Health & Saf. Code, § 14875 · Chapter 1. General Provisions
Health & Saf. Code, § 14875
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
“Weeds,” as used in this part, means vegetation growing upon streets, sidewalks, or private property in any county, including any fire protection district and may include any of the following:
(a) Vegetation that bears seeds of a downy or wingy nature.
(b) Vegetation that is not pruned or is otherwise neglected so as to attain such large growth as to become, when dry, a fire menace to adjacent improved property.
(c) Vegetation that is otherwise noxious or dangerous.
(d) Poison oak and poison ivy when the conditions of growth are such as to constitute a menace to the public health.
(e) Dry grass, stubble, brush, litter, or other flammable material which endangers the public safety by creating a fire hazard in an urbanized portion of an unincorporated area which has been zoned for single and multiple residence purposes.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 260, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2006.
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