2025 California Code
Food and Agricultural Code - FAC
DIVISION 10 - CATTLE PROTECTION
CHAPTER 9 - Injury to, or Theft of, Cattle
ARTICLE 2 - Livestock Killed or Injured on Railroads
Section 21886.

Universal Citation:
CA Food & Agri Code § 21886 (2025)
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21886. It is unlawful for any person to bury, conceal, or destroy any animal, or do anything to the carcass of any animal, which will tend to make ascertainment of its ownership more difficult until the owner has been notified or the officer or brand inspector has identified the brands and marks, if any, and their position upon the animal.

(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

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