Skip to main content

Fish & G. Code, § 2581 · Chapter 6.5. Control of Illegally Taken Fish and Wildlife

Fish & G. Code, § 2581

Verbatim from the official edition

Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)

If the loss is lawful under this code and regulations adopted under this code, this chapter does not apply to the loss of any bird, mammal, amphibian, reptile, or fish as a result of any of the following acts:

(a) Implementing lawful forestry practices.

(b) Implementing lawful agricultural practices.

(c) Any development or maintenance activity carried out pursuant to the terms of a permit issued by the federal government, the state, or any city, county, or district, or any agency thereof.

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1059, Sec. 4.

Source of truth

Edition
As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
Official file
https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=FGC&sectionNum=2581.
Text hash
sha256 99339d27d3a1e1360fba9908f4484350efaad4a1177740c63cad5905d99b51c7
Composed by
compose_ca.py 2026-10-22: the Legislative Counsel's CAML content files read by a tokenizer (caml_readers.reader_a); an independent xml.etree reading (caml_readers.reader_b) agrees on every section

Procedural information only. Not legal advice and not a substitute for the advice of an attorney. Confirm the current text with the official publisher before relying on it.