Fish and Game Code § 5002

ARTICLE 1. Desert Tortoises

Current as of September 28, 2026Fish & G. Code, § 5002Official source ↗

Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 154, Sec. 78. (AB 1527) Effective January 1, 2016.

The department may issue permits, subject to any terms and conditions prescribed by the commission, authorizing the possession of a tortoise (Gopherus) or product of a tortoise by an educational or scientific institution or a public zoological garden.