{"data":{"id":"us-ca/fgc-10500","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"FGC § 10500","heading":"","body":"Except under a permit or specific authorization, it is unlawful to do any of the following:\n(a) To take or possess a bird or mammal in a game refuge.\n(b) To use or have in possession in a game refuge, a firearm, BB device as defined in Section 16250 of the Penal Code, crossbow, bow and arrow, or a trap or other contrivance designed to be, or capable of being, used to take birds or mammals, or to discharge a firearm or BB device or to release an arrow or crossbow bolt into a game refuge.\n(c) To take or possess a fish or amphibian in a fish refuge, or to use or have in possession in that refuge a contrivance designed to be used for catching fish.\n(d) To take or possess a bird, discharge a firearm or BB device, or release an arrow or crossbow bolt, within or into a waterfowl refuge.\n(e) To take or possess a quail in a quail refuge.\n(f) To take or possess an invertebrate or specimen of marine plant life in a marine life refuge.\n(g) To take or possess a clam or an instrument or apparatus capable of being used to dig clams in a clam refuge.","path":["Fish and Game Code - FGC","DIVISION 7. REFUGES [10500. - 10932.]","CHAPTER 1. Refuges and Other Protected Areas [10500. - 10741.]","ARTICLE 1. General Provisions [10500. - 10514.]"],"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":"4d8b5129b6c329940cd7154662b5c8c7d8188ae254248a4cddf857fdb9c89454","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/fgc-10005","next":"us-ca/fgc-10501"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}