Fish and Game Code - FGC
DIVISION 4. BIRDS AND MAMMALS [3000 - 4903]
( Division 4 enacted by Stats. 1957, Ch. 456. ) PART 3. MAMMALS [3950 - 4903]
( Part 3 enacted by Stats. 1957, Ch. 456. ) CHAPTER 3. Nongame Mammals and Depredators [4150 - 4190]
( Heading of Chapter 3 amended by Stats. 1971, Ch. 1470. ) ARTICLE 1. Nongame Mammals [4150 - 4158]
( Heading of Article 1 amended by Stats. 1971, Ch. 1470. ) 4150.
(a) A mammal occurring naturally in California that is not a game mammal, exotic game mammal, fully protected mammal, or fur-bearing mammal is a nongame mammal. A nongame mammal may not be taken or possessed except as provided in this code or in accordance with regulations adopted by the commission.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this code or regulations adopted pursuant to this code, it is unlawful for any person to trap any nongame mammal for purposes of recreation or commerce in fur. The raw fur of a nongame mammal otherwise lawfully taken pursuant to this code or regulations adopted pursuant to this code shall not be sold. For purposes of this
subdivision,
“raw fur” has the same meaning as defined in Section 4005.
(c) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2024.
(Repealed (in Sec. 17) and added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 469, Sec. 18. (SB 856) Effective January 1, 2023. Operative July 1, 2024, by its own provisions.)