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2025 California Code
Food and Agricultural Code - FAC
DIVISION 14 - REGULATION AND LICENSING OF DOGS
CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions
Section 30505.
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CA Food & Agri Code § 30505 (2025)
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30505. (a) A public animal shelter shall not charge an adoption fee for a dog if the person adopting the dog presents to the public animal shelter a current and valid driver’s license or identification card with the word “VETERAN” printed on its face pursuant to Section 12811 of the Vehicle Code.
(b) A public animal shelter may limit the number of dogs adopted from that public animal shelter pursuant to this section to one dog each six-month period.
(Added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 205, Sec. 2. (SB 245) Effective January 1, 2020.)
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