2013 Maine Revised Statutes
TITLE 12: CONSERVATION
Chapter 919: REGISTRATION AND TRANSPORT OF HARVESTED ANIMALS
12 §12303-A. Time limits for registering bear, deer, moose or wild turkey

Part 13: INLAND FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE HEADING: PL 2003, C. 414, PT. A, §2 (NEW); PT. D, §7 (AFF); C. 614, §9 (AFF)
Subpart 4: FISH AND WILDLIFE HEADING: PL 2003, C. 414, PT. A, §2 (NEW); PT. D, §7 (AFF); C. 614, §9 (AFF)
Subchapter 1: REGISTRATION HEADING: PL 2003, C. 414, PT. A, §2 (NEW); PT. D, §7 (AFF); C. 614, §9 (AFF)

12303-A. Time limits for registering bear, deer, moose or wild turkey

1. Time limits. Except as provided in subsection 1-A, a person may not keep any of the following unregistered wild animals at home or any place of storage for more than 18 hours:

A. Bear; [2003, c. 655, Pt. B, 230 (NEW); 2003, c. 655, Pt. B, 422 (AFF).]

B. Deer; [2003, c. 655, Pt. B, 230 (NEW); 2003, c. 655, Pt. B, 422 (AFF).]

C. Moose; or [2003, c. 655, Pt. B, 230 (NEW); 2003, c. 655, Pt. B, 422 (AFF).]

D. Wild turkey. [2003, c. 655, Pt. B, 230 (NEW); 2003, c. 655, Pt. B, 422 (AFF).]

[ 2003, c. 655, Pt. B, 230 (NEW); 2003, c. 655, Pt. B, 422 (AFF) .]

1-A. Exceptions. The following are exceptions to the time limitation for registering harvested wild animals established in subsection 1:

A. A person may keep a harvested animal in an official registration station for that animal or at the office of a game warden for more than 18 hours; [2003, c. 655, Pt. B, 230 (NEW); 2003, c. 655, Pt. B, 422 (AFF).]

B. A person may leave an unregistered animal harvested by that person in the woods if that person notifies a game warden within 18 hours as to the location of that animal and the circumstances necessitating leaving that animal in the woods; and [2003, c. 655, Pt. B, 230 (NEW); 2003, c. 655, Pt. B, 422 (AFF).]

C. A person on a hunting trip in an unorganized township and staying at a temporary place of lodging may keep an unregistered harvested animal at the temporary place of lodging for no more than 7 days or until that person leaves the woods, whichever comes first. [2003, c. 655, Pt. B, 230 (NEW); 2003, c. 655, Pt. B, 422 (AFF).]

[ 2003, c. 655, Pt. B, 230 (NEW); 2003, c. 655, Pt. B, 422 (AFF) .]

2. Penalty. A person who violates this section commits a Class E crime.

[ 2003, c. 655, Pt. B, 230 (NEW); 2003, c. 655, Pt. B, 422 (AFF) .]

SECTION HISTORY

2003, c. 655, B230 (NEW). 2003, c. 655, B422 (AFF).