California Code of Regulations
Title 14 - Natural Resources
Division 1 - Fish and Game Commission-Department of Fish and Game
Subdivision 2 - Game, Furbearers, Nongame, and Depredators
Chapter 4 - Depredation
Section 401 - Issuance of Permit to Take Animals Causing Damage
Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 12, March 22, 2024
(a) Application. A person who is a property owner or tenant may apply to the department for a permit to take elk, bear, bobcat, beaver, wild pigs, deer, wild turkeys, or gray squirrels that are damaging or destroying, or immediately threatening to damage or destroy, land or property. A bobcat in the act of injuring or killing livestock may be taken immediately provided the property owner or tenant applies for a permit from the department the next working day following the take.
(b) Permit Period.
(c) Required Information and Conditions of Permit.
(d) Methods of Take.
(e) Government Employees and Designated Agents.
(f) Persons Prohibited from Taking Animals. No person shall take animals pursuant to the permit if he/she has been convicted of a violation related to the take or possession of game or furbearing mammals in the past 24 months or if he/she is on probation and may not hunt or possess a firearm as part of the terms of probation. A landowner who is on probation and may not hunt or possess a firearm as part of the terms of probation shall designate a qualified agent to take animals under a permit.
(g) Reports Required.
(h) Tagging Animals. All animals taken pursuant to a permit, except wild pigs, shall be immediately tagged with tags provided by the department. Wild pigs shall be tagged prior to being transported from the property designated in the permit. Tags for animals except wild pigs shall be completed at the time the animal is taken. Tags for wild pigs shall be completed before the wild pigs are removed from the property. Tags shall clearly show the permittee's name, address, date and location the animal was taken and shall include the signature of the person taking the animal. The report portion of each tag shall be mailed to the department without delay. No tags are required for squirrels or beavers.
(i) Utilization of Carcass. Animals taken pursuant to this permit must be disposed of as required in the permit. No animals, except wild pigs, may be utilized by the permittee or designated agent. The permittee or designated agent may leave the carcass of any wild pig where it was taken for reasons of high air temperatures, disease, parasites, or conditions which preclude use of the carcass. A person who makes every reasonable attempt to utilize the carcass of any wild pig as required in this subsection shall be deemed to be in compliance with Section 4304 of the Fish and Game Code.
(j) Suspension and Revocation of Permits.
(k) It is unlawful for a permittee or agent to violate any of the terms or conditions of a permit issued pursuant to this section.
(l) The permit does not invalidate any city, county, or state firearm regulation.
1. New
subsection (p) filed 6-17-83; designated effective tenth day thereafter
(Register 83, No. 25).
2. Amendment of subsections (a) and (f) filed
8-17-87; operative 8-17-87 (Register 87, No. 34).
3. Change without
regulatory effect amending subsection (a) filed 3-28-96 pursuant to section
100, title 1, California Code of
Regulations (Register 96, No. 13).
4. Repealer of subsections
(p)-(p)6. and new subsections (p)-(p)(5) and amendment of NOTE filed 5-1-97;
operative 5-1-97 pursuant to Government Code section
11343.4(d)
(Register 97, No. 18).
5. Amendment of subsections (a), (f), (l) and
(p)(1) and amendment of NOTE filed 6-2-99; operative 6-2-99 pursuant to Fish
and Game Code sections
202 and
215
(Register 99, No. 23).
6. Amendment of subsections (e)-(f) and
(p)(1)(B)-(p)(4), new subsections (p)(5)-(6) and subsection renumbering filed
5-21-2001; operative 6-1-2001 pursuant to Fish and Game Code sections
202 and
215
(Register 2001, No. 21).
7. Repealer and new section filed
6-28-2002; operative 6-28-2002 pursuant to Fish and Game Code sections
202 and
215
(Register 2002, No. 26).
8. Amendment of subsections (a)-(c) and
(d)(1), repealer of subsection (d)(2), subsection renumbering and amendment of
newly designated subsection (d)(2) and subsections (g) and (h) filed 5-23-2006;
operative 5-23-2006 pursuant to Government Code section
11343.4
(Register 2006, No. 21).
9. Editorial correction of subsection
(d)(2) (Register 2006, No. 28).
10. Amendment of section and NOTE
filed 10-2-2013; operative 11-1-2013 pursuant to Government Code section
11343.4(b)(4)(A)
(Register 2013, No. 40).
11. Change without regulatory effect
amending NOTE filed 8-8-2019 pursuant to section
100, title 1, California Code of
Regulations (Register 2019, No. 32).
Note: Authority cited: Sections 200, 265, 1050, 3960.2, 4150, 4181 and 4181.5, Fish and Game Code. Reference: Sections 3003.1, 3960, 3960.2, 4150, 4152, 4181 and 4181.5, Fish and Game Code.