Section 25802 Of Article 1. Animals From California Government Code >> Division 2. >> Title 3. >> Part 2. >> Chapter 8. >> Article 1.

. The board may maintain, regulate, and govern public pounds, fix the limits within which animals shall not run at large, and appoint poundkeepers. All expenses of operation and maintenance and the compensation of the poundkeepers shall be paid out of the fines imposed and collected from the owners of impounded animals, or from the general fund of the county, or both.