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California Penal Code

§ 598

PEN § 598Title 14 · Part 1
Every person who, within any public cemetery or burying ground, kills, wounds, or traps any bird, or destroys any bird’s nest other than swallows’ nests, or removes any eggs or young birds from any nest, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

Legislative history

Enacted 1872.

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