§ 17096 Animal Sale Proceeds Recovery

Food and Agricultural Code·California

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This law says that if you can prove you owned an animal that was sold, you can get the money from that sale as long as you do it within a year.

Key Takeaways

•You must prove you owned the animal.
•You have to do it within one year after the sale.
•The director will make sure the sale money goes to you.

Example

A farmer sells a cow to a buyer, but later discovers the sale was done without his permission.

If the farmer can show he owned the cow and does so within one year of the sale, the director will order the buyer’s money from the sale to be paid back to the farmer.

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§ 17096 Animal Sale Proceeds Recovery

If any person shall, within one year after the date of the sale, prove to the satisfaction of the director his ownership of an animal which was sold pursuant to this article, the director shall order the net proceeds of the sale of the animal to be paid to such person. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

Last verified: January 10, 2026

Key Terms

ownership net proceeds director

References

Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
California Legislature. Food and Agricultural Code. Section 17096.

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