Yuba City does not maintain a local exotic-pet list because California Fish & Game Code §2118 imposes a comprehensive statewide ban on importing, transporting, or possessing wild and exotic mammals, reptiles, birds, and amphibians without a CDFW restricted-species permit. Common pets banned statewide include ferrets, hedgehogs, sugar gliders, monkeys, raccoons, skunks, foxes, and wolf-hybrids.
California has one of the most restrictive exotic-pet regimes in the United States, and Yuba City defers entirely to state law. Cal. Fish & Game Code §2118 makes it unlawful to import, transport, possess, or release alive into the state any wild animal of the species listed in 14 CCR §671 (Restricted Species), except under a revocable, nontransferable permit issued by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW). CDFW is statutorily prohibited from issuing permits to keep restricted species as personal pets — permits are limited to research, public exhibition, education, or shelter purposes. Animals banned under §2118 / 14 CCR §671 include: ferrets (Mustela putorius furo), hedgehogs (all Erinaceidae), sugar gliders (Petaurus breviceps), all non-human primates, raccoons, skunks, opossums (as pets), foxes, coyotes, wolves and wolf-hybrids, prairie dogs, gerbils (restricted), all crocodilians, monitor lizards, most venomous snakes, snapping turtles, and many parrot/finch species. Common pets that ARE legal in California include domestic dogs and cats, rabbits, hamsters, guinea pigs, chinchillas, mice and rats, common parakeets/cockatiels, most non-venomous snakes (except restricted species), bearded dragons, leopard geckos, and ball pythons. Yuba City Municipal Code Title 4 Chapter 12 (Dogs and Other Animals) governs domestic animal control but does not enumerate a separate exotic-pet list — enforcement of restricted-species violations is performed by CDFW wardens in coordination with city Code Enforcement and Sutter Animal Services.
First-offense possession of a restricted species under Cal. F&G Code §2125 is a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of $500 to $10,000 and/or up to six months in county jail. Each animal possessed in violation is a separate offense. CDFW is authorized to seize the animal, and the owner pays all transport, boarding, and veterinary costs. Yuba City may also cite under general YCMC Title 4 Chapter 12 nuisance/public-safety provisions where applicable, with infraction fines of $100 / $200 / $500 escalating per Cal. Gov. Code §36900.
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