Food and Agricultural Code - FAC
DIVISION 14. REGULATION AND LICENSING OF DOGS [30501 - 31683]
( Division 14 enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15. ) CHAPTER 7. Violations [31401 - 31402]
( Chapter 7 enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15. ) 31402.
Violation of any provision of this division that results in death or serious injury to livestock or poultry is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500) or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than six months or by both the fine and imprisonment.
As used in this section, “serious injury” means injury of a degree of severity that the injured animal must be destroyed or injury that results in the fair market value of the animal being reduced to a level at which it may not be profitably sold.
(Added by Stats. 1981, Ch. 1072, Sec. 3.)