California Legal Codes and Statutes

§ 13000

Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.

Every person is guilty of a misdemeanor who allows a fire kindled or attended by him to escape from his control or to spread to the lands of any person other than the builder of the fire without using every reasonable and proper precaution to prevent the fire from escaping.

Cite this section

Cal. Health & Saf. Code § 13000 (2026)
https://ca.codecond.com/codes/hsc/division-12-fires-and-fire-protection/part-1-general-provisions/chapter-1-liability-in-relation-to-fires/section-13000

Other sections in Chapter 1 - Liability in Relation to Fires

§ 13000§ 13001§ 13002§ 13003§ 13004§ 13005§ 13006.5§ 13007§ 13008§ 13009§ 13009.1§ 13009.2§ 13009.5§ 13009.6§ 13010§ 13011

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