California Code
Food and Agricultural Code - FAC
DIVISION 11 - HORSES, MULES, BURROS, SHEEP, AND SWINE

CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions

ARTICLE 1 - Application

Section 23001. - 23001. The provisions of this division, including the payment of...

ARTICLE 2 - Regulations

Section 23021. - 23021. The director shall enforce this division. He may make...

ARTICLE 3 - Investigations and Seizures

Section 23041. - 23041. The director may make any necessary investigations relative to...

Section 23043. - 23043. Any agent of the department or any peace officer...

Section 23044. - 23044. Any expense which is incurred pursuant to Section 23043...

Section 23045. - 23045. Any animal which is seized by, or comes into...

ARTICLE 4 - Criminal Penalties

Section 23071. - 23071. Every person that violates any provision of this division...

ARTICLE 5 - Civil Penalties and Remedies

Section 23091. - 23091. Any person that violates any provision of this division...

Section 23092. - 23092. The Attorney General shall, upon complaint by the director,...

Section 23093. - 23093. The Attorney General shall, upon complaint by the director,...

ARTICLE 6 - Collection and Disposition of Money

Section 23121. - 23121. Any money in the Department of Agriculture Fund which...

Section 23122. - 23122. The director shall, at least once each month, report...

Section 23123. - 23123. A civil action may be brought by the director...

CHAPTER 2 - Brands and Brand Records

ARTICLE 1 - Horses, Mules, Burros, or Sheep

Section 23251. - 23251. Any person that desires to use a brand on...

Section 23251.1. - 23251.1. For the purposes of this article, “brand” also includes...

Section 23252. - 23252. Any person that owns a registered cattle brand may...

ARTICLE 2 - Swine

Section 23281. - 23281. Brands for swine may be recorded pursuant to the...

CHAPTER 3 - Inspection of Animals

ARTICLE 1 - Horses, Mules, and Burros

Section 23401. - 23401. Inspection of horses, mules, and burros for shipment out...

Section 23404. - 23404. A certificate of inspection shall not be issued unless...

Section 23405. - 23405. Every slaughterer of horses, mules, or burros shall have...

CHAPTER 6 - Sale or Gift

Section 23801. - 23801. A person shall not buy, sell, or accept a...

Section 23802. - 23802. The failure of the seller or donor to give...

CHAPTER 7 - Transportation

Section 23981. - 23981. A person shall not transport any sheep, unless the...

CHAPTER 8 - Drugging of Horses

Section 24000. - 24000. The Legislature finds and declares the following: (a) That...

Section 24001. - 24001. For purposes of this chapter: (a) “Event” means a...

Section 24002. - 24002. The secretary has jurisdiction of all events under this...

Section 24003. - 24003. Except as otherwise prohibited by law, the full use...

Section 24004. - 24004. A horse shall not be shown in any class...

Section 24005. - 24005. The trainer or owner, or both the trainer and...

Section 24006. - 24006. A trainer, owner, or both the trainer and owner,...

Section 24007. - 24007. (a) In addition to any other penalty or fine...

Section 24008. - 24008. A horse at an event is subject to examination...

Section 24009. - 24009. Whether a horse is in competition or not, refusal...

Section 24010. - 24010. If the chemical analysis of blood, urine, saliva, or...

Section 24011. - 24011. (a) A horse that has received a prohibited substance...

Section 24011.6. - 24011.6. The therapeutic administration of a permissible substance is permitted...

Section 24012. - 24012. (a) (1) To provide funds for enforcement of this...

Section 24013. - 24013. (a) The secretary shall adopt those reasonable rules and...

Section 24013.5. - 24013.5. The secretary shall appoint an advisory committee to serve...

Section 24014. - 24014. It is the intent of the Legislature that each...

Section 24015. - 24015. (a) Every event shall be registered with the department,...

Section 24016. - 24016. No provision contained in this chapter shall in any...

Section 24017. - 24017. This chapter shall not apply to any horse one...

Section 24018. - 24018. The secretary may accept on behalf of the state,...

CHAPTER 9 - Equine Protection: Enforcement

Section 24101. - 24101. This chapter shall be known and may be cited...

Section 24102. - 24102. For purposes of this chapter: (a) “Animal” means a...

Section 24103. - 24103. There is in the department a program of equine...

Section 24104. - 24104. Each sheriff or other officer to whom a complaint...

Section 24104.5. - 24104.5. The Bureau of Livestock Identification shall compile a report...

Section 24105. - 24105. No investigator of the program or any other employee...

Section 24106. - 24106. (a) Before an animal may be sold at an...

Section 24107. - 24107. Every operator of an auction yard or dealer who...

Section 24108. - 24108. Any person who does not keep the written records...

Section 24109. - 24109. (a) No animal, whether branded or not, shall be...

Section 24110. - 24110. An inspector shall seize any animal for which a...

Section 24111. - 24111. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, it is...

Section 24112. - 24112. If the animal which is seized or otherwise in...

Section 24113. - 24113. If the brands or marks are recorded, the director...

Section 24114. - 24114. If the owner cannot be ascertained, the director shall...

Section 24115. - 24115. Any person that claims ownership of the animal may,...

Section 24116. - 24116. If ownership is proved to the satisfaction of the...

Section 24117. - 24117. If the animal at any time while in the...

Section 24118. - 24118. If after 14 days from the date of the...

Section 24119. - 24119. The proceeds from the sale of any animal shall...

Section 24120. - 24120. If any person shall, within one year after the...

Section 24121. - 24121. If the inspector of the program determines that the...

Section 24122. - 24122. The certificate of inspection shall be signed by the...

Section 24123. - 24123. It is unlawful for any inspector to issue a...

Section 24124. - 24124. One copy of the certificate of inspection required by...

Section 24125. - 24125. Any person who transports an animal destined for slaughter...

Section 24126. - 24126. It is unlawful for any person to remove any...

Section 24127. - 24127. (a) Each dealer who handles animals destined for slaughter,...

Section 24128. - 24128. (a) The inspector shall make a memorandum which shows...

Section 24129. - 24129. The department shall maintain inspection certificates for a period...

Section 24130. - 24130. Any person that is engaged in the business of...

Section 24131. - 24131. Any person subject to Section 24130 shall retain the...

Section 24132. - 24132. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person...

Section 24133. - 24133. Any person who transports an animal destined for slaughter...

Section 24134. - 24134. Any person who falsifies any document or record required...