SECTIONS 30651-30656 - California Statutes

FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL CODE

SECTION 30651-30656

30651. As used in this chapter, "livestock" includes domestic fowls
and rabbits.

30652. All fees for the issuance of dog license tags and all fines
collected pursuant to this division shall be paid into the county,
city, or city and county treasury, as the case may be, and shall be
used:
(a) First, to pay fees for the issuance of dog license tags.
(b) Second, to pay fees, salaries, costs, expenses, or any or all
of them for the enforcement of this division and all ordinances which
are made pursuant to this division.
(c) Third, to pay damages to owners of livestock which are killed
by dogs.
(d) Fourth, to pay costs of any hospitalization or emergency care
of animals pursuant to Section 597f of the Penal Code.

30653. Each such claim for damages is governed by Part 3
(commencing with Section 900) and Part 4 (commencing with Section
940), Division 3.6, Title 1 of the Government Code, except that the
claim, as presented, shall be accompanied by the affidavits of two
disinterested witnesses executed within four days after the finding
of the carcass of the animal.

30654. The affidavits shall fix the value of the livestock and
establish the fact beyond reasonable doubt that the animal was killed
by a dog.

30655. If a claim is allowed, it shall be paid from the fund which
is provided for in this chapter in the same manner as other claims
against the county are paid.

30656. (a) Any county, city, or city and county may, by ordinance,
elect to utilize the provisions of this section in lieu of Sections
30653 and 30654.
(b) The claim for damages to livestock, in addition to being
governed by Part 3 (commencing with Section 900) and Part 4
(commencing with Section 940) of Division 3.6 of Title 1 of the
Government Code, shall be accompanied by a statement by the local
animal control officer relating to the probable cause of death of the
animal and by proof submitted by the owner of the livestock to
establish the value of the animal.
(c) The statement submitted by the local animal control officer
shall set forth the facts upon which the officer's statement is based
and shall indicate whether, to the best of the officer's knowledge,
the animal was killed by a dog.