{"data":{"id":"us-ca/fac-31604","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"FAC § 31604","heading":"","body":"“Severe injury” means any physical injury to a human being that results in muscle tears or disfiguring lacerations or requires multiple sutures or corrective or cosmetic surgery.","path":["Food and Agricultural Code - FAC","DIVISION 14. REGULATION AND LICENSING OF DOGS [30501. - 31683.]","CHAPTER 9. Potentially Dangerous and Vicious Dogs [31601. - 31683.]","ARTICLE 1. Findings, Definitions, and General Provisions [31601. - 31609.]"],"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":"c31baad7afa4926926b9530a5e26ee2f441a0c92ad4d4c28a334ac8f474bfbf0","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/fac-31603","next":"us-ca/fac-31605"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}