Health and Safety Code section 120150

The department may destroy such objects as bedding, carpets, household goods, furnishings, materials, clothing, or animals, when ordinary means of disinfection are considered unsafe, and when the property is in its judgment, an imminent menace to the public health.

Source: Section 120150, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=HSC§ionNum=120150. (updated Jan. 1, 1996; accessed Jun. 18, 2026).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/health_and_safety_code_section_120150

Original Source: Section 120150, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=HSC§ionNum=120150. (last accessed May 12, 2025).