Health and Safety Code section 13055

Any public agency authorized to engage in fire protection activities, including but not limited to a fire protection district, city, city and county, or county fire department, the Department of Forestry, and the United States Forest Service, may use fire to abate a fire hazard.

Source: Section 13055, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=HSC§ionNum=13055. (updated Jan. 1, 1981; accessed Oct. 20, 2025).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/health_and_safety_code_section_13055

Original Source: Section 13055, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=HSC§ionNum=13055. (last accessed May 12, 2025).