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Public Resources Code § 4432

ARTICLE 2. Prohibited Activities

Current as of September 28, 2026Pub. Resources Code, § 4432Official source ↗

Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 133, Sec. 76. (SB 272) Effective July 23, 2021.

(a) A person shall not leave a campfire, kindled or attended by that person, burning or unextinguished unless one of the following requirements is satisfied:

(1) The person leaves some other person in attendance.

(2) The fire is enclosed within a stove, oven, drum, or other nonflammable container, in such manner that the fire cannot escape from the container.

(b) A person shall not allow a campfire, kindled or attended by that person, to spread after it is built.