DIVISION 24. RENEWABLE RESOURCES INVESTMENT PROGRAM 34000-34002›CHAPTER 5. Garbage and Refuse Dumps 49400›ARTICLE 2. Cremation of Animal Refuse 49620
§ 49620
California Public Resources Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-09-27 · California
Any person who destroys, or who attempts to destroy, the carcass of any dead animal, or the offal from any slaughter pen, corral, or butcher shop by fire within one-fourth of a mile of any city, town, or village, except in a crematory whose construction and operation are satisfactory to the board of health of the city or the health officer of the town, is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one year or by fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by both that fine and imprisonment.
(Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 1095, Sec. 22.)
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