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2025 Delaware Code
Title 7 - Conservation
Chapter 7. REGULATIONS AND PROHIBITIONS CONCERNING GAME AND FISH
Subchapter I. General Provisions
§ 705. Visiting traps within 24-hour periods; killing of trapped animals.
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§ 705. Visiting traps within 24-hour periods; killing of trapped animals.
(a) No person who sets or makes use of any trap, except for muskrats, shall permit more than 24 hours to elapse between visits to such trap.
(b) Notwithstanding § 704(d) of this title, a .22 caliber rimfire pistol may be used to kill animals lawfully confined or restrained by a trap or snare.
Code 1915, § 2392A; 40 Del. Laws, c. 191, § 18; Code 1935, § 2852; 7 Del. C. 1953, § 706; 70 Del. Laws, c. 275, §§ 46, 71; 71 Del. Laws, c. 366, §§ 1, 2;
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