DIVISION 2. PROPERTY 654-1422›PART 1. PROPERTY IN GENERAL 654-749›TITLE 1. NATURE OF PROPERTY 654-663

§ 656

California Civil Code · 2020-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

Animals wild by nature are the subjects of ownership, while living, only when on the land of the person claiming them, or when tamed, or taken and held in possession, or disabled and immediately pursued.

(Enacted 1872.)

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