Cal. FGC § 10500
This is the official text of Cal. FGC § 10500, part of California’s Fish and Game Code — regulates hunting, fishing, and wildlife conservation.
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Official statutory text
Except 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.
(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.
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