California Fish and Game Code

§ 3003.1

FGC § 3003.1 Effective Jan 1, 2023Div. 4 · Part 1 · Ch. 1 · Art. 1

Statute text

(a)Notwithstanding Section 1001, 1002, 4002, 4004, 4007, 4008, 4009.5, 4152, 4180, or 4181:

(1)It is unlawful for any person to trap for the purposes of recreation or commerce in fur any fur-bearing mammal or nongame mammal with any body-gripping trap. A body-gripping trap is one that grips the mammal’s body or body part, including, but not limited to, steel-jawed leghold traps, padded-jaw leghold traps, conibear traps, and snares. Cage and box traps, nets, suitcase-type live beaver traps, and common rat and mouse traps shall not be considered body-gripping traps.

(2)It is unlawful for any person to buy, sell, barter, or otherwise exchange for profit, or to offer to buy, sell, barter, or otherwise exchange for profit, the raw fur, as defined by Section 4005, of any fur-bearing mammal or nongame mammal that was trapped in this state, with a body-gripping trap as described in paragraph (1).

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Legislative history

Repealed (in Sec. 1) and added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 469, Sec. 2. (SB 856) Effective January 1, 2023. Operative July 1, 2024, by its own provisions.