CHAPTER 1. General Provisions [3500. - 3516.]
Chapter 1 enacted by Stats. 1957, Ch. 456.
§§ 3500–3516 · 13 sections
- § 3500 (a) Resident game birds are as follows: (1) Doves of the genus Streptopelia, including, but not limited to, spotted doves, ringed turtledoves, and Eurasian…
- § 3501 It is unlawful to use any powerboat, motor vehicle, or airplane to drive any game bird toward another person with the intent that the other person shall take…
- § 3502 It is unlawful to use any mammal (except a dog) or an imitation of a mammal as a blind in approaching or taking game birds.
- § 3503 It is unlawful to take, possess, or needlessly destroy the nest or eggs of any bird, except as otherwise provided by this code or any regulation made pursuant…
- § 3503.5 It is unlawful to take, possess, or destroy any birds in the orders Falconiformes or Strigiformes (birds-of-prey) or to take, possess, or destroy the nest or…
- § 3504 Subject to the provisions of this code permitting the sale of domestically raised game birds, it is unlawful to sell or purchase a game bird or nongame bird.
- § 3505 It is unlawful to take, sell, or purchase any aigrette or egret, osprey, bird of paradise, goura, numidi, or any part of such a bird.
- § 3508 It is unlawful to break, train, hold field trials with, or practice dogs on any wild game bird or domesticated game bird during the closed season on that bird…
- § 3511 (a) (1) Except as provided in this section or Section 2081.7, 2081.13, 2081.15, or 2835, a fully protected bird may not be taken or possessed at any time. No…
- § 3513 It is unlawful to take or possess any migratory bird as designated in the federal Migratory Bird Treaty Act (16 U.S.C. Sec. 703 et seq.) before January 1,…
- § 3514 Exotic nonresident game birds are those birds of the order Galliformes (pheasant, grouse, quail) which are not established as a wild resident population in…
- § 3515 Exotic nonresident game birds may be released in this State only on prior approval of the commission.
- § 3516 The commission may adopt such regulations as it deems necessary to govern the release, taking, and possession of exotic nonresident game birds. The commission…