2012 Idaho Statutes
Title 36 - FISH AND GAME
Chapter 5 - RESTRICTIONS ON POSSESSION, TRANSPORTATION, SALE AND USE OF WILDLIFE
Section 36-501 - SALE AND PURCHASE OF WILDLIFE -- RESTRICTIONS -- EXCEPTIONS.
(a) Sale of Unprotected Wildlife. The sale of legally taken species of wildlife classified as unprotected by law shall be lawful.
(b) Sale of Game Animals. The sale of legally taken hides, horns, or heads of game animals, when detached from the carcass, and mounted wildlife, where sale is not specifically prohibited by federal statute or regulation or state statutes, shall be lawful only when the wildlife to be sold is accompanied by a statement showing that the animals were lawfully taken. It shall be lawful to possess or sell naturally shed antlers or horns of deer, elk, moose, antelope and mountain goat, and antlers or horns of deer, elk, moose, antelope and mountain goat which have died from natural causes.
(c) Sale of Furbearers. The sale of pelts and parts of furbearers when legally taken shall be lawful.
(d) Sale of Seized Wildlife. The sale and purchase of court confiscated, abandoned, or unclaimed wildlife shall be lawful when made in accordance with the provisions of section 36-1304, Idaho Code.
(e) Sale of Commercially Raised or Harvested Wildlife. The sale of wildlife legally raised or harvested commercially by properly licensed commercial operations, if required to be licensed, shall be lawful except as provided by rules promulgated pursuant to section 36-104(b)6., Idaho Code. The provisions of this section shall not apply to domestic fur-bearing animals as defined in chapter 30, title 25, Idaho Code.
Any person violating the provisions of this subsection shall be found guilty as provided in section 36-1401, Idaho Code, and shall be punished as set forth in section 36-1402, Idaho Code.
(g) Commission May Permit Sales. The commission may, by rule, permit the sale of other parts of wildlife when such sale will not injuriously affect the species permitted.
History:
[36-501, added 1976, ch. 95, sec. 2, p. 334; am. 1978, ch. 92, sec. 2, p. 171; am. 1983, ch. 55, sec. 1, p. 132; am. 1985, ch. 188, sec. 1, p. 485; am. 1987, ch. 203, sec. 1, p. 429; am. 1989, ch. 373, sec. 1, p. 941; am. 1991, ch. 49, sec. 1, p. 87; am. 1991, ch. 129, sec. 1, p. 284; am. 1991, ch. 289, sec. 1, p. 748; am. 1992, ch. 81, sec. 10, p. 233; am. 1992, ch. 172, sec. 3, p. 540; am. 1993, ch. 79, sec. 1, p. 207; am. 2000, ch. 211, sec. 16, p. 560.]
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