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Earlier editions: 2020-112018-11

DIVISION 3. FISH AND GAME GENERALLY 2000-2954›CHAPTER 2. Importation, Transportation, and Sheltering of Restricted Live Wild Animals 2116-2210›ARTICLE 1. Generally 2116-2128

§ 2124

California Fish and Game Code · 2026 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

(a) Except as otherwise authorized by this code or regulations adopted pursuant to this code, including, but not limited to, those provisions that authorize raising deer to produce venison for market, it is unlawful for any person to possess, transport, import, export, propagate, purchase, sell, or transfer any live mammal enumerated in or designated pursuant to Section 2118 for the purposes of maiming, injuring, or killing the mammal for gain, amusement, or sport.

(b) Except as otherwise authorized by this code or regulations adopted pursuant to this code, the buyer of a live mammal enumerated in or designated pursuant to Section 2118 shall not resell the live mammal to another buyer who has the intent to maim, injure, or kill that mammal for purposes of gain, amusement, or sport.

(c) This section does not apply to the meat, hide, or parts of a dead mammal.

(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 132, Sec. 43. (AB 1760) Effective January 1, 2024.)

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