To the extent you are buying kangaroo leather products from a California reseller, that reseller is committing a misdemeanor.
Appreciate that California law doesn't band the possession or importation of kangaroo leather shoes for personal use. Therefore, a legal means of obtaining kangaroo leather shoes without making a retail purchase out of state is to use a "PARCEL FORWARDING SERVICE." There are both commercial services (google the capitalized search term in the previous sentence) or use grandma, aunts/uncles, college buddies, or friends living outside California ... just make sure they are not PETA sympathizers.
If you use a parcel forwarding service (e.g. amforward.com) pick one that operates their delivery warehouse in a State that doesn't charge sales tax, such as Oregon. Often times, the savings of not paying sales tax is greater than the reship charge (depending on the value of the item). Sales tax on a $200 pair of cleats is about $16, so paying the $8 reshipping charge give you another $8 for the reshipping fee.
Note California law provides:
Penal 653o. (a) It is unlawful to import into this state for commercial purposes, to possess with intent to sell, or to sell within the state, the dead body, or any part or product thereof, of a polar bear, leopard, ocelot, tiger, cheetah, jaguar, sable antelope, wolf (Canis lupus), zebra, whale, cobra, python, sea turtle, colobus monkey, kangaroo, vicuna, sea otter, free-roaming feral horse, dolphin or porpoise (Delphinidae), Spanish lynx, or elephant.
(b) (1) Commencing January 1, 2020, it shall be unlawful to import into this state for commercial purposes, to possess with intent to sell, or to sell within the state, the dead body, or any part or product thereof, of a crocodile or alligator.
(2) This subdivision shall not be construed to authorize the importation or sale of any alligator or crocodilian species, or any products thereof, that are listed as endangered under the federal Endangered Species Act, or to allow the importation or sale of any alligator or crocodilian species, or any products thereof, in violation of any federal law or international treaty to which the United States is a party.
(c) A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be subject to a fine of not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000) and not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000) or imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed six months, or both that fine and imprisonment, for each violation.
(d) The prohibitions against importation for commercial purposes, possession with intent to sell, and sale of the species listed in this section are severable. A finding of the invalidity of any one or more prohibitions shall not affect the validity of any remaining prohibitions.
(e) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2016
Appreciate that California law doesn't band the possession or importation of kangaroo leather shoes for personal use. Therefore, a legal means of obtaining kangaroo leather shoes without making a retail purchase out of state is to use a "PARCEL FORWARDING SERVICE." There are both commercial services (google the capitalized search term in the previous sentence) or use grandma, aunts/uncles, college buddies, or friends living outside California ... just make sure they are not PETA sympathizers.
If you use a parcel forwarding service (e.g. amforward.com) pick one that operates their delivery warehouse in a State that doesn't charge sales tax, such as Oregon. Often times, the savings of not paying sales tax is greater than the reship charge (depending on the value of the item). Sales tax on a $200 pair of cleats is about $16, so paying the $8 reshipping charge give you another $8 for the reshipping fee.
Note California law provides:
Penal 653o. (a) It is unlawful to import into this state for commercial purposes, to possess with intent to sell, or to sell within the state, the dead body, or any part or product thereof, of a polar bear, leopard, ocelot, tiger, cheetah, jaguar, sable antelope, wolf (Canis lupus), zebra, whale, cobra, python, sea turtle, colobus monkey, kangaroo, vicuna, sea otter, free-roaming feral horse, dolphin or porpoise (Delphinidae), Spanish lynx, or elephant.
(b) (1) Commencing January 1, 2020, it shall be unlawful to import into this state for commercial purposes, to possess with intent to sell, or to sell within the state, the dead body, or any part or product thereof, of a crocodile or alligator.
(2) This subdivision shall not be construed to authorize the importation or sale of any alligator or crocodilian species, or any products thereof, that are listed as endangered under the federal Endangered Species Act, or to allow the importation or sale of any alligator or crocodilian species, or any products thereof, in violation of any federal law or international treaty to which the United States is a party.
(c) A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be subject to a fine of not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000) and not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000) or imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed six months, or both that fine and imprisonment, for each violation.
(d) The prohibitions against importation for commercial purposes, possession with intent to sell, and sale of the species listed in this section are severable. A finding of the invalidity of any one or more prohibitions shall not affect the validity of any remaining prohibitions.
(e) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2016
