California Code
ARTICLE 3 - Sport Fishing Licenses
Section 7149.3.

7149.3. Notwithstanding Section 7149.05, a sport fishing license is not required for a resident to take a rattlesnake (genus Crotalus or Sistrurus).

(Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 683, Sec. 22. (SB 798) Effective January 1, 2016.)