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[0] AB 494 [1] Restraining orders: protection of animals. [2] Maienschein [4] Support [5] Passed Assembly; In Senate. Ordered to third reading. [3] 
This bill would authorize the court to issue restraining orders or protective orders to enjoin a person to stay away from an animal or forbid a person from, among other things, threatening, harming, or otherwise disposing of an animal. The bill would authorize the court to issue an order granting a petitioner's request for the exclusive care, possession, or control of an animal held by the petitioner or respondent if residing in the same household, as specified.
State Humane Association of California - Legislation
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