California Penal Code

§ 597.3

PEN § 597.3 Effective Jan 1, 2002Title 14 · Part 1

Statute text

(a)Every person who operates a live animal market shall do all of the following:

(1)Provide that no animal will be dismembered, flayed, cut open, or have its skin, scales, feathers, or shell removed while the animal is still alive.

(2)Provide that no live animals will be confined, held, or displayed in a manner that results, or is likely to result, in injury, starvation, dehydration, or suffocation.

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Legislative history

Added by renumbering Section 597.2 (as added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 1061) by Stats. 2001, Ch. 854, Sec. 33. Effective January 1, 2002.