SECTIONS 17121-17128 - California Statutes

FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL CODE

SECTION 17121-17128

17121. A lawful fence is any fence which is good, strong,
substantial, and sufficient to prevent the ingress and egress of
livestock. No wire fence is a good and substantial fence within the
meaning of this article unless it has three tightly stretched barbed
wires securely fastened to posts of reasonable strength, firmly set
in the ground not more than one rod apart, one of which wires shall
be at least four feet above the surface of the ground. Any kind of
wire or other fence of height, strength and capacity equal to or
greater than the wire fence herein described is a good and
substantial fence within the meaning of this article. The term
"lawful fence" includes cattle guards of such width, depth, rail
spacing, and construction as will effectively turn livestock.

17122. In any county or part of a county devoted chiefly to grazing
and so declared pursuant to this article, a person shall not have
the right to take up any estray animal found upon his premises, or
upon premises to which he has the right of possession, nor shall he
have a lien thereon, unless the premises are entirely enclosed with a
good and substantial fence.

17123. The following counties or parts of counties are declared to
be devoted chiefly to grazing:
(a) That portion of Trinity which is outside of the area described
in Section 17125.
(b) That portion of Shasta outside of the area which is described
in Section 17126.
(c) Siskiyou, Lassen, and Modoc.
(d) Any county or part of a county which is declared to be devoted
chiefly to grazing pursuant to Section 17124.

17124. The board of supervisors of any county may by ordinance
declare that such county, or part of such county, is devoted chiefly
to grazing.

17125. The following portions of Trinity County are declared not to
be devoted chiefy to grazing:
(a) All of Sections 1, 2, 3, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, T. 31 N., R.
12 W.; Section 7 and the north 1/2 of Section 18, T. 31 N., R. 11 W.,
M.D.M.
(b) Beginning at the section corner common to Sections 7 and 18,
T. 33 N., R. 9 W. and Sections 12 and 13, T. 33 N., R. 10 W., thence
west 20 chains; then north 20 chains; thence west 20 chains; thence
north 50 chains; thence east 17.09 chains; then south 32 west, 5.41
chains; thence south 59 east, 13.12 chains; thence south 42 30