{"data":{"id":"us-ca/pen-597u","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"PEN § 597u","heading":"","body":"(a) A person, peace officer, officer of a humane society, or officer of an animal shelter or animal regulation department of a public agency shall not kill an animal by using either of the following methods:\n(1) Carbon monoxide gas.\n(2) Intracardiac injection of a euthanasia agent on a conscious animal, unless the animal is heavily sedated or anesthetized in a humane manner, or comatose, or unless, in light of all the relevant circumstances, the procedure is justifiable.\n(b) With respect to the killing of a dog or cat, a person, peace officer, officer of a humane society, or officer of an animal shelter or animal regulation department of a public agency shall not use any of the methods specified in subdivision (a) or any of the following methods:\n(1) High-altitude decompression chamber.\n(2) Nitrogen gas.\n(3) Carbon dioxide gas.","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":"a4f191a398daeaddb3436aa0d842ef3b39b478598421f958c475db5564e6b4fe","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/pen-597t","next":"us-ca/pen-597v"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}