§ 7201 — Possession; permit required

Delaware § 7201

• Jurisdiction: Delaware
• Title: 3
• Part: Domestic and Foreign Animals, Birds, Reptiles and Insects
• Ch. 72: POSSESSION OF MAMMALS OR REPTILES EXOTIC TO DELAWARE

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No person shall bring into this State, possess, sell or exhibit any live wild mammal or hybrid of a wild mammal or live reptile not native to or generally found in Delaware without first securing a permit under this chapter. The Department of Agriculture may adopt regulations to exempt such mammals and reptiles that do not represent a significant threat to community interests from the provisions of this chapter. Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter to the contrary, except for medical or psychological research or for display in any licensed zoological park or traveling circus, no person shall bring into this State, possess, sell or exhibit any poisonous snake not native to or generally found in Delaware where the venom of such snake poses a risk of serious injury or death to a human, and no permit for the same shall be issued by the Department of Agriculture.

Legislative History

3 Del. C. 1953, § 7201; 57 Del. Laws, c. 553 ; 69 Del. Laws, c. 84, § 1 ; 72 Del. Laws, c. 285, § 1