2016 California Code
Public Resources Code - PRC
DIVISION 4 - FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS
PART 2 - PROTECTION OF FOREST, RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS
CHAPTER 7 - Burning of Lands
ARTICLE 3 - Private Burning of Brush-Covered Lands Under Permit
Section 4494.

CA Pub Res Code § 4494 (2016) What's This?

4494. Upon the conclusion of the examination provided for in Section 4493, the department may issue to the applicant a burning permit which shall specify the site preparation requirements and required precautions to be exercised prior to and during the burning. The issuance of a permit by the department does not relieve the holder of the permit from the duty of exercising due diligence to avoid damage to property of others in conducting the burning of vegetation as authorized by the permit.

(Amended by Stats. 1980, Ch. 525, Sec. 12. Operative July 1, 1981, by Sec. 13 of Ch. 525.)

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