2010 Pennsylvania Code
Title 34 - GAME
Chapter 21 - Game or Wildlife Protection
2166 - Unlawful sale of protected birds and plumage.

     § 2166.  Unlawful sale of protected birds and plumage.
        (a)  General rule.--Except as otherwise provided in this
     title, it is unlawful for any person, acting either for personal
     interest or as the agent or representative of another, to have
     any protected bird or any bird which belongs to the same family
     as those protected birds found in a wild state in this
     Commonwealth or is similar in appearance to any native protected
     bird, the eggs or any part from such birds, in possession or
     under control for the purpose of sale or barter, or to offer or
     expose them for sale or barter, or to transport, ship or remove,
     or attempt to transport, ship or remove, from this Commonwealth,
     for any purpose, any such bird, either living or dead, or the
     eggs or any part thereof.
        (b)  Penalties.--
            (1)  A violation of this section is a summary offense of
        the fourth degree for each bird or part thereof.
            (2)  A violation of this section relating to birds which
        are listed as threatened or endangered is, in addition to any
        other penalties, a misdemeanor of the third degree for each
        bird or part thereof.
        (c)  Contraband.--Any protected bird or any egg or any part
     thereof possessed contrary to this section is contraband.

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