PART 1. PROVISIONS GENERALLY APPLICABLE TO BOTH [3000. - 3480.]
Part 1 enacted by Stats. 1957, Ch. 456.
§§ 3000–3480 · 107 sections
CHAPTER 1. General Provisions §§ 3000–3087 · 41 sections
ARTICLE 1. Methods of Taking §§ 3000–3012 · 18 sections
- § 3000 It is unlawful to take any bird or mammal, except a nongame mammal, between one-half hour after sunset and one-half hour before sunrise of the following day at…
- § 3001 It is unlawful to take birds or mammals with firearms, BB devices as defined in Section 16250 of the Penal Code, crossbows, or with bow and arrow when…
- § 3002 It is unlawful to shoot at any game bird or mammal, including a marine mammal as defined in Section 4500, from a powerboat, sailboat, motor vehicle, or…
- § 3003 (a) It is unlawful for a person to shoot, shoot at, or kill a bird or mammal with a gun or other device accessed via an Internet connection in this state. (b)…
- § 3003.1 (a) Notwithstanding Section 1001, 1002, 4002, 4004, 4007, 4008, 4009.5, 4152, 4180, or 4181: (1) It is unlawful for any person to trap for the purpos
- § 3003.2 Notwithstanding Sections 4003, 4152, 4180, or 4180.1 of this code or Section 14063 of the Food and Agricultural Code, no person, including an employee of the…
- § 3003.5 It is unlawful to pursue, drive, or herd any bird or mammal with any motorized water, land, or air vehicle, including, but not limited to, a motor vehicle,…
- § 3004 (a) It is unlawful for a person, other than the owner, person in possession of the premises, or a person having the express permission of the owner or person…
- § 3004.5 (a) (1) Nonlead centerfire rifle and pistol ammunition, as determined by the commission, shall be required when taking big game, as defined in the department’s…
- § 3005 (a) It is unlawful to take birds or mammals with any net, pound, cage, trap, set line or wire, or poisonous substance, or to possess birds or mammals so taken,…
- § 3005.5 (a) It is unlawful to capture any game mammal, exotic game mammal, game bird, nongame bird, nongame mammal, or furbearer, or to possess or confine any live…
- § 3006 Except as authorized under a domesticated game breeder’s license, a deer, elk, or bear kept in captivity may be killed only with the approval of the…
- § 3007 Except as provided in this code or regulations adopted pursuant to this code, it is unlawful to take a bird or mammal without a license or entitlement to do so.
- § 3008 The physical control of a dog by its owner while the dog is engaged in hunting in an area where the owner is otherwise authorized to hunt, shall be as required…
- § 3009 Every person who while taking any bird or mammal kills or injures another person by the use of any firearm, bow and arrow, spear, slingshot, or other weapon or…
- § 3010 It is unlawful for any person to take any pheasant within 300 yards of any vehicle from which pheasants are being released into an area for hunting while such…
- § 3011 No person, including employees of the state, federal or county government, shall take bear with iron or steel-jawed or any type of metal-jawed traps, and no…
- § 3012 It is unlawful to use any recorded or electrically amplified bird or mammal calls or sounds, or recorded or electrically amplified imitations of bird or mammal…
ARTICLE 2. Hunting Licenses §§ 3031–3040 · 10 sections
- § 3031 (a) A hunting license, granting the privilege to take birds and mammals, shall be issued to any of the following: (1) A resident of this state, 16 years of age…
- § 3031.2 (a) In addition to Section 3031, and notwithstanding Section 3037, the department shall issue lifetime hunting licenses under this section. A lifetime hunting…
- § 3031.5 For the purpose of obtaining a hunting license, enrollees in the Job Corps, created by the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 (Public Law 88-452), shall be…
- § 3032 (a) As used in this section: (1) “Bear” and “pursue” have the same meanings as defined in Section 3960. (2) “Hound” means a dog used to pursue mammals. (b) The…
- § 3033 (a) Pursuant to this section, the department shall issue to a disabled veteran or recovering service member who has not been convicted of a violation of this…
- § 3034 (a) The department shall prepare a report to the Legislature no later than July 1, 2024, on the effects of the reduced-price tags issued pursuant to Sections…
- § 3037 A hunting license authorizes the person to whom it is issued to take birds and mammals, in accordance with law, for a term of one year from July 1st to June…
- § 3038 Any member of the armed forces of the United States who is in a military medical facility and who is at least 70 percent disabled shall be issued a hunting…
- § 3039 (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, Section 2023, Section 3087, Section 4303, another provision of this code, or a regulation adopted pursuant to…
- § 3040 (a) Notwithstanding Section 3031, the director shall, no later than July 1, 2023, designate two days per year as “Free Hunting Days.” The department shall…
ARTICLE 2.5. Hunter’s Safety §§ 3049–3054 · 6 sections
- § 3049 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this article to ensure the health and safety of its citizens engaged in activities requiring the use of…
- § 3050 (a) No hunting license may be issued to any person unless he or she presents to the person authorized to issue that license any of the following: (1) Evidence…
- § 3051 (a) The department shall provide for a course of instruction in hunter education, principles of conservation, and positive sporting behavior, and for this…
- § 3052 A person receiving instruction from a hunter education instructor shall not be charged a fee for the service provided by the instructor, but may be charged a…
- § 3053 In the case of loss or destruction of a certificate, a duplicate certificate may be issued by the instructor who issued the original certificate, or, by an…
- § 3054 The department shall furnish information on hunter safety, principles of conservation, and sportsmanship that shall be distributed free of charge to persons…
ARTICLE 3. Special Colorado River Hunting Licenses §§ 3060–3063 · 4 sections
- § 3060 The department, in conformity with such regulations as the commission may prescribe, may issue special Colorado River hunting licenses when the commission…
- § 3061 A special Colorado River hunting license may be issued to any person holding a hunting license issued by the State of Arizona.
- § 3062 A special Colorado River hunting license shall entitle the holder thereof to take only migratory waterfowl and only in, on, or along the Colorado River in…
- § 3063 The fee for a special Colorado River hunting license shall be two dollars ($2), and each such license shall be valid until the end of the calendar year in…
ARTICLE 4. Possession of Birds and Mammals After Season §§ 3080–3087 · 3 sections
- § 3080 (a) For the purposes of this section, “donor intermediary” means a recipient who receives a game bird or mammal from a donor to give to a charitable…
- § 3086 Cold storage plants and frozen food locker plants shall make and keep a complete detailed record of all game birds or mammals stored in such plants. A record…
- § 3087 (a) (1) Every person who prepares, stuffs, or mounts the skin of any fish, reptile, amphibian, bird, or mammal for another person for a fee shall make and keep…
CHAPTER 2. Commercial Activities §§ 3200–3480 · 66 sections
ARTICLE 1. Domesticated Game Breeding §§ 3200–3219 · 17 sections
- § 3200 Any person engaged in raising or importing, or who keeps in captivity, in this state domesticated game birds or domesticated game mammals which normally exist…
- § 3201 No person shall sell the carcass of any domesticated game bird or mammal without first obtaining a domesticated game breeder’s license from the department. The…
- § 3202 There are classes of domesticated game breeder’s licenses, designated “class 1” and “class 2.” (a) A class 1 domesticated game breeder’s license authorizes the…
- § 3203 The department shall issue a class 1 domesticated game breeder’s license upon the payment of a base fee of eight dollars ($8), as adjusted under Section 713,…
- § 3204 Licenses issued under the provisions of this article are valid for a term of one year from January 1st, or, if issued after the beginning of such term, for the…
- § 3205 Carriers for hire may carry within the State live domesticated game birds and mammals upon such terms and conditions as the commission may prescribe.
- § 3206 No domesticated game bird or mammal shall be transported or sold dead unless each quarter and each loin of the carcass of each large mammal, the carcass of…
- § 3207 The department shall collect three cents ($0.03) for each tag or seal.
- § 3208 On or before January 31st of each year, every person to whom a domesticated game breeder’s license has been issued shall report the following to the department…
- § 3209 (a) In lieu of the tag required by Section 3206, poultry processing plants licensed pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 18650) or Chapter 4.1…
- § 3212 The keeper of a hotel, restaurant, boardinghouse, or club may sell portions of a quarter or loin of a large mammal, or the carcass of a game bird or mammal…
- § 3213 A retail meat dealer may, without a license, sell portions of a quarter or loin of a large mammal or the carcass of a game bird or mammal raised or imported…
- § 3214 Domesticated game breeders or other persons holding domesticated game mammals in captivity shall confine the mammals in escape-proof cages or enclosures. In…
- § 3216 All domesticated game birds and mammals, excepting deer, sold under the provisions of this article, shall be killed otherwise than by shooting. This section…
- § 3217 The carcass of a game bird which shows that it has been killed by shooting shall constitute prima facie evidence that it was not a domesticated game bird. The…
- § 3218 Any license issued under this article may be revoked by the commission upon conviction of the licensee of a violation of any provision of this code, and no…
- § 3219 Domesticated reindeer may be imported into this State and sold only in accordance with regulations which the commission may prescribe.
ARTICLE 2. Commercial Hunting Clubs §§ 3240.5–3246 · 6 sections
- § 3240.5 (a) For purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “Commercial hunting club” means property with respect to which a fee is…
- § 3241 (a) An application for a commercial hunting club license shall be submitted on a form furnished by the department. The application, which shall set forth all…
- § 3242 (a) The department may issue a commercial hunting club license to any person upon submission of a completed application and payment of the required fee,…
- § 3243.5 The commission may transfer a commercial hunting club license to other land owned or controlled by the licensee, in the same county as the originally licensed…
- § 3245 Commercial hunting club licenses are valid for a term of one year from July 1st, or, if issued after the beginning of such term, for the remainder thereof. A…
- § 3246 Any license issued under this article may be revoked by the commission at one of the commission’s regularly scheduled meetings, or by a court of competent…
ARTICLE 3. Licensed Domesticated Game Bird Hunting Clubs § 3270 · 1 section
- § 3270 In order to provide additional hunting by stocking domestically propagated game birds, and to permit the taking of game birds under conditions that will not…
ARTICLE 4. Licensed Domesticated Migratory Game Bird Shooting Areas §§ 3300–3311 · 11 sections
- § 3300 It is unlawful for any person to engage in the raising and releasing, or the releasing, of domesticated migratory game birds for shooting by persons who pay…
- § 3301 The application for a license shall show the size and location of the area to be licensed. If an application is approved and a license is issued, the licensee…
- § 3302 The commission may prescribe additional regulations deemed necessary for the releasing and shooting of domesticated migratory game birds and shall set the…
- § 3303 Where domesticated migratory game birds are reared or held for release by the licensee, the licensee shall provide proper and adequate care for the birds and…
- § 3305 All domesticated migratory game birds at time of release for shooting shall be at least 14 weeks of age, capable of strong and sustained flight, fully…
- § 3306 Shooting shall be confined to blinds, except for shooting necessary to recover a downed and injured bird, and not more than three shooters shall occupy or use…
- § 3307 All birds killed or injured by shooters shall be retrieved without delay, and all injured birds shall be humanely dispatched. The licensee shall not permit…
- § 3308 Licensees shall pay the department an inspection fee not to exceed five cents ($0.05) for each domesticated migratory game bird raised or used on a licensed…
- § 3309 No dead, domesticated migratory game bird shall be removed from the premises of a licensed area until there is securely attached to the carcass a seal, and…
- § 3310 It shall be unlawful for any person to shoot domesticated migratory game birds on a licensed area without having a valid hunting license as provided by Section…
- § 3311 The licensee shall comply with all applicable federal laws or regulations relating to the releasing and shooting of domesticated migratory game birds.
ARTICLE 5. Enhancement and Management of Fish and Wildlife and their Habitat on Private Lands §§ 3400–3408 · 8 sections
- § 3400 It is the policy of the state actively to ensure the improvement of wildlife habitat on private land in order to encourage the propagation, utilization, and…
- § 3401 (a) The commission may authorize the department to issue revocable, nontransferable licenses for the operation of wildlife habitat enhancement and management…
- § 3402 (a) A license for a wildlife habitat enhancement and management area may be issued to any landholder or combination of landholders upon approval by the…
- § 3403 The commission shall require the landowners of a wildlife habitat enhancement and management area to post all or part of its boundaries with public land. The…
- § 3404 (a) The commission may adopt regulations necessary for the administration of this article. (b) After notice and a hearing, the commission may revoke the…
- § 3406 (a) Upon approval of the wildlife habitat enhancement and management plan, the department shall issue a license, which shall be valid for five calendar years,…
- § 3407 (a) The commission may require that any fish, bird, or mammal taken in a wildlife habitat enhancement and management area licensed pursuant to this article be…
- § 3408 Any landholder who has paid the fee required by this article, has a valid license issued pursuant to this article, and who is conducting activities pursuant to…
ARTICLE 6. Management of Fish and Wildlife on Military Lands §§ 3450–3453 · 4 sections
- § 3450 It is the policy of the state to actively encourage the biologically sound management of fish and other wildlife resources on lands administered by the United…
- § 3451 The department may coordinate and cooperate with all branches of the United States military service, Department of Defense, for the purpose of developing fish…
- § 3452 The commission may adopt regulations and authorize the department to enter into agreements with the United States Department of Defense for the administration…
- § 3453 (a) Upon approval of specific management plans and programs, which reflect the recommendations of the department, the commission may authorize actions and…
ARTICLE 7. The California Waterfowl Habitat Program §§ 3460–3467.5 · 8 sections
- § 3460 (a) Subject to appropriation pursuant to Section 3467, the director may enter into contracts with nonpublic entities which are owners of record, or with…
- § 3461 Each contract shall be for an initial term of 10 years and shall include all of the following: (a) The designation of the owner of record and any lessee, and…
- § 3462 (a) Not later than 20 days after the director has entered into a contract pursuant to this article, a copy of the contract particularly describing the subject…
- § 3464 The contract shall be automatically renewed in the same manner as contracts are renewed and extended, or noticed for nonrenewal, under the Williamson Act…
- § 3465 (a) If during the contract period the owner or lessee is divested of the use of the waterfowl habitat subject to the contract, the owner or lessee shall notify…
- § 3466 The director and the owner or lessee may mutually agree to modify the terms and conditions of a contract under this article as the director may determine to be…
- § 3467 The California Waterfowl Habitat Preservation Account is hereby created in the Fish and Game Preservation Fund, and the money in the account shall be…
- § 3467.5 The Nesting Bird Habitat Incentive Program Account is hereby created in the Fish and Game Preservation Fund. Moneys deposited in the Nesting Bird Habitat…
ARTICLE 7.5. The California Winter Rice Habitat Incentive Program §§ 3469–3469.8 · 5 sections
- § 3469 (a) There is established the California Winter Rice Habitat Incentive Program subject to the requirements of this article. (b) Subject to appropriation for…
- § 3469.2 Each contract shall be for an initial term of three years and shall include the following: (a) The designation of the owner of record or the lessee, and the…
- § 3469.4 If during the contract period the owner or lessee is divested of the use of the waterfowl habitat subject to the contract, the owner or lessee shall notify the…
- § 3469.6 The director and the owner or lessee may mutually agree to modify the terms and conditions of a contract under this article as the director may determine to be…
- § 3469.8 The California Winter Rice Habitat Incentive Program Account is hereby created in the Fish and Game Preservation Fund. Funds deposited in the California Winter…
ARTICLE 8. Management of Wildlife at Public Use Airports §§ 3470–3472.2 · 5 sections
- § 3470 It is the policy of the state to actively encourage the safe and biologically sound management of wildlife resources on California’s public use airports as…
- § 3471 The Legislature recognizes that, in a public use airport’s ongoing efforts to protect the health, safety, and welfare of the traveling public in compliance…
- § 3472 The taking of birds by a public use airport certificated by the Federal Aviation Administration to operate in California that has obtained, and is in…
- § 3472.1 Take is authorized pursuant to this article only to relieve or prevent injurious situations affecting public safety and shall only be performed as part of an…
- § 3472.2 A public use airport certificated by the Federal Aviation Administration shall provide to the department any federal depredation permit and all federal reports…
ARTICLE 9. Nesting Bird Habitat Incentive Program § 3480 · 1 section
- § 3480 (a) (1) The department shall establish the Nesting Bird Habitat Incentive Program, which may include direct payments or other incentives, to encourage…