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2012 California Codes
FAC - Food and Agricultural Code
DIVISION 14 - REGULATION AND LICENSING OF DOGS [30501 - 31683]
CHAPTER 8 - Civil Liability
Section 31503


CA Food & Agri Code § 31503 (through 2013 Leg Sess) What's This?
  

If any person sustains any loss or damage to any livestock or poultry which is caused by a dog, or if any livestock of any person is necessarily destroyed because of having been bitten by a dog, the person may file a complaint in the superior court of the county within which the damage occurred. A proceeding under this section is a limited civil case.

(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 784, Sec. 118. Effective January 1, 2003.)

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