{"code":"PRC","codeName":"Public Resources Code","section":"49620","citation":"Pub. Resources Code, § 49620","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 30. WASTE MANAGEMENT [40000. - 49654.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/public-resources-code/division-30"},{"name":"PART 8. GARBAGE AND REFUSE DISPOSAL [49000. - 49620.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/public-resources-code/division-30/part-8"},{"name":"CHAPTER 7. Burning Garbage [49600. - 49620.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/public-resources-code/division-30/part-8/chapter-7"},{"name":"ARTICLE 2. Cremation of Animal Refuse [49620. - 49620.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/public-resources-code/division-30/part-8/chapter-7/article-2"}],"history":"Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 1095, Sec. 22.","effective":null,"html":"<p>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.</p>","text":"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.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/public-resources-code/cremation-of-animal-refuse-49620","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}