2009 Nebraska Code
Chapter 37 GAME AND PARKS
37-498 Raptors; take or maintain; license required; transfer and transportation prohibited; exception.

37-498. Raptors; take or maintain; license required; transfer and transportation prohibited; exception.

(1) It shall be unlawful for any person to take or attempt to take or maintain in captivity any raptor, except as otherwise provided by law or by rule or regulation of the commission, unless he or she shall first secure a falconry or captive propagation license as required by section 37-497.

(2) No person shall sell, barter, purchase, or offer to sell, barter, or purchase any raptor, raptor egg, or raptor semen, except as permitted under a falconry or captive propagation license issued under section 37-497 or the rules and regulations adopted and promulgated by the commission. Nothing in this section shall be construed to permit any sale, barter, purchase, or offer to sell, barter, or purchase any raptor, raptor egg, or raptor semen taken from the wild.

(3) No person shall transport any raptor out of this state for any purpose, except (a) for hunting, exhibition, scientific use, or temporary medical or personal care when authorized by the commission in writing and (b) as permitted under a captive propagation license.

Source

Laws 1971, LB 733, § 2;
Laws 1987, LB 154, § 3;
R.S.1943, (1993), § 37-721;
Laws 1998, LB 922, § 208.