The department shall, upon request, cancel any bond or shall direct the return to the person entitled thereto of any money or securities deposited pursuant to this code as proof of ability to respond in damages:

(a) On the filing of an affidavit with the department that the person will not thereafter engage in the taking of any bird or mammal.

Terms Used In California Fish and Game Code 12150.7

  • 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.
  • Bird: means a wild bird or part of a wild bird. See California Fish and Game Code 22
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Department: means the Department of Fish and Wildlife. See California Fish and Game Code 37
  • Mammal: means a wild or feral mammal or part of a wild or feral animal, but not a wild, feral, or undomesticated burro. See California Fish and Game Code 54
  • Person: means any natural person or any partnership, corporation, limited liability company, trust, or other type of association. See California Fish and Game Code 67

(b) In the event of the permanent incapacity of such person to engage in the taking of any bird or mammal.

(c) Upon the death of the person on whose behalf such proof was filed.

(Added by Stats. 1961, Ch. 2210.)