2022 Ohio Revised Code
Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources
Chapter 1533 | Hunting; Fishing
Section 1533.31 | Shipment of Live Wild Animals.

Universal Citation: OH Rev Code § 1533.31 (2022)

Effective: September 30, 1963

Latest Legislation: House Bill 573 - 105th General Assembly

The chief of the division of wildlife may permit or forbid or otherwise regulate the receiving of any species of live wild animals for delivery within the state and the shipping of such wild animals from any point in the state to any point within or without the state. Upon the establishment of such regulations, the chief of the division of wildlife or any person designated by him may seize, impound, destroy, or otherwise dispose of such wild animals when received, shipped, or transported in violation of such regulations.

This section does not authorize action to prevent, delay, or impede the transporting of such wild animals in interstate commerce by common carrier, providing neither the point of sending nor the point of receiving is within the state.

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