2006 Utah Code - 23-20-3 — Taking, transporting, selling, or purchasing protected wildlife illegal except as authorized -- Penalty.

     23-20-3.   Taking, transporting, selling, or purchasing protected wildlife illegal except as authorized -- Penalty.
     (1) Except as provided in this title or a rule, proclamation, or order of the Wildlife Board, a person may not:
     (a) take or permit his dog to take:
     (i) protected wildlife or their parts;
     (ii) an occupied nest of protected wildlife; or
     (iii) an egg of protected wildlife;
     (b) transport, ship, or cause to be shipped protected wildlife or their parts;
     (c) sell or purchase protected wildlife or their parts; or
     (d) possess protected wildlife or their parts unaccompanied by a valid license, permit, tag, certificate of registration, bill of sale, or invoice.
     (2) Possession of protected wildlife without a valid license, permit, tag, certificate of registration, bill of sale, or invoice is prima facie evidence that the protected wildlife was illegally taken and is illegally held in possession.
     (3) A person is guilty of a class B misdemeanor if he:
     (a) violates any provision of Subsection (1); and
     (b) does so with criminal negligence as defined in Subsection 76-2-103(4).

Amended by Chapter 211, 1995 General Session