CHAPTER 7. Violations [31401. - 31402.]

Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC 7.

in effect

Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 31401. Section 31401.

Except as provided in Section 31402, violation of any provision of this division is an infraction punishable by a fine of not more than fifty dollars ($50) for a first offense, and by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars ($100) for a second or subsequent offense.

Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 31402. Section 31402.

Violation of any provision of this division that results in death or serious injury to livestock or poultry is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500) or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than six months or by both the fine and imprisonment. As used in this section, “serious injury” means injury of a degree of severity that the injured animal must be destroyed or injury that results in the fair market value of the animal being reduced to a level at which it may not be profitably sold.

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