Section 10500 - Unlawful actsExcept under a permit or specific authorization, it is unlawful to do any of the following:
(a) To take or possess a bird or mammal in a game refuge.(b) To use or have in possession in a game refuge, a firearm, BB device as defined in Section 16250 of the Penal Code, crossbow, bow and arrow, or a trap or other contrivance designed to be, or capable of being, used to take birds or mammals, or to discharge a firearm or BB device or to release an arrow or crossbow bolt into a game refuge.(c) To take or possess a fish or amphibian in a fish refuge, or to use or have in possession in that refuge a contrivance designed to be used for catching fish.(d) To take or possess a bird, discharge a firearm or BB device, or release an arrow or crossbow bolt, within or into a waterfowl refuge.(e) To take or possess a quail in a quail refuge.(f) To take or possess an invertebrate or specimen of marine plant life in a marine life refuge.(g) To take or possess a clam or an instrument or apparatus capable of being used to dig clams in a clam refuge.Ca. Fish and Game Code § 10500
Amended by Stats 2015 ch 154 (AB 1527),s 95, eff. 1/1/2016.Amended by Stats 2010 ch 178 (SB 1115),s 31, eff. 1/1/2011, op. 1/1/2012.Amended by Stats 2007 ch 285 (AB 1729),s 129, eff. 1/1/2008.