{"code":"FAC","codeName":"Food and Agricultural Code","section":"31402","citation":"Food & Agr. Code, § 31402","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 14. REGULATION AND LICENSING OF DOGS [30501. - 31683.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/food-and-agricultural-code/division-14"},{"name":"CHAPTER 7. Violations [31401. - 31402.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/food-and-agricultural-code/division-14/chapter-7"}],"history":"Added by Stats. 1981, Ch. 1072, Sec. 3.","effective":null,"html":"<p>Violation of any provision of this division that results in death or serious injury to livestock or poultry is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500) or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than six months or by both the fine and imprisonment.</p><p>As used in this section, “serious injury” means injury of a degree of severity that the injured animal must be destroyed or injury that results in the fair market value of the animal being reduced to a level at which it may not be profitably sold.</p>","text":"Violation of any provision of this division that results in death or serious injury to livestock or poultry is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500) or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than six months or by both the fine and imprisonment. As used in this section, “serious injury” means injury of a degree of severity that the injured animal must be destroyed or injury that results in the fair market value of the animal being reduced to a level at which it may not be profitably sold.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/food-and-agricultural-code/violations-31402","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}