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California Law (Last Updated: March 4, 2014) |
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Fish and Game Code - FGC |
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Division 4. BIRDS AND MAMMALS |
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Part 1. PROVISIONS GENERALLY APPLICABLE TO BOTH |
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Chapter 1. General Provisions |
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ARTICLE 4. Possession of Birds and Mammals After Season |
Section 3080.
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(a) For the purposes of this section, "donor intermediary" means a recipient who receives game birds or mammals from a donor to give to a charitable organization or charitable entity. A donor intermediary possessing game birds or mammals during a period other than the open season shall have the documentation described in paragraph (2) or (3) of subdivision (b). There is no required format for the documentation. Any written documentation containing the required information shall be deemed to comply with this section.
(b) The possession limit of any game bird or mammal may be possessed during a period other than the open season if one of the following conditions apply:
(1) The person has in his or her possession a hunting license and validated tag or tags for the species possessed, or copies thereof. The license and tag or tags shall have been issued to that person for the current or immediate past license year.
(2) The person received the game bird or mammal from a person described in paragraph (1), and the recipient has a photocopy of the donor's hunting license and the applicable validated tag or tags that has been signed and dated by the donor confirming the donation. The photocopied license and tag or tags shall be from the current or immediate past license year.
(3) The person received the game bird or mammal from a person described in paragraph (1), and the recipient has a signed and dated document confirming the donation that includes the donor's name, address, hunting license number, and applicable tag numbers for the species possessed. The license and tag or tags shall be for the current or immediate past license year.
(c) The documentation required by subdivision (b) shall be made available to the department as described in Section 2012. Charitable organizations or charitable entities receiving and distributing game birds or mammals for charitable or humane purposes, shall maintain the documentation described in paragraph (2) or (3) of subdivision (b) for one year from the date of disposal.
(d) Nothing in this section authorizes the possession of game birds or carcasses or parts thereof contrary to regulations issued pursuant to the federal Migratory Bird Treaty Act (16 U.S.C. Sec. 703 et seq.).