DIVISION 12. FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION 13000-14959›PART 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS 13000-13083›CHAPTER 1. Liability in Relation to Fires 13000-13011

§ 13000

California Health and Safety Code · 2020-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

Every person is guilty of a misdemeanor who allows a fire kindled or attended by him to escape from his control or to spread to the lands of any person other than the builder of the fire without using every reasonable and proper precaution to prevent the fire from escaping.

(Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)

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