Maine § 12 §11217 Buying and selling wild animals and wild birds

Maine Statutes

§ 12 §11217 — Buying and selling wild animals and wild birds

Maine § 12 §11217

Title 12CONSERVATION

Part 13INLAND FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE

Ch. 915HUNTING: SEASONS, REQUIREMENTS AND RESTRICTIONS

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Bluebook

Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 12, § 12 §11217 (2026).

Text

1.Prohibition against buying and selling bear, deer, moose or wild turkey. Except as provided in subsection 2, a person may not:

2.Exception. This subsection provides for exceptions to the prohibitions against the purchase, sale, offer for sale or barter of wild animals and wild birds under this section.

3.Prohibition regarding selling of wild birds. A person may not sell or possess for sale a wild bird, except as provided in this Part. A person may sell the plumage of lawfully taken wild birds if that sale does not violate regulations of the federal Migratory Bird Treaty Act. 3-A. Prohibition on selling live wildlife. A person may not sell any live wildlife unless authorized pursuant to section 12152 and the commissioner's rules related to the unrestricted species list or as otherwise

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1.
Prohibition against buying and selling bear, deer, moose or wild turkey.
Except as provided in subsection 2, a person may not:
2.
Exception.
This subsection provides for exceptions to the prohibitions against the purchase, sale, offer for sale or barter of wild animals and wild birds under this section.
3.
Prohibition regarding selling of wild birds.
A person may not sell or possess for sale a wild bird, except as provided in this Part. A person may sell the plumage of lawfully taken wild birds if that sale does not violate regulations of the federal Migratory Bird Treaty Act.
3-A.
Prohibition on selling live wildlife.
A person may not sell any live wildlife unless authorized pursuant to section 12152 and the commissioner's rules related to the unrestricted species list or as otherwise provided in this Part.
4.
Penalty.
A person who violates this section commits a Class D crime for which the court shall impose a sentencing alternative involving a term of imprisonment of not less than 10 days for the first offense, none of which may be suspended, and not less than 20 days for each succeeding offense, none of which may be suspended. The court also shall impose a fine of not less than $1,000, none of which may be suspended.

Legislative History

PL 2003, c. 414, §A2 (NEW). PL 2003, c. 414, §D7 (AFF). PL 2003, c. 614, §9 (AFF). PL 2003, c. 655, §§B150,151 (AMD). PL 2003, c. 655, §B422 (AFF). PL 2013, c. 333, §4 (AMD). PL 2021, c. 54, §7 (AMD). PL 2021, c. 184, §§6, 7 (AMD).