TITLE 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES 23000-33205›DIVISION 2. OFFICERS 24000-28085›PART 2. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS 25000-26490›CHAPTER 8. Health and Safety 25800-25846›ARTICLE 1. Animals 25800-25803

§ 25802

California Government Code · 2018-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

The board may maintain, regulate, and govern public pounds, fix the limits within which animals shall not run at large, and appoint poundkeepers. All expenses of operation and maintenance and the compensation of the poundkeepers shall be paid out of the fines imposed and collected from the owners of impounded animals, or from the general fund of the county, or both.

(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)

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