Food & Agr. Code, § 16904 · Chapter 6. Transportation of Animals
Food & Agr. Code, § 16904
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In any civil action which is brought by the owner, driver, or occupant of a motor vehicle, or by their personal representatives or assignees, or by the owner of livestock, for damages which are caused by collision between any motor vehicle and any domestic animal on a highway, there is no presumption or inference that the collision was due to negligence on behalf of the owner or the person in possession of the animal.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.
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- https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=FAC§ionNum=16904.
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