California Fish and Game Code ARTICLE 2 - Depredators

• Section 4180.
  (a) Except as provided for in Section 4005, fur-bearing mammals that are injuring property may be taken at any time and in any manner in accordance...
• Section 4180.1.
  It is unlawful to use snares, hooks, or barbed wire to remove from the den, or fire to kill in the den, any immature depredator...
• Section 4181.
  (a) Except as provided in Section 4181.1, any owner or tenant of land or property that is being damaged or destroyed or is in danger of...
• Section 4181.1.
  (a) Any bear that is encountered while in the act of inflicting injury to, molesting, or killing, livestock may be taken immediately by the owner of...
• Section 4181.2.
  For the purposes of this article relating to damage caused by wild pigs, “damage” means loss or harm resulting from injury to person or property....
• Section 4181.5.
  (a) Any owner or tenant of land or property that is being damaged or destroyed or is in immediate danger of being damaged or destroyed by...
• Section 4185.
  In any district or part of a district within San Bernardino and Riverside Counties, bears may be taken at any time with traps within a...
• Section 4186.
  Nothing in this code prohibits the owner or tenant of land, or any person authorized in writing by that owner or tenant, from taking cottontail...
• Section 4188.
  (a) If a landowner or tenant applies for a permit under Section 4181 for wild pigs or wild turkeys, or under Section 4181.5 for deer, the...
• Section 4190.
  The department shall tag, brand, or otherwise identify in a persistent and distinctive manner any large depredatory mammal relocated by, or relocated with the approval...

Last modified: October 22, 2018