2025 California Code
Food and Agricultural Code - FAC
DIVISION 14 - REGULATION AND LICENSING OF DOGS
CHAPTER 5 - Killing and Seizure
ARTICLE 2 - Optional Provisions
Section 31153.

Universal Citation:
CA Food & Agri Code § 31153 (2025)
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31153. Any dog entering any enclosed or unenclosed property upon which livestock or poultry are confined may be seized by the owner or tenant of the property or any employee of the owner or tenant. No action, civil or criminal, shall be maintained against the owner, tenant, or employee for the seizure of any such dog.

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

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