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Drone Rules in Brentwood, CA (2026)

1 verified drone rules for Brentwood, California, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.

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Recreational Drones

California Civil Code 1708.8 makes it a civil tort to use a drone to capture images or recordings of someone in a private setting. Brentwood also enforces trespass and peeping laws against invasive drone use. Flying a drone low over a private backyard to record can result in civil and criminal liability.

Drones: Privacy

Heavy Restrictions

California Civil Code § 1708.8 (Invasion of Privacy)

1708.8. (a) A person is liable for physical invasion of privacy when the person knowingly enters onto the land or into the airspace above the land of another person without permission or otherwise commits a trespass in order to capture any type of visual image, sound recording, or other physical impression of the plaintiff engaging in a private, personal, or familial activity and the invasion o...

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Drone Rules in Contra Costa County