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2025 California Code
Food and Agricultural Code - FAC
DIVISION 14 - REGULATION AND LICENSING OF DOGS
CHAPTER 8 - Civil Liability
Section 31501.
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CA Food & Agri Code § 31501 (2025)
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31501. The owner of any livestock or poultry which is injured or killed by any dog may recover as liquidated damages from the owner of the dog twice the actual value of the animals killed or twice the value of the damages sustained by reason of the injuries, as the case may be.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
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