California Fish and Game Code ARTICLE 1 - State

• Section 850.
  The director shall, from time to time, employ or appoint, with or without pay, such deputies, clerks, assistants, and other employees as the department may...
• Section 851.
  A deputy appointed to enforce the provisions of this code is a peace officer. The deputy has all the powers and authority conferred by law...
• Section 853.
  (a) The director may deputize any employee of the department to check persons for licenses required under Section 7145 and to enforce any violation of that...
• Section 854.
  Notwithstanding Section 18932 of the Government Code, the minimum age limit for appointment to the position of fish and game warden of the department shall...
• Section 855.
  Regularly employed law enforcement officers of the department may, when authorized by the director, expend such sums as authorized for the purchase of fish, birds,...
• Section 856.
  (a) All employees of the department designated by the director as deputized law enforcement officers are peace officers as provided by Section 830.2 of the Penal...
• Section 856.5.
  (a) The department may install patrol vehicle mounted video and audio systems, commonly known as dashboard cameras, in patrol vehicles used by peace officers described in...
• Section 857.
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the status of a person as an employee, agent, or licensee of the department does not confer upon that...
• Section 858.
  (a) The department, in cooperation with landowners and landowner organizations, shall, on or before January 1, 1995, develop a statewide policy and procedure for recording and...
• Section 859.
  Notwithstanding Section 11005 of the Government Code, the department may seek and accept grants and donations from private and public organizations and agencies for the...
• Section 860.
  The department may offer for sale a fish and game warden stamp to be designed and produced as the department may determine. The fish and...

Last modified: October 22, 2018