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California · Through 2026-09-13

PRC § 4726

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  1. Public Resources Code - PRC
  2. DIVISION 4. FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS [4001. - 4958.]
  3. PART 2. PROTECTION OF FOREST, RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS [4101. - 4789.7.]
  4. CHAPTER 10. Protection of Forest and Lands [4671. - 4771.6.]
  5. ARTICLE 6. Preservation of Big Trees [4721. - 4727.]

Any person who willfully cuts down, strips of its bark, or destroys by fire, any tree “over 16 feet in diameter,” in the groves of big trees situated in the Counties of Fresno, Tulare, or Kern, is guilty of a misdemeanor, and is punishable by fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than six hundred dollars ($600), or by imprisonment in the county jail not less than 25 days nor more than 150 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

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