SECTIONS 121850-121870 - California Statutes

HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE

SECTION 121850-121870

121850. Any person who imports, transports into the state, or
receives, any live wild animal enumerated in or designated pursuant
to Section 121790, shall hold the animal in confinement for
inspection and immediately notify the department of the arrival
thereof. If there is found in any shipment any species not specified
in the permit issued under this chapter and subject thereto, or more
than the number of any species specified, the animals shall be
refused admittance as provided under Section 121865.

121855. If, during inspection upon arrival any wild animal is found
to be diseased, or there is reason to suspect the presence of
disease that will or may endanger the public health and safety, the
diseased animal, and, if necessary, the entire shipment shall be
destroyed by or under the supervision of the enforcing officer,
unless the public health and safety will not be endangered by its
detention in quarantine for a time and under conditions satisfactory
to the enforcing officer for disinfection, treatment, or diagnosis,
or no detriment can be caused by its return to point of origin at the
option and expense of the owner or bailee.

121860. Whenever any wild animal brought into this state under
permit is quarantined as provided in this chapter, the species shall
not be released from quarantine except by release in writing from the
department. All tests, veterinary examinations, and quarantines
shall be at the expense of the owner or bailee of the animals
involved. Any species refused release from quarantine under this
section shall be destroyed, detained, or returned to its point of
origin as provided in Section 121855.

121865. Any live wild animal brought into this state in violation
of the provisions of this chapter or any regulations thereunder may,
upon notice from the enforcing officer inspecting them or discovering
the violation, be returned to the point of origin, or destroyed,
within the time specified in the notice, at the option of the owner
or bailee.
The exercise of any such option shall be under the direction and
control of the enforcing officer and at the expense of the owner or
bailee. If the owner or bailee fails to exercise the option within
the time specified in the notice, the enforcing officer shall
immediately thereafter seize and destroy the animals at the expense
of the owner or bailee.

121870. This chapter, or any regulations adopted pursuant thereto,
shall not authorize the importation, transportation, or possession of
any live wild animals enumerated in Chapter 2 (commencing with
Section 2116) of Division 3 of the Fish and Game Code or the
regulations of the Fish and Game Commission adopted pursuant thereto,
except as provided in Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 2116) of
Division 3 of the Fish and Game Code.