{"code":"CIV","codeName":"Civil Code","section":"656","citation":"Civ. Code, § 656","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 2. PROPERTY [654. - 1422.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-2"},{"name":"PART 1. PROPERTY IN GENERAL [654. - 749.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-2/part-1"},{"name":"TITLE 1. NATURE OF PROPERTY [654. - 663.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-2/part-1/title-1"}],"history":"Enacted 1872.","effective":null,"html":"<p>Animals wild by nature are the subjects of ownership, while living, only when on the land of the person claiming them, or when tamed, or taken and held in possession, or disabled and immediately pursued.</p>","text":"Animals wild by nature are the subjects of ownership, while living, only when on the land of the person claiming them, or when tamed, or taken and held in possession, or disabled and immediately pursued.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/nature-of-property-656","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}