California Penal Code

§ 597.5

PEN § 597.5 Effective Apr 4, 2011Title 14 · Part 1

Statute text

(a)Any person who does any of the following is guilty of a felony and is punishable by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 for 16 months, or two or three years, or by a fine not to exceed fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), or by both that fine and imprisonment:

(1)Owns, possesses, keeps, or trains any dog, with the intent that the dog shall be engaged in an exhibition of fighting with another dog.

(2)For amusement or gain, causes any dog to fight with another dog, or causes any dogs to injure each other.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 15, Sec. 411. (AB 109) Effective April 4, 2011. Operative October 1, 2011, by Sec. 636 of Ch. 15, as amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 39, Sec. 68.