{"data":{"id":"us-ca/prc-4118","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"PRC § 4118","heading":"","body":"The burning of growing, dead, or downed vegetation is for a public purpose if the department has determined that the burning of such vegetation is necessary for the prevention or suppression of forest fires.","path":["Public Resources Code - PRC","DIVISION 4. FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS [4001. - 4958.]","PART 2. PROTECTION OF FOREST, RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS [4101. - 4789.7.]","CHAPTER 1. Prevention and Control of Forest Fires [4101. - 4209.5.]","ARTICLE 2. General Provisions [4111. - 4123.8.]"],"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":"b2e76e03e58768378d164d3ca362c854685c6ea8d183e361484a3b3d1188732b","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/prc-4117","next":"us-ca/prc-4119"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}