DIVISION 4. FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS 4001-4958›PART 2. PROTECTION OF FOREST, RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS 4101-4789.7›CHAPTER 6. Prohibited Activities 4411-4446›ARTICLE 2. Prohibited Activities 4421-4446
§ 4432
California Public Resources Code · 2020-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California
A person shall not leave a campfire, kindled or attended by him, burning or unextinguished unless one of the following requirements is satisfied:
(a) He leaves some person in attendance.
(b) The fire is enclosed within a stove, oven, drum, or other nonflammable container, in such manner that the fire cannot escape from the container.
No person shall allow a campfire, kindled or attended by him, to spread after it is built.
(Amended by Stats. 1978, Ch. 698.)
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