State California FGC Sec 3080-3087 General Provisions Possession of Birds and Mammals After Season (BIRDS AND MAMMALS) FISH AND GAME CODE SECTION 3080-3087 3080. (a) For the purposes of this section, "donor intermediary" means a recipient who receives game birds or mammals from a donor to give to a charitable organization or charitable entity. A donor intermediary possessing game birds or mammals during a period other than the open season shall have the documentation described in paragraph (2) or (3) of subdivision (b). There is no required format for the documentation. Any written documentation containing the required information shall be deemed to comply with this section. (b) The possession limit of any game bird or mammal may be possessed during a period other than the open season if one of the following conditions apply: (1) The person has in his or her possession a hunting license and validated license tag or tags for the species possessed, or copies thereof. The license and tag or tags shall have been issued to that person for the current or immediate past license year. (2) The person received the game bird or mammal from a person described in paragraph (1), and the recipient has a photocopy of the donor's hunting license and the applicable validated license tag or tags that has been signed and dated by the donor confirming the donation. The photocopied license and tag or tags shall be from the current or immediate past license year. (3) The person received the game bird or mammal from a person described in paragraph (1), and the recipient has a signed and dated document confirming the donation that includes the donor's name, address, hunting license number, and applicable license tag numbers for the species possessed. The license and tag or tags shall be for the current or immediate past license year. (c) The documentation required by subdivision (b) shall be made available to the department as described in Section 2012. Charitable organizations or charitable entities receiving and distributing game birds or mammals for charitable or humane purposes, shall maintain the documentation described in paragraph (2) or (3) of subdivision (b) for one year from the date of disposal. (d) Nothing in this section authorizes the possession of game birds or carcasses or parts thereof contrary to regulations issued pursuant to the federal Migratory Bird Treaty Act (16 U.S.C. Sec. 703 et seq.). 3086. Cold storage plants and frozen food locker plants shall make and keep a complete detailed record of all game birds or mammals stored in such plants. A record of each game bird or mammal shall be made at the time it is received at the plant for storage. The record shall be open for inspection at all times by wardens of the department. 3087. (a) (1) Every person who prepares, stuffs, or mounts the skin of any fish, reptile, bird, or mammal for another person shall make and keep an accurate and detailed record, as prescribed by regulations of the commission, regarding all fish, reptile, bird, or mammal carcasses, skins, or parts thereof which are acquired, possessed, or stored for taxidermy purposes. (2) The record required by this section shall be made at the time the fish, reptile, bird, or mammal carcasses, skins, or parts thereof are received, and shall include the name and address of each person from and to whom fish, reptile, bird, or mammal carcasses, skins, or parts thereof are received or delivered and the number and species of all fish, reptile, bird, or mammal carcasses, skins, or parts thereof received or delivered. The record shall be open for inspection at all times pursuant to regulations adopted by the commission. (b) Where a taxidermist has prepared, stuffed, or mounted the skin of any fish, reptile, bird, or mammal for another person and that person does not pay the cost thereof, or take delivery thereof, the taxidermist may sell the skin only if the commission adopts regulations permitting the sale. The commission may adopt regulations permitting a sale pursuant to Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 3046) of Title 14 of Part 4 of Division 3 of the Civil Code, and may adopt any other regulations governing the sale including, but not limited to, regulations which require a taxidermist to record, and provide to the department, the name and address of any person failing to pay for work performed on a skin, which list species of fish, reptiles, birds, or mammals whose prepared skins may not be sold, and which limit the sales price of prepared skins to the actual cost of preparation. The commission may adopt regulations permitting a sale of a prepared skin pursuant to this subdivision only if the commission also adopts regulations which require the posting of a notice or otherwise giving notice at the place of business of the taxidermist informing patrons of the provisions of this subdivision and regulations adopted pursuant thereto.