Fish and Game Code section 4801

The department may remove or take any mountain lion, or authorize an appropriate local agency with public safety responsibility to remove or take any mountain lion, that is perceived to be an imminent threat to public health or safety or that is perceived by the department to be an imminent threat to the survival of any threatened, endangered, candidate, or fully protected sheep species.

Source: Section 4801, https://leginfo.­legislature.­ca.­gov/faces/codes_displaySection.­xhtml?lawCode=FGC§ionNum=4801.­ (accessed Jun. 9, 2025).

Last Updated

May 12, 2025

§ 4801’s source at ca​.gov