2006 Nebraska Revised Statutes - § 37-523 — Wild mammal or wild bird; hunt or trap; unlawful in certain areas; violation; penalty.

Section 37-523
Wild mammal or wild bird; hunt or trap; unlawful in certain areas; violation; penalty.

(1) It shall be unlawful to hunt or trap any form of wild mammal or wild bird within a two-hundred-yard radius of an inhabited dwelling or livestock feedlot, or to trap within a two-hundred-yard radius of any passage used by livestock to pass under any highway, road, or bridge.

(2) This section shall not prohibit any owner, tenant, or operator or his or her guests from hunting or trapping any form of wild mammal or wild bird within such radius if the area is under his or her ownership or control. This section shall not prohibit duly authorized personnel of any county, city, or village health or animal control department from trapping with a humane live box trap or pursuing any form of wild mammal or wild bird, when conducting such activities within the scope of the authorization, within such radius if the area is under the jurisdiction of the county, city, or village.

(3) Any person violating this section shall be guilty of a Class V misdemeanor.

Source:

Laws 1967, c. 214, § 1, p. 575

Laws 1974, LB 779, § 2

Laws 1983, LB 24, § 1

R.S.1943, (1993), § 37-526

Laws 1998, LB 922, § 243

~Reissue Revised Statutes of Nebraska