{"data":{"id":"us-ca/fac-20438","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"FAC § 20438","heading":"","body":"Any inspector or peace officer may stop any conveyance which is transporting any animal, hide, carcass, or portion of a carcass on any public thoroughfare for the purpose of making an investigation and may take possession of the animal, hide, carcass, or portion of a carcass and hold it for not to exceed 30 days pending an investigation.","path":["Food and Agricultural Code - FAC","DIVISION 10. CATTLE PROTECTION [20001. - 22086.]","CHAPTER 3. Enforcement [20401. - 20471.]","ARTICLE 2. Inspectors and Other Peace Officers [20432. - 20440.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"6e4c6f91eedc8c5ddbd8f7bfde46e850c33db3715625aaa996ea5ff1fe9e4a8a","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/fac-20437","next":"us-ca/fac-20439"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}