Pub. Resources Code, § 4422 · Article 2. Prohibited Activities
Pub. Resources Code, § 4422
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
A person shall not do either of the following:
(a) Willfully or knowingly allow fire to burn uncontrolled on land that the person owns or controls, or to escape to the lands of any person other than that of the owner.
(b) Allow any fire kindled or attended by the person to escape from the person’s control or to spread to the land of any person other than from the land from which the fire originated.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 133, Sec. 74. (SB 272) Effective July 23, 2021.
Source of truth
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- Official file
- https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PRC§ionNum=4422.
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