California Fish and Game Code CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions

  • Section 12000.
    (a) Except as expressly provided otherwise in this code, any violation of this code, or of any rule, regulation, or order made or adopted under this...
  • Section 12001.
    Any person who takes any bird or mammal in violation of an order issued pursuant to Section 12150 of this code, is guilty of a...
  • Section 12001.5.
    (a) In addition to any other penalty or fine imposed pursuant to this code, if a person has been convicted of one or more offenses that...
  • Section 12002.
    (a) Unless otherwise provided, the punishment for a violation of this code that is a misdemeanor is a fine of not more than one thousand dollars...
  • Section 12002.1.
    (a) Notwithstanding Section 12002, the punishment for taking a mammal or bird for which a hunting license issued pursuant to Section 3031 is required or a...
  • Section 12002.2.
    (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a violation of Section 7145 or of a regulation requiring a license to be displayed is an infraction, punishable...
  • Section 12002.2.1.
    (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a violation of any of the following is an infraction, punishable by a fine of not less than fifty...
  • Section 12002.3.
    (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a violation of Section 7121 for the sale, purchase, or receipt of fish taken by a person required to...
  • Section 12002.4.
    (a) Notwithstanding Sections 12000, 12001, and 12002, a commercial boat registration may be revoked or suspended by the commission, when requested by the department, for a...
  • Section 12002.5.
    (a) Notwithstanding Section 12002, a violation of Section 1764 is an infraction, not a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars...
  • Section 12002.6.
    (a) Notwithstanding Sections 12000, 12001, and 12002, a commercial boat registration may be revoked or suspended by the commission, when requested by the department, for a...
  • Section 12002.7.
    Notwithstanding Sections 12000, 12001, and 12002, the commercial fishing license of the master of a vessel may be revoked or suspended by the commission, when...
  • Section 12002.8.
    (a) The court shall order the department to permanently revoke and the department shall permanently revoke, the commercial fishing license and any commercial fishing permits of...
  • Section 12002.9.
    In addition to any other penalty prescribed in this code, the license issued pursuant to Sections 8032 to 8036, inclusive, to a person who is...
  • Section 12002.10.a.
    (a) When a complaint has been filed in a court of competent jurisdiction charging a person with a violation that may result in suspension or revocation...
  • Section 12002.11.
    Upon the second conviction of any person of a violation of Section 3087 or any regulation adopted pursuant thereto, in any five-year period, and upon...
  • Section 12003.
    Notwithstanding Section 12002, a second or subsequent violation of Section 8670 is punishable by a fine of not less than two thousand dollars ($2,000) nor...
  • Section 12003.1.
    (a) Unless a minimum punishment is otherwise provided, the punishment for the knowing and intentional taking of a mammal, bird, or fish in excess of the...
  • Section 12003.2.
    Notwithstanding Section 12002 or 12008, the punishment for any violation of Section 4500 or 4700 is a fine of not more than twenty-five thousand dollars...
  • Section 12003.5.
    (a) The penalty for a first violation of Section 8610.3 or 8610.4 is a fine of not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000) and not more...
  • Section 12004.
    (a) The punishment for a first conviction of a violation of Section 8685.5, 8685.6, 8685.7, or 8688 is a fine of not more than five thousand...
  • Section 12005.
    (a) Notwithstanding Section 12000, and except as otherwise provided in subdivision (c), the punishment for each violation of Section 4758 shall include both of the following:(1) A...
  • Section 12005.5.
    Notwithstanding Sections 12000 and 12002, a violation of Section 3003.1 or 3003.2, or any rule or regulation adopted pursuant thereto, is punishable by a fine...
  • Section 12006.
    (a) Notwithstanding Section 12002:(1) The punishment for a violation of Section 7370 is a fine of not less than five thousand dollars ($5,000), or more than ten...
  • Section 12006.6.
    Notwithstanding Section 12000 or 12002.8, and in addition to Section 12009, and notwithstanding the type of fishing license or permit held, if any person is...
  • Section 12007.
    Notwithstanding Section 12002, the punishment for (1) a second or subsequent violation of Section 1602 or 1605 on the same project or streambed alteration agreement;...
  • Section 12008.
    Except as otherwise provided in Section 597 of the Penal Code, the punishment for a violation of any of the following provisions is a fine...
  • Section 12008.1.
    (a) Notwithstanding Section 12002 or 12008, the punishment for any violation of Section 2080 or 2085 is a fine of not less than twenty-five thousand dollars...
  • Section 12008.5.
    Notwithstanding Section 12000, the punishment for taking any bighorn sheep in violation of Chapter 11 (commencing with Section 4900) of Part 3 of Division 4,...
  • Section 12009.
    (a) Notwithstanding Section 12000, and except as provided in Section 12006.6, the punishment for a violation of any provision of Section 5521 or 5521.5, or any...
  • Section 12010.
    (a) Notwithstanding Section 12002, the maximum punishment for each violation of Section 3503.5 relating to a bird-of-prey designated as endangered, threatened, or fully protected is a...
  • Section 12011.
    (a) In addition to the penalty provided in paragraph (4) of subdivision (b) of Section 12002, any person convicted of a violation of subdivision (a) of...
  • Section 12012.
    (a) A person who illegally takes, possesses, imports, exports, sells, purchases, barters, trades, or exchanges a bird, fish, mammal, reptile, amphibian, or part of any of...
  • Section 12013.
    (a) Any person who illegally takes or possesses in the field more than three times the daily bag limit, or who illegally possesses more than three...
  • Section 12013.3.
    (a) Notwithstanding Section 12002, 12003.2, 12008, or 12008.5, the punishment for a person who knowingly violated and has been convicted of the following provisions where the...
  • Section 12013.5.
    (a) In addition to any other penalties provided in this code, any person convicted of violating this code or any regulation adopted pursuant thereto while using...
  • Section 12014.
    After the expiration of the time period to appeal an administrative penalty imposed pursuant to Section 2301, 2302, 2582, or 2583, or any other provision...
  • Section 12015.
    (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that expeditious cleanup is the primary interest of the people of the State of California in order to...
  • Section 12016.
    (a) In addition to any other provision of law, any person who discharges or deposits any substance or material deleterious to fish, plant, bird, or animal...
  • Section 12017.
    (a) Notwithstanding Section 13001, any recovery or settlement of money received pursuant to the following sections shall be deposited in the Fish and Wildlife Pollution Account:(1) Section...
  • Section 12020.
    Any person willfully violating his written promise to appear in court or before a person authorized to receive a deposit of bail is guilty of...
  • Section 12021.
    (a) In addition to any assessment, fine, penalty, or forfeiture imposed pursuant to any other provision of law, an additional penalty of fifteen dollars ($15) shall...
  • Section 12023.
    (a) Notwithstanding Section 12002, any person who violates Section 6400 through the use of an aquatic nuisance species, as defined in Section 6431, is guilty of...
  • Section 12024.
    (a) In addition to Section 12023, a person who violates Section 6400 through the use of an aquatic nuisance species is liable for all public and...
  • Section 12025.
    (a) In addition to any penalties imposed by any other law, a person found to have violated the code sections described in paragraphs (1) to (11),...
  • Section 12025.1.
    (a) In addition to any penalties imposed by any other law, a person found to have violated Section 5901 shall be liable for a civil penalty...
  • Section 12025.2.
    The director or his or her designee may issue a complaint to any person or entity in accordance with Section 1055 of the Water Code...
  • Section 12026.
    Any person whom the department determines has provided evidence or information leading to the arrest and conviction of a person or persons found guilty of...
  • Section 12028.
    The Legislature finds and declares that:(a) Poaching violations and other violations of the Fish and Game Code have been increasing, and these violations have a detrimental...
  • Section 12029.
    (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(1) The environmental impacts associated with cannabis cultivation have increased, and unlawful water diversions for cannabis irrigation have...

Last modified: October 22, 2018