“Take” means hunt, pursue, catch, capture, or kill, or attempt to hunt, pursue, catch, capture, or kill.
Cal. Fish & Game Code § 86
General Definitions
Known as the Fish and Game Code
The act spans §§ 1–89 (61 sections).
Applied in 7 court decisions — leading case 44 Cal. 4th 459 - Environmental Protection Information Center v. California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection (2008)
Most recently applied in Center for Biological Diversity v. Department of Fish & Wildlife (November 2015)
Enacted by Stats. 1957, Ch. 456.
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.