California Code
Food and Agricultural Code - FAC
DIVISION 14 - REGULATION AND LICENSING OF DOGS

CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions

Section 30501. - 30501. (a) The board of supervisors of any county or...

Section 30502. - 30502. Any dog license tag which is issued by any...

Section 30503. - 30503. (a) (1) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b),...

Section 30503.5. - 30503.5. (a) For purposes of this section: (1) “Animal shelter”...

Section 30504. - 30504. For purposes of this division, each member of a...

Section 30505. - 30505. (a) A public animal shelter shall not charge an...

CHAPTER 1.5 - Special Provisions Applicable to Counties With a Population of Less Than 100,000 Persons

Section 30520. - 30520. (a) This chapter only applies to a county that...

Section 30521. - 30521. (a) A spaying or neutering deposit may be either...

Section 30522. - 30522. (a) (1) If a recipient fails to comply with...

Section 30523. - 30523. (a) (1) A person who commits any violation of...

Section 30524. - 30524. Local ordinances concerning the adoption or placement procedures of...

Section 30524.5. - 30524.5. (a) A public animal shelter shall not charge an...

Section 30525. - 30525. Whenever a dog license tag is issued pursuant to...

Section 30526. - 30526. (a) For purposes of this section: (1) “Animal shelter”...

CHAPTER 2 - Disposition of Funds

Section 30651. - 30651. As used in this chapter, “livestock” includes domestic fowls...

Section 30652. - 30652. All fees for the issuance of dog license tags...

Section 30653. - 30653. Each such claim for damages is governed by Part...

Section 30654. - 30654. The affidavits shall fix the value of the livestock...

Section 30655. - 30655. If a claim is allowed, it shall be paid...

Section 30656. - 30656. (a) Any county, city, or city and county may,...

CHAPTER 3 - Dog Tags

Section 30801. - 30801. (a) A board of supervisors may provide for the...

Section 30802. - 30802. Each application for a dog license tag shall state...

Section 30803. - 30803. (a) The animal control department shall endorse upon the...

Section 30804. - 30804. The fee for the issuance of the dog license...

Section 30804.5. - 30804.5. Whenever dog license tags are issued pursuant to this...

Section 30804.7. - 30804.7. (a) The owner of a nonspayed or unneutered dog...

Section 30805. - 30805. The board of supervisors shall fix the compensation of...

Section 30807. - 30807. Any licensed kennel may be exempted pursuant to regulation...

CHAPTER 3.5 - Guide Dogs, Signal Dogs,and Service Dogs

Section 30850. - 30850. (a) The animal control department shall endorse upon the...

Section 30851. - 30851. The owners of assistance dogs shall comply with all...

Section 30852. - 30852. (a) The tag identifying a dog as an assistance...

Section 30853. - 30853. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to limit...

Section 30854. - 30854. The provisions of this chapter are severable. If any...

CHAPTER 4 - Regulation

Section 30951. - 30951. It is unlawful for any person to own, harbor,...

Section 30952. - 30952. It is unlawful for any person to attach a...

Section 30953. - 30953. Except as otherwise provided in this division, it is...

Section 30954. - 30954. It is unlawful for any person to permit any...

Section 30955. - 30955. It is unlawful for any person to permit any...

Section 30956. - 30956. In an action for violation of Section 30955, the...

CHAPTER 5 - Killing and Seizure

ARTICLE 1 - Generally

Section 31101. - 31101. Any dog which is found running at large without...

Section 31102. - 31102. Except in an area in which the provisions of...

Section 31103. - 31103. Except in an area in which the provisions of...

Section 31104. - 31104. The provisions of Sections 31102 and 31103 shall not...

Section 31105. - 31105. The board of supervisors shall provide for both of...

Section 31106. - 31106. The board of supervisors may appoint proper persons to...

Section 31107. - 31107. No dog which is impounded pursuant to this division...

Section 31108. - 31108. (a) (1) The required holding period for a stray...

Section 31108.3. - 31108.3. (a) (1) Except as provided in subdivision (b), a...

Section 31108.5. - 31108.5. (a) (1) Upon relinquishment of a dog to a...

Section 31109. - 31109. Any dog which is found straying on any farm...

ARTICLE 2 - Optional Provisions

Section 31151. - 31151. The provisions of Sections 31102 and 31103 shall not...

Section 31152. - 31152. Any person may kill any dog in any area...

Section 31153. - 31153. Any dog entering any enclosed or unenclosed property upon...

CHAPTER 6 - Fees for Impounding

Section 31251. - 31251. The board of supervisors of each county shall fix...

Section 31252. - 31252. If the impounding of a dog is done by...

Section 31253. - 31253. If a dog which has been impounded is claimed...

Section 31254. - 31254. The refusal or failure of the owner of any...

Section 31255. - 31255. (a) An animal control officer of any county, if...

CHAPTER 7 - Violations

Section 31401. - 31401. Except as provided in Section 31402, violation of any...

Section 31402. - 31402. Violation of any provision of this division that results...

CHAPTER 8 - Civil Liability

Section 31501. - 31501. The owner of any livestock or poultry which is...

Section 31502. - 31502. If two or more dogs kept by two or...

Section 31503. - 31503. If any person sustains any loss or damage to...

Section 31504. - 31504. The complaint shall satisfy all of the following requirements:...

Section 31505. - 31505. If the person that owns the dog or was...

Section 31506. - 31506. The summons shall be made returnable not less than...

Section 31507. - 31507. The service of the summons may be made by...

Section 31508. - 31508. Upon the return day fixed in the summons, the...

CHAPTER 9 - Potentially Dangerous and Vicious Dogs

ARTICLE 1 - Findings, Definitions, and General Provisions

Section 31601. - 31601. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:...

Section 31602. - 31602. “Potentially dangerous dog” means any of the following: (a)...

Section 31603. - 31603. “Vicious dog” means either of the following: (a) Any...

Section 31604. - 31604. “Severe injury” means any physical injury to a human...

Section 31605. - 31605. “Enclosure” means a fence or structure suitable to prevent...

Section 31606. - 31606. “Animal control department” means the county or city animal...

Section 31607. - 31607. “Impounded” means taken into the custody of the public...

Section 31608. - 31608. “County” includes any city and county. (Added by Stats....

Section 31609. - 31609. (a) This chapter does not apply to licensed kennels,...

ARTICLE 2 - Judicial Process

Section 31621. - 31621. If an animal control officer or a law enforcement...

Section 31622. - 31622. (a) After the hearing conducted pursuant to Section 31621,...

Section 31623. - 31623. The court or hearing entity of original jurisdiction or...

Section 31624. - 31624. The determination of the court hearing the appeal shall...

Section 31625. - 31625. (a) If upon investigation it is determined by the...

Section 31626. - 31626. (a) No dog may be declared potentially dangerous or...

ARTICLE 3 - Disposition of Potentially Dangerous or Vicious Dogs

Section 31641. - 31641. All potentially dangerous dogs shall be properly licensed and...

Section 31642. - 31642. A potentially dangerous dog, while on the owner’s property,...

Section 31643. - 31643. If the dog in question dies, or is sold,...

Section 31644. - 31644. If there are no additional instances of the behavior...

Section 31645. - 31645. (a) A dog determined to be a vicious dog...

Section 31646. - 31646. The owner of a dog determined to be a...

ARTICLE 4 - Penalties

Section 31662. - 31662. Any violation of this chapter involving a potentially dangerous...

Section 31663. - 31663. All fines paid pursuant to this article shall be...

ARTICLE 5 - Miscellaneous

Section 31681. - 31681. If any provision of this chapter or the application...

Section 31682. - 31682. The Judicial Council shall prepare all forms necessary to...

Section 31683. - 31683. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prevent...