California Fish and Game Code ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

• Section 10500.
  Except under a permit or specific authorization, it is unlawful to do any of the following:(a) To take or possess a bird or mammal in a...
• Section 10501.
  Before the commission opens any game refuge for the taking of deer, a public hearing shall be held at which at least one member of...
• Section 10501.5.
  (a) It is unlawful to fly any aircraft, including any airplane or helicopter, less than 3,000 feet above water or land over the Sespe Condor Sanctuary,...
• Section 10502.
  The commission may:(a) Exercise control over all mammals and birds in a game refuge, and exercise control over all fish in a fish refuge.(b) Authorize the department...
• Section 10502.5.
  The director may appoint the Director of the Hopkins Marine Life Refuge. The Director of the Hopkins Marine Life Refuge may issue a permit to...
• Section 10502.6.
  (a) The director may appoint a Director of the Dana Point Marine Life Refuge.(b) Except as otherwise provided in this section, no state funds, including, but not...
• Section 10502.7.
  (a) The director may appoint the Director of the Bodega Marine Life Refuge.(b) The Director of the Bodega Marine Life Refuge may authorize any person to enter...
• Section 10502.8.
  (a) The director may appoint the Director of the Catalina Marine Science Center Marine Life Refuge.(b) The Director of the Catalina Marine Science Center Marine Life Refuge...
• Section 10503.
  For the purposes of propagating, feeding, and protecting birds, mammals, fish, amphibians, and reptiles, the commission may do all of the following:(a) Accept, on behalf of...
• Section 10504.
  Any property acquired for game refuges shall be acquired in the name of the State, and shall, at all times, be subject to such regulations...
• Section 10505.
  The department shall do all things necessary to secure a valid title in the State to the property acquired for game refuges, but no payment...
• Section 10506.
  Nothing in this code prohibits the possession of firearms, BB devices as defined in Section 16250 of the Penal Code, crossbows and bolts, or bows...
• Section 10507.
  It is lawful for a person who has given the notice provided for in Section 10506 to transport a bird or mammal through a game...
• Section 10508.
  The department and the district attorney, sheriff, and all peace officers of the county in which any refuge or part thereof is situated, shall enforce...
• Section 10509.
  Any refuge designated as a “fish and game refuge” shall be considered, for the purposes of this division, as both a game refuge and a...
• Section 10510.
  No specification of an open season in any area authorizes the taking of a bird, mammal, fish, amphibian, or reptile from a refuge within that...
• Section 10511.
  Except as they may conflict with refuge provisions, the provisions of this code relating to a particular fish and game district shall apply to each...
• Section 10512.
  The department shall cause to be prepared suitable notices to be posted under its direction on each state game refuge, containing a warning to all...
• Section 10513.
  Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as prohibiting or preventing a person from taking a bird, mammal, fish, amphibian, or reptile from or on...
• Section 10514.
  All state game refuges shall, for all purposes of protecting birds, mammals, fish, amphibians, or reptiles thereon, be under the control and management of the...

Last modified: October 22, 2018