California Food and Agricultural Code 30850 – (a) The animal control department shall endorse upon the …
(a) The animal control department shall endorse upon the application for an assistance dog identification tag the number of the identification tag issued. As used in this chapter, “assistance dogs” are dogs specially trained as guide dogs, signal dogs, or service dogs. All applications that have been endorsed shall be kept on file in the office of the animal control department and shall be open to public inspection.
(b) Whenever a person applies for an assistance dog identification tag, the person shall sign an affidavit stating as follows:
Terms Used In California Food and Agricultural Code 30850
- Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
- County: includes city and county. See California Food and Agricultural Code 29
- Department: means the Department of Food and Agriculture. See California Food and Agricultural Code 32
- Person: means any individual, partnership, association, corporation, limited liability company, or any organized group of persons whether incorporated or not. See California Food and Agricultural Code 38
- Subdivision: means a subdivision of the section in which that term occurs unless some other section is expressly mentioned. See California Food and Agricultural Code 49
“By affixing my signature to this affidavit, I hereby declare I fully understand that § 365.7 of the Penal Code prohibits any person to knowingly and fraudulently represent himself or herself, through verbal or written notice, to be the owner or trainer of any canine licensed as, to be qualified as, or identified as, a guide dog, signal dog, or service dog, as defined in subdivisions (d), (e), and (f), respectively, of § 365.5 of the Penal Code and paragraph (6) of subdivision (b) of § 54.1 of the Civil Code, and that a violation of § 365.7 of the Penal Code is a misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding six months, by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by both that imprisonment and fine.”
(c) Upon the death or retirement of an assistance dog, the owner or person in possession of the assistance dog identification tag shall immediately return the tag to the animal control department that issued the tag.
(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 118, Sec. 9. Effective January 1, 2005.)