of Restricted Live Wild Animals › ARTICLE 3 - Regulation and Enforcement › Section 2185.

2185. (a) Any person who transports, receives, or imports into the state, or transports within the state, any live wild animal enumerated in or designated pursuant to Section 2118, shall hold that animal in confinement for inspection and immediately notify the nearest enforcing officer of the animal’s arrival. If there is found in any shipment any species not specified in the permit issued under this chapter, or more than the number of any species specified, those animals shall be refused admittance as provided in Section 2189.
(b) Notwithstanding Section 2117, for the purposes of this section, “enforcing officer” means the enforcement personnel of the department, the state plant quarantine officers, and county agricultural commissioners.
(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 132, Sec. 48. (AB 1760) Effective January 1, 2024.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 3 - FISH AND GAME GENERALLY › CHAPTER 2 - Importation, Transportation, and Sheltering of Restricted Live Wild Animals › ARTICLE 3 - Regulation and Enforcement › Section 2186.

2186. (a) If during inspection upon arrival any wild animal is found to be diseased, or there is reason to suspect the presence of disease, or there is reason to suspect the presence of disease that is or may be detrimental to agriculture, to native wildlife, or to the public health or safety, the diseased animal, and if necessary, the entire shipment shall be destroyed by, or under the supervision of, the enforcing officer, unless no detriment can be caused by its detention in quarantine for a time and under conditions satisfactory to the enforcing officer for disinfection, treatment, or diagnosis, or no detriment can be caused by its return to its point of origin at the option and expense of the owner or possessor.
(b) Notwithstanding Section 2117, for the purposes of this section, “enforcing officer” means the enforcement personnel of the department, the state plant quarantine officers, and county agricultural commissioners.
(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 285, Sec. 36. Effective January 1, 2008.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 3 - FISH AND GAME GENERALLY › CHAPTER 2 - Importation, Transportation, and Sheltering of Restricted Live Wild Animals › ARTICLE 3 - Regulation and Enforcement › Section 2187.

2187. (a) Whenever any wild animal is brought into this state under permit, as provided in this chapter, the enforcing officers may, from time to time, examine the conditions under which that species is kept, and report to the department any suspicion or knowledge of any disease or violations of the conditions of the permit or of the regulations promulgated under this chapter. The enforcing officer may order the transfer of the animal to new owners or the correction of the conditions under which the species is being kept if not in conformance with the terms of the permit, at the expense of the owner or possessor. If neither transfer or improvement of conditions is accomplished, the officer may order destruction of the animal.
(b) Notwithstanding Section 2117, for the purposes of this section, “enforcing officer” means the enforcement personnel of the department, the state plant quarantine officers, and county agricultural commissioners.
(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 285, Sec. 37. Effective January 1, 2008.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 3 - FISH AND GAME GENERALLY › CHAPTER 2 - Importation, Transportation, and Sheltering of Restricted Live Wild Animals › ARTICLE 3 - Regulation and Enforcement › Section 2189.

2189. (a) As used in this section “nonnative wild animal” means any nonnative animal species, or hybrid thereof, that is not normally domesticated pursuant to this code or regulations adopted pursuant thereto and that is not designated as a furbearing, game, nongame, threatened, or endangered animal.
(b) No person shall import into this state any live nonnative wild animal except pursuant to this chapter or regulations adopted pursuant thereto.
(c) Any live nonnative wild animal that is possessed or transported within this state in violation of this chapter or regulations adopted pursuant thereto shall be disposed of in accordance with regulations adopted pursuant to Section 2122, at the expense of the owner or possessor. The owner or possessor shall pay the costs associated with the seizure, care, holding, transfer, and destruction of the animal.
(d) Any live, nonnative wild animal found at large within this state shall be either summarily destroyed or, if captured, shall be confined for not less than 72 hours following notification of the local humane society. Any local, state, or federal governmental agency that has public safety responsibilities is authorized to implement this subdivision.
(e) If, during the 72-hour holding period, any person claims ownership of the animal, that person shall only be allowed to dispose of the animal pursuant to subdivision (c).
(f) After the 72-hour holding period, if the animal is unclaimed, it shall be disposed of in accordance with regulations adopted pursuant to Section 2122 unless the animal is listed as a threatened or endangered species by either state or federal regulation. Notwithstanding subdivision (c), if the animal is listed as a threatened or endangered species in either regulation, the department shall be notified of the animal’s location and the department shall be responsible for proper disposition.
(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 285, Sec. 38. Effective January 1, 2008.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 3 - FISH AND GAME GENERALLY › CHAPTER 2 - Importation, Transportation, and Sheltering of Restricted Live Wild Animals › ARTICLE 3 - Regulation and Enforcement › Section 2190.

2190. It is unlawful for any person who keeps in confinement, with or without a permit, any wild animal of a species enumerated in or designated pursuant to Section 2118, to liberate, ship, or transport the animal except in accordance with the conditions of a permit first obtained from the department.
(Added by renumbering Section 2189 by Stats. 1961, Ch. 617.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 3 - FISH AND GAME GENERALLY › CHAPTER 2 - Importation, Transportation, and Sheltering of Restricted Live Wild Animals › ARTICLE 3 - Regulation and Enforcement › Section 2192.

2192. Notwithstanding Part 2.5 (commencing with Section 18900) of Division 13 of the Health and Safety Code, Section 11356 of the Government Code, or any other provision of law, regulations of the commission relating to the construction, fixtures, and other minimum caging standards adopted by the commission for the confinement of live wild animals pursuant to this chapter are not building standards subject to the approval of the State Building Standards Commission.
(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 285, Sec. 39. Effective January 1, 2008.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 3 - FISH AND GAME GENERALLY › CHAPTER 2 - Importation, Transportation, and Sheltering of Restricted Live Wild Animals › ARTICLE 3 - Regulation and Enforcement › Section 2193.

2193. (a) Every person who holds a permit issued pursuant to Section 2150 shall immediately report by telephone the intentional or unintentional escape or release of the wild animal, to the department and the nearest enforcing officer of the city or county in which the wild animal was released or escaped. The permitholder shall be liable for all expenses associated with efforts to recapture the wild animal. For the purposes of this subdivision, the exhibition of a wild animal on a movie set, film set, television set, still photography set, or any other professional activity allowable under a permit issued pursuant to Section 2150, does not constitute an intentional or unintentional escape or release of the wild animal unless the person exhibiting the wild animal has lost control of the wild animal.
(b) The commission shall promulgate regulations establishing the criteria for permitholders to notify the department prior to taking possession of or transferring an animal and upon the death of an animal.
(c) These regulations shall be developed and adopted by the commission on or before January 1, 2007.
(Added by Stats. 2005, Ch. 698, Sec. 12. Effective January 1, 2006.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 3 - FISH AND GAME GENERALLY › CHAPTER 2 - Importation, Transportation, and Sheltering of Restricted Live Wild Animals › ARTICLE 3 - Regulation and Enforcement › Section 2195.

2195. When a wild animal enumerated in, or designated pursuant to, Section 671 of Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations is properly confiscated by the department, the new custodian with whom the animal is placed by the department may bring a civil action to recover the reasonable costs incurred by the custodian for any necessary relocation of the animal to a new facility, any actual and necessary costs to construct new caging to house the animal, and any actual and necessary costs to return the animal to a healthy state, to the extent that the department or new custodian has not already collected the costs pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2) of subdivision (d) of Section 2125. The prior owner or possessor from whom the animal was confiscated shall be liable for these costs only if the conditions that led to the animal’s confiscation were the result of acts or omissions of the prior owner or possessor.
(Added by Stats. 2005, Ch. 698, Sec. 13. Effective January 1, 2006.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 3 - FISH AND GAME GENERALLY › CHAPTER 2 - Importation, Transportation, and Sheltering of Restricted Live Wild Animals › ARTICLE 4 - Mammals Used for Hire › Section 2200.

2200. For purposes of this article, “mammal” means any wild animal of the class Mammalia as specified in Article 1 (commencing with Section 2116) or regulations adopted pursuant thereto which affects commerce.
(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1231, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 3 - FISH AND GAME GENERALLY › CHAPTER 2 - Importation, Transportation, and Sheltering of Restricted Live Wild Animals › ARTICLE 4 - Mammals Used for Hire › Section 2201.

2201. The Animal Trust Fund is hereby established in the State Treasury. Upon appropriation by the Legislature, the money in the fund is available to the department for the administration of this article and to make grants pursuant to Section 2203. The department may use not more than 5 percent of the money in the fund for the costs of administering this article.
(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1231, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 3 - FISH AND GAME GENERALLY › CHAPTER 2 - Importation, Transportation, and Sheltering of Restricted Live Wild Animals › ARTICLE 4 - Mammals Used for Hire › Section 2202.

2202. The department may seek grants and accept donations from private and public organizations and agencies for the purposes of this article for deposit in the Animal Trust Fund.
(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1231, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 3 - FISH AND GAME GENERALLY › CHAPTER 2 - Importation, Transportation, and Sheltering of Restricted Live Wild Animals › ARTICLE 4 - Mammals Used for Hire › Section 2203.

2203. (a) The director, with the advice of the committee established pursuant to Section 2150.3, shall adopt regulations to establish and administer a grant program, including eligibility criteria, by which persons or governmental agencies who operate facilities to care and shelter mammals may apply for grants for maintenance, operations, and capital improvements. The program shall include provisions for emergency grants with an expedited review process.
(b) Each member of the committee who is eligible to receive per diem and mileage shall be allowed per diem and mileage in accordance with the rules of the Department of Human Resources for attending any meeting of the committee involving this article.
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 665, Sec. 14. (SB 1308) Effective January 1, 2013.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 3 - FISH AND GAME GENERALLY › CHAPTER 2 - Importation, Transportation, and Sheltering of Restricted Live Wild Animals › ARTICLE 5 - Circus Cruelty Prevention Act › Section 2207.

2207. This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the Circus Cruelty Prevention Act.
(Added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 768, Sec. 1. (SB 313) Effective January 1, 2020.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 3 - FISH AND GAME GENERALLY › CHAPTER 2 - Importation, Transportation, and Sheltering of Restricted Live Wild Animals › ARTICLE 5 - Circus Cruelty Prevention Act › Section 2208.

2208. (a) For purposes of this article, except as provided in subdivision (b), the term “circus” means a performance before a live audience in which entertainment consisting of a variety of acts, such as acrobats, aerialists, clowns, jugglers, or stunts, is the primary attraction or principal business.
(b) The term “circus” does not include a rodeo, as defined in Section 596.7 of the Penal Code.
(Added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 768, Sec. 1. (SB 313) Effective January 1, 2020.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 3 - FISH AND GAME GENERALLY › CHAPTER 2 - Importation, Transportation, and Sheltering of Restricted Live Wild Animals › ARTICLE 5 - Circus Cruelty Prevention Act › Section 2209.

2209. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a person shall not sponsor, conduct, or operate a circus in this state that uses any animal other than a domestic dog, domestic cat, or domesticated horse.
(b) Notwithstanding any other law, a person shall not exhibit or use any animal other than a domestic dog, domestic cat, or domesticated horse in a circus in this state.
(Added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 768, Sec. 1. (SB 313) Effective January 1, 2020.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 3 - FISH AND GAME GENERALLY › CHAPTER 2 - Importation, Transportation, and Sheltering of Restricted Live Wild Animals › ARTICLE 5 - Circus Cruelty Prevention Act › Section 2210.

2210. (a) In addition to any other penalty provided by law, a person who violates this article, or any rule or regulation adopted pursuant to this article, shall be liable for a civil penalty of no more than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for each day the person is in violation.
(b) An action against a person who violates this article, or any rule or regulation adopted pursuant to this article, may be brought by the Attorney General, the department, the Department of Food and Agriculture, a district attorney, a city attorney, or a city prosecutor in a city or city and county that has a full-time city prosecutor.
(c) Civil penalties collected pursuant to this section shall be deposited according to the following:
(1) (A) Subject to subparagraph (B), moneys collected by the Attorney General shall be deposited in the General Fund.
(B) If the department, as the investigating agency, refers the matter to the Attorney General for prosecution, 50 percent of the moneys collected shall be deposited in the Fish and Game Preservation Fund and 50 percent shall be deposited in the General Fund.
(2) Moneys collected by the department shall be deposited in the Fish and Game Preservation Fund. The moneys collected pursuant to this section shall be allocated, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to the department for law enforcement purposes.
(3) Moneys collected by the Department of Food and Agriculture shall be deposited in the Circus Cruelty Prevention Account, which is hereby created in the Department of Food and Agriculture Fund, created pursuant to Section 221 of the Food and Agricultural Code. Moneys in the Circus Cruelty Prevention Account shall be available, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to the Department of Food and Agriculture for the purposes of enforcing this article.
(4) (A) Subject to subparagraph (B), moneys collected by a district attorney, a city attorney, or a city prosecutor in a city or city and county that has a full-time city prosecutor shall be deposited in that city’s, county’s, or city and county’s general fund.
(B) If the department, as the investigating agency, refers the matter to the office of a prosecutor described in subparagraph (A), 50 percent of the moneys collected shall be deposited in the Fish and Game Preservation Fund and 50 percent shall be deposited in the city’s, county’s, or city and county’s general fund.
(Amended by Stats. 2020, Ch. 370, Sec. 118. (SB 1371) Effective January 1, 2021.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 3 - FISH AND GAME GENERALLY › CHAPTER 3 - Importation and Transportation of Live Plants and Animals › ARTICLE 1 - Birds › Section 2225.

2225. Except as otherwise provided, it is unlawful for any common carrier to transport any live protected nongame bird or any live resident or migratory game bird for which there is no open season.
(Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1972.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 3 - FISH AND GAME GENERALLY › CHAPTER 3 - Importation and Transportation of Live Plants and Animals › ARTICLE 2 - Mammals › Section 2250.

2250. It is unlawful to import or transport any live muskrat (genus Ondatra) into, or possess any live muskrat in, California except under permit issued by the department pursuant to Section 2118, or as otherwise provided by law. A county agricultural commissioner, fish and game deputy, or state plant quarantine officer may enter upon lands or waters west of the crest of the Cascade-Sierra Nevada mountain system, and west and south of the Tehachapi, Liebre, San Gabriel, San Bernardino, San Jacinto, Cuyamaca, and connected mountains south to the international boundary, or in any watershed tributary to, or draining into, the Pacific Ocean to remove or destroy the muskrats.
(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 296, Sec. 101. (AB 1023) Effective January 1, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 3 - FISH AND GAME GENERALLY › CHAPTER 3 - Importation and Transportation of Live Plants and Animals › ARTICLE 3 - Aquatic Plants and Animals › Section 2270.

2270. It is unlawful for any person to receive, bring, or cause to be brought into this state, for the purpose of propagation, any fish, reptile, amphibian, or aquatic plant from any place wherein any infected, diseased, or parasitized fish, reptile, amphibia, or aquatic plants are known to exist.
(Amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 605.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 3 - FISH AND GAME GENERALLY › CHAPTER 3 - Importation and Transportation of Live Plants and Animals › ARTICLE 3 - Aquatic Plants and Animals › Section 2270.5.

2270.5. Section 2270 does not apply to the importation of live aquatic plants or animals for aquaculture purposes by a registered aquaculturist if the importation has been approved by the department pursuant to Section 15600.
(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1686, Sec. 3. Effective September 30, 1984.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 3 - FISH AND GAME GENERALLY › CHAPTER 3 - Importation and Transportation of Live Plants and Animals › ARTICLE 3 - Aquatic Plants and Animals › Section 2271.

2271. (a) No live aquatic plant or animal may be imported into this state without the prior written approval of the department pursuant to regulations adopted by the commission. A written application for the importation, submitted in conformance with the procedural requirements established by the commission, is deemed approved where it has not been denied within 60 days.
(b) This section does not apply to the following plants or animals unless the plants or animals are or may be placed in waters of the state:
(1) Mollusks.
(2) Crustaceans.
(3) Ornamental marine or freshwater plants and animals that are not utilized for human consumption or bait purposes and are maintained in closed systems for personal, pet industry, or hobby purposes.
(c) The section does not apply to any live aquatic plant or animal imported by a registered aquaculturist.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 85, Sec. 4. Effective April 19, 1984.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 3 - FISH AND GAME GENERALLY › CHAPTER 3 - Importation and Transportation of Live Plants and Animals › ARTICLE 3 - Aquatic Plants and Animals › Section 2272.

2272. Each package containing any live aquatic plant or animal shall bear, in a conspicuous place, a tag on which shall be stated the name and address of the consignor, the name and address of the consignee, and the exact contents of the package.
(Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 85, Sec. 5. Effective April 19, 1984.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 3 - FISH AND GAME GENERALLY › CHAPTER 3.5 - Aquatic Invasive Species › Section 2300.

2300. (a) No person shall sell, possess, import, transport, transfer, release alive in the state, or give away without consideration the salt water algae of the genus Caulerpa.
(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), a person may possess, for bona fide scientific research, as determined by the department, upon authorization by the department, the salt water algae of the genus Caulerpa.
(c) In addition to any other penalty provided by law, any person who violates this section is subject to a civil penalty of not less than five hundred dollars ($500) and not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for each violation.
(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 119, Sec. 1. (AB 655) Effective January 1, 2024.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 3 - FISH AND GAME GENERALLY › CHAPTER 3.5 - Aquatic Invasive Species › Section 2302.

2302. (a) Any person, or federal, state, or local agency, district, or authority that owns or manages a reservoir, as defined in Section 6004.5 of the Water Code, where recreational, boating, or fishing activities are permitted, except a privately owned reservoir that is not open to the public, shall do both of the following:
(1) Assess the vulnerability of the reservoir for the introduction of nonnative dreissenid mussel species.
(2) Develop and implement a program designed to prevent the introduction of nonnative dreissenid mussel species.
(b) The program shall include, at a minimum, all of the following:
(1) Public education.
(2) Monitoring.
(3) Management of those recreational, boating, or fishing activities that are permitted.
(c) Any person, or federal, state, or local agency, district, or authority, that owns or manages a reservoir, as defined in Section 6004.5 of the Water Code, where recreational, boating, or fishing activities of any kind are not permitted, except a privately owned reservoir that is not open to the public, shall, based on its available resources and staffing, include visual monitoring for the presence of mussels as part of its routine field activities.
(d) Any entity that owns or manages a reservoir, as defined in Section 6004.5 of the Water Code, except a privately owned reservoir that is not open to the public for recreational, boating, or fishing activities, may refuse the planting of fish in that reservoir by the department unless the department can demonstrate that the fish are not known to be infected with nonnative dreissenid mussels.
(e) Except as specifically set forth in this section, this section applies both to reservoirs that are owned or managed by governmental entities and reservoirs that are owned or managed by private persons or entities.
(f) Violation of this section is not subject to the sanctions set forth in Section 12000. In lieu of any other penalty provided by law, a person who violates this section shall, instead, be subject to a civil penalty, in an amount not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) per violation, that is imposed administratively by the department. To the extent that sufficient funds and personnel are available to do so, the department may adopt regulations establishing procedures to implement this subdivision and enforce this section.
(g) This section shall not apply to a reservoir in which nonnative dreissenid mussels have been detected.
(Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 140, Sec. 73. (AB 1164) Effective January 1, 2010.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 3 - FISH AND GAME GENERALLY › CHAPTER 4 - Importation and Transportation of Dead Birds, Mammals, Fish, Reptiles, and Amphibia › ARTICLE 1 - Dead Wild Birds, Mammals, Fish, Reptiles, and Amphibia › Section 2345.

2345. This article applies to all dead wild birds, mammals, fish, reptiles, and amphibians. This article also applies to live mollusks and crustaceans that are transported for purposes other than placement in the waters of this state. This article does not apply to animals imported for purposes of aquaculture under Division 12 (commencing with Section 15000).
(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 285, Sec. 40. Effective January 1, 2008.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 3 - FISH AND GAME GENERALLY › CHAPTER 4 - Importation and Transportation of Dead Birds, Mammals, Fish, Reptiles, and Amphibia › ARTICLE 1 - Dead Wild Birds, Mammals, Fish, Reptiles, and Amphibia › Section 2346.

2346. It is unlawful for a common carrier or his or her agent to transport for, or to receive for transportation from, any one person, during any interval of time, more than the bag limit of birds, mammals, fish, reptiles, or amphibians that may legally be taken and possessed by that person during that interval.
(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 285, Sec. 41. Effective January 1, 2008.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 3 - FISH AND GAME GENERALLY › CHAPTER 4 - Importation and Transportation of Dead Birds, Mammals, Fish, Reptiles, and Amphibia › ARTICLE 1 - Dead Wild Birds, Mammals, Fish, Reptiles, and Amphibia › Section 2347.

2347. It is unlawful for any person to offer for transportation by common carrier during any interval of time more than the bag limit of birds, mammals, fish, reptiles, or amphibians that may legally be taken and possessed by that person during that interval.
(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 285, Sec. 42. Effective January 1, 2008.)