{"code":"HSC","codeName":"Health and Safety Code","section":"14875","citation":"Health & Saf. Code, § 14875","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 12. FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION [13000. - 14959.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/health-and-safety-code/division-12"},{"name":"PART 5. ABATEMENT OF HAZARDOUS WEEDS AND RUBBISH [14875. - 14922.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/health-and-safety-code/division-12/part-5"},{"name":"CHAPTER 1. General Provisions [14875. - 14876.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/health-and-safety-code/division-12/part-5/chapter-1"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 260, Sec. 2.   Effective January 1, 2006.","effective":"2006-01-01","html":"<p>“Weeds,” as used in this part, means vegetation growing upon streets, sidewalks, or private property in any county, including any fire protection district and may include any of the following:</p><p>(a) Vegetation that bears seeds of a downy or wingy nature.</p><p>(b) Vegetation that is not pruned or is otherwise neglected so as to attain such large growth as to become, when dry, a fire menace to adjacent improved property.</p><p>(c) Vegetation that is otherwise noxious or dangerous.</p><p>(d) Poison oak and poison ivy when the conditions of growth are such as to constitute a menace to the public health.</p><p>(e) Dry grass, stubble, brush, litter, or other flammable material which endangers the public safety by creating a fire hazard in an urbanized portion of an unincorporated area which has been zoned for single and multiple residence purposes.</p>","text":"“Weeds,” as used in this part, means vegetation growing upon streets, sidewalks, or private property in any county, including any fire protection district and may include any of the following: (a) Vegetation that bears seeds of a downy or wingy nature. (b) Vegetation that is not pruned or is otherwise neglected so as to attain such large growth as to become, when dry, a fire menace to adjacent improved property. (c) Vegetation that is otherwise noxious or dangerous. (d) Poison oak and poison ivy when the conditions of growth are such as to constitute a menace to the public health. (e) Dry grass, stubble, brush, litter, or other flammable material which endangers the public safety by creating a fire hazard in an urbanized portion of an unincorporated area which has been zoned for single and multiple residence purposes.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/health-and-safety-code/general-provisions-14875","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}