{"topic_id":"banned_dog_breeds_us_ca_fac_31603","category":"banned-dog-breeds","context":"---\ntopic_id: banned_dog_breeds_us_ca_fac_31603\ncategory: banned-dog-breeds\ntitle: \"California — 'vicious dog' definition (Food & Ag Code § 31603)\"\nlang: en\nsource: \"California Food & Agricultural Code § 31603, leginfo.legislature.ca.gov, extracted 2026-07-24 via Tokyo relay (Playwright)\"\nsource_file: pdf-raw/banned-dog-breeds/ca_fac_31603_vicious_dog_def.txt\ndate_parsed: 2026-07-24\ntokens_estimated: 251\nverification:\n  method: substring_match\n  claims: 4\n  passed: 4\n  date: 2026-07-24\nrecovered: false\npath: banned-dog-breeds/banned_dog_breeds_us_ca_fac_31603/01_banned_dog_breeds_us_ca_fac_31603.md\nsource_document: \"Municipal / regional dangerous-dog breed ban ordinance\"\ncitation:\n  authority: \"California Food & Agricultural Code § 31603\"\n  title: \"California — 'vicious dog' definition (Food & Ag Code § 31603)\"\n  url: \"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=FAC&sectionNum=31603.\"\n  retrieved: \"2026-07-24\"\n  ref: \"\"\n  doc_type: \"official PDF\"\n  needs_review: true\nauthority_tier: T1\nauthority_tier_basis: \"T1:us-gov\"\nauthority_tier_date: 2026-08-04\n---\n\n# California — 'vicious dog' definition (Food & Ag Code § 31603)\n\n§ 31603 defines 'vicious dog' — a dog that, unprovoked and in an aggressive manner, inflicts severe injury on or kills a human, or a previously declared potentially dangerous dog that continues the behavior after its owner has been notified.\n\nSource: California Food & Agricultural Code § 31603, leginfo.legislature.ca.gov, extracted 2026-07-24 via Tokyo relay (Playwright). First-hand statute text; C1 substring-verified against `pdf-raw/banned-dog-breeds/ca_fac_31603_vicious_dog_def.txt`.\n\nVerbatim C1 claims (each a substring of the source file):\n1. \"31603.\"\n2. \"“Vicious dog” means either of the following:\"\n3. \"Any dog that, when unprovoked, in an aggressive manner, inflicts severe injury on or kills a human being.\"\n4. \"Any dog previously determined to be and currently listed as a potentially dangerous dog that, after its owner or keeper has been notified of this determination, continues the behavior described in Section 31602 or is maintained in violation of Section 31641, 31642, or 31643.\"\n","sources":["legislation — California — 'vicious dog' definition (Food & Ag Code § 31603) (retrieved 2026-07-24)"],"source":{"authority":"legislation","title":"California — 'vicious dog' definition (Food & Ag Code § 31603)","url":"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=FAC&sectionNum=31603","retrieved":"2026-07-24","ref":"","doc_type":"official PDF","source_document":"Municipal / regional dangerous-dog breed ban ordinance","verification_file":"pdf-raw/banned-dog-breeds/ca_fac_31603_vicious_dog_def.txt"},"source_document":"Municipal / regional dangerous-dog breed ban ordinance","source_file":"pdf-raw/banned-dog-breeds/ca_fac_31603_vicious_dog_def.txt","trust":{"authority_tier":"T1","fidelity":"verbatim","license":null,"display_grade":"A"},"tokens_estimated":400,"generated_at":null,"tip":"Use /api/v1/topics to discover more topics. /api/v1/nutrient for precise single-point queries. /api/v1/cross_compare for 2-3 standard comparisons."}