(a)  Any person violating any provision of this chapter shall be subject to a civil penalty of up to one thousand dollars ($1,000) per violation. The action may be prosecuted in the name of the people of the State of California by the district attorney for the county where the violation occurred in the appropriate court or by the city attorney in the city where the violation occurred.

(b)  Nothing in this chapter limits or authorizes any act or omission that violates § 597 of the Penal Code.

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(c)  Nothing in this chapter shall authorize the seizure of an unweaned bird by a peace officer, officer of a humane society, or officer of an animal shelter or animal regulation department of a public agency.

(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 7, Sec. 17. (AB 1553) Effective January 1, 2020.)