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Cal. Penal Code § 399

OF CRIMES AGAINST THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case 190 Cal. App. 4th 1126 - People v. Vasquez (2010)

Most recently applied in 190 Cal. App. 4th 1126 - People v. Vasquez (December 2010)

Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 257, Sec. 1

(a) If any person owning or having custody or control of a mischievous animal, knowing its propensities, willfully suffers it to go at large, or keeps it without ordinary care, and the animal, while so at large, or while not kept with ordinary care, kills any human being who has taken all the precautions that the circumstances permitted, or which a reasonable person would ordinarily take in the same situation, is guilty of a felony.

(b) If any person owning or having custody or control of a mischievous animal, knowing its propensities, willfully suffers it to go at large, or keeps it without ordinary care, and the animal, while so at large, or while not kept with ordinary care, causes serious bodily injury to any human being who has taken all the precautions that the circumstances permitted, or which a reasonable person would ordinarily take in the same situation, is guilty of a misdemeanor or a felony.

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