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2025 California Code
Food and Agricultural Code - FAC
DIVISION 14 - REGULATION AND LICENSING OF DOGS
CHAPTER 9 - Potentially Dangerous and Vicious Dogs
ARTICLE 3 - Disposition of Potentially Dangerous or Vicious Dogs
Section 31646.
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CA Food & Agri Code § 31646 (2025)
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31646. The owner of a dog determined to be a vicious dog may be prohibited by the city or county from owning, possessing, controlling, or having custody of any dog for a period of up to three years, when it is found, after proceedings conducted under Article 2 (commencing with Section 31621), that ownership or possession of a dog by that person would create a significant threat to the public health, safety, and welfare.
(Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 761, Sec. 1.)
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