California Code
DIVISION 4 - BIRDS AND MAMMALS
PART 2 - BIRDS

CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions

Section 3500. - 3500. (a) Resident game birds are as follows: (1) Doves...

Section 3501. - 3501. It is unlawful to use any powerboat, motor vehicle,...

Section 3502. - 3502. It is unlawful to use any mammal (except a...

Section 3503. - 3503. It is unlawful to take, possess, or needlessly destroy...

Section 3503.5. - 3503.5. It is unlawful to take, possess, or destroy any...

Section 3504. - 3504. Subject to the provisions of this code permitting the...

Section 3505. - 3505. It is unlawful to take, sell, or purchase any...

Section 3508. - 3508. It is unlawful to break, train, hold field trials...

Section 3511. - 3511. (a) (1) Except as provided in this section, Section...

Section 3513. - 3513. (a) It is unlawful to take or possess any...

Section 3513. - 3513. (a) It is unlawful to take or possess any...

Section 3514. - 3514. Exotic nonresident game birds are those birds of the...

Section 3515. - 3515. Exotic nonresident game birds may be released in this...

Section 3516. - 3516. The commission may adopt such regulations as it deems...

CHAPTER 2 - Particular Varieties

ARTICLE 1 - Pheasants

Section 3660. - 3660. It is unlawful for any person to have in...

ARTICLE 2 - Other Species

Section 3680. - 3680. Any person, other than the owner thereof, who at...

Section 3681. - 3681. In Districts 8 and 9, it is unlawful to...

Section 3682.1. - 3682.1. (a) It is unlawful for any person, except a...

Section 3682.2. - 3682.2. (a) Upon full implementation of the Automated License Data...

Section 3683. - 3683. Upland game bird species include both of the following:...

Section 3684. - 3684. (a) The Upland Game Bird Account is hereby established...

Section 3686. - 3686. Projects authorized pursuant to Section 3684 shall be governed...

ARTICLE 3 - Migratory Birds

Section 3700.1. - 3700.1. (a) It is unlawful for any person, except a...

Section 3700.2. - 3700.2. (a) Upon full implementation of the Automated License Data...

Section 3701. - 3701. (a) All funds derived from the sale of state...

Section 3702. - 3702. Funds deposited in the State Duck Stamp Account shall...

Section 3702.1. - 3702.1. An advisory committee, as determined by the department, that...

Section 3702.5. - 3702.5. The department may permit individual artists to sell a...

Section 3703. - 3703. Before the commission may consider any project which proposes...

Section 3704. - 3704. Two dollars and twenty-five cents ($2.25) of the amount...

Section 3704.5. - 3704.5. Waterfowl projects authorized pursuant to Sections 3702 and 3460...

Section 3705. - 3705. Before allocating funds to any project to be undertaken...

CHAPTER 3 - Nongame Birds

Section 3800. - 3800. (a) All birds occurring naturally in California that are...

Section 3801. - 3801. Notwithstanding Section 3007 or any other provision of this...

Section 3801.5. - 3801.5. Nongame birds not covered by the Migratory Bird Treaty...

Section 3801.6. - 3801.6. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this code or...

Section 3802. - 3802. The department may enter into cooperative contracts with the...

Section 3803. - 3803. The department may take any individual bird, or birds...

Section 3806. - 3806. In order to aid in relieving widespread waterfowl depredation...

CHAPTER 4 - California Condor

Section 3850. - 3850. The department may carry out a California condor preservation...

Section 3851. - 3851. The department, jointly with the federal-state condor recovery team...

Section 3852. - 3852. The department shall provide funds to the Zoological Society...

Section 3853. - 3853. In addition to the programs in Section 3852, a...

Section 3854. - 3854. Not more than 10 percent of the funds provided...

Section 3855. - 3855. Both the breeding program and the release program, if...

Section 3856. - 3856. The department shall include copies of the biannual reports...

Section 3857. - 3857. To the extent possible, the department shall seek private...

Section 3858. - 3858. (a) For purposes of this section, the term “Northern...

CHAPTER 5 - Avian Influenza Wildlife Surveillance Act

Section 3860. - 3860. This chapter shall be known, and may be cited,...

Section 3861. - 3861. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:...

Section 3862. - 3862. The Natural Resources Agency, in consultation with the department,...

Section 3863. - 3863. (a) The Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency shall...