Pen. Code, § 597h · Title 14. MALICIOUS MISCHIEF
Pen. Code, § 597h
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to tie or attach or fasten any live animal to any machine or device propelled by any power for the purpose of causing that animal to be pursued by a dog or dogs.
(b) Any person violating any of the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) or by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding six months, or by both that imprisonment and fine.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 562, Sec. 2. (SB 425) Effective January 1, 2012.
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