California Food and Agricultural Code ARTICLE 4 - Registration and Identification of Apiaries

• Section 29040.
  Every person that is the owner or is in possession of an apiary which is located within the state, on the first day of January...
• Section 29041.
  Notwithstanding the California Public Records Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 6250) of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code), any information provided...
• Section 29042.
  Every person who moves bees into the state or otherwise comes into possession of an apiary that is located within the state after the first...
• Section 29043.
  Registration of an apiary shall be filed with the commissioner of the county in which the apiary is located, or with the director if there...
• Section 29044.
  Each beekeeper, apiary owner, apiary operator, or person in possession of any apiary, shall pay, in addition to any other fees imposed under this chapter,...
• Section 29045.
  No person shall maintain any apiary which is not registered pursuant to this article. Each registration is valid until January 1 of the following year.(Added...
• Section 29046.
  (a) No person shall maintain an apiary on premises other than that of his or her residence unless the apiary is identified as follows:(1) By a sign...
• Section 29047.
  Any person who owns or is in possession of an apiary may bring an action to recover damages for any injury to his or her...
• Section 29048.
  Any pesticide applicator who experiences any loss because of a beekeeper’s failure to request notification of a pesticide application pursuant to Section 29070, or pursuant...
• Section 29049.
  The owner of any apiary equipment may apply to the director for a serial number brand for use on apiary equipment which he or she...
• Section 29050.
  Upon receipt of the application and fee, the director shall register a serial number brand to the applicant. The serial number shall include a county...
• Section 29051.
  If a serial number brand is used on wooden equipment, it shall be burned into the wood in numbers which are at least one-half inch...
• Section 29052.
  Serial number brands are transferrable.(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1404, Sec. 2.)
• Section 29053.
  (a) If the purchaser does not have a registered brand number, he or she may use a brand acquired by purchase if a bill of sale...
• Section 29054.
  If ownership of branded equipment is transferred, the original brand shall not be defaced or obliterated. The brand, if any, of the new owner shall...
• Section 29055.
  It is unlawful for any person to have in his or her possession any apiary equipment which is branded with any serial number brand other...
• Section 29056.
  It is unlawful for any person to do any one of the following:(a) Use any serial number brand unless it is registered pursuant to this article...

Last modified: October 22, 2018