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California Penal Code

§ 597v

PEN § 597v Effective Jan 1, 2020Title 14 · Part 1

Statute text

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No person, peace officer, officer of a humane society, or officer of an animal shelter or animal regulation department of a public agency shall kill any newborn dog or cat whose eyes have not yet opened by any other method than by the use of chloroform vapor or by inoculation of barbiturates.

Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 7, Sec. 24. (AB 1553) Effective January 1, 2020.

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