{"data":{"id":"us-ca/pen-597s","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"PEN § 597s","heading":"","body":"(a) Every person who willfully abandons any animal is guilty of a misdemeanor.\n(b) This section shall not apply to the release or rehabilitation and release of native California wildlife pursuant to statute or regulations of the California Department of Fish and Game.","path":["Penal Code - PEN","PART 1. OF CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS [25. - 680.4.]","TITLE 14. MALICIOUS MISCHIEF [594. - 625c.]"],"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":"cec7556df9572b924c651b1be0ab575df19715110fe07f2508661b4035b68fdc","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/pen-597r","next":"us-ca/pen-597t"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}