{"data":{"id":"us-ca/fgc-5002","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"FGC § 5002","heading":"","body":"The department may issue permits, subject to any terms and conditions prescribed by the commission, authorizing the possession of a tortoise (Gopherus) or product of a tortoise by an educational or scientific institution or a public zoological garden.","path":["Fish and Game Code - FGC","DIVISION 5. PROTECTED REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS [5000. - 5062.]","CHAPTER 1. Turtles [5000. - 5002.]","ARTICLE 1. Desert Tortoises [5000. - 5002.]"],"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":"a878b320869c8b9a1d9ac3f4ad1d31f59ae73dd9cb4b91d81e0d25b8b0a1ea3c","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/fgc-5001","next":"us-ca/fgc-5050"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}