The court or hearing entity of original jurisdiction or the court hearing the appeal may decide all issues for or against the owner or keeper of the dog even if the owner or keeper fails to appear at the hearing.
Cal. Food & Agric. Code § 31623
Judicial Process
Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 761, Sec. 1.
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