Maine § 12 §12201 Trapping license

Maine Statutes

§ 12 §12201 — Trapping license

Maine § 12 §12201

Title 12CONSERVATION

Part 13INLAND FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE

Ch. 917TRAPPING

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Bluebook

Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 12, § 12 §12201 (2026).

Text

1.License required. Except as otherwise authorized pursuant to this Part, a person may not trap unless that person has a valid license issued under this section. Each day a person violates this subsection that person commits a Class E crime for which a minimum fine of $50 and an amount equal to twice the applicable license fee must be imposed. 1-A. Trapping by agents of commissioner. The commissioner may authorize a full-time department employee to trap wild animals without a license for purposes of animal damage control. A person serving as an agent of the commissioner for purposes of animal damage control, including animal control officers appointed pursuant to Title 7, section 3947, must satisfy the licensing requirements of this section prior to trapping or attempting to trap a wild a

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1.
License required.
Except as otherwise authorized pursuant to this Part, a person may not trap unless that person has a valid license issued under this section. Each day a person violates this subsection that person commits a Class E crime for which a minimum fine of $50 and an amount equal to twice the applicable license fee must be imposed.
1-A.
Trapping by agents of commissioner.
The commissioner may authorize a full-time department employee to trap wild animals without a license for purposes of animal damage control. A person serving as an agent of the commissioner for purposes of animal damage control, including animal control officers appointed pursuant to Title 7, section 3947, must satisfy the licensing requirements of this section prior to trapping or attempting to trap a wild animal.
1-B.
Definitions.
As used in this section, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings.
2.
Eligibility.
The following persons are eligible to purchase a trapping license, subject to the provisions of subsection 3.
3.
Successful completion of trapper education program required for license.
Except as provided in paragraph A, a person who applies for a state license to trap, other than a junior trapping license pursuant to subsection 2, paragraph B or an apprentice trapper license issued under section 12204, must submit proof of having successfully completed a trapper education course of the type described in section 10108, subsection 7 or satisfactory evidence of having previously held an adult license to trap in this State in any year beginning in or after 1978. If a person submits satisfactory evidence of having previously held an adult license to trap in any other state, province or country, the person must also submit proof of having successfully completed a trapper education course comparable to the type described in section 10108, subsection 7.
4.
Issuance.
The commissioner, or the commissioner's agent, may issue a license to engage in trapping.
5.
Expiration.
All licenses issued under this section are valid for one year commencing July 1st of each year.
5-A.
Junior trapping license requirements.
A trapper 16 years of age who obtained a junior trapping license before that person reached 16 years of age may not trap with that license unless the person is in the presence of and under the effective control of a junior trapper supervisor at all times while trapping or the person has successfully completed a trapper education course established under section 10108, subsection 7. The following penalties apply to a violation of this subsection:
6.
Trapping fees.
The fees for trapping licenses are as follows:
7.
Supervision of junior trappers.
The following provisions must be observed.
8.
License violations.
The following penalties apply to violations of restrictions of licenses under this section.
9.
Penalties for supervisors of junior trappers.
A person who is the junior trapper supervisor of a holder of a valid junior trapping license when that junior trapper violates any provision of this Part pertaining to trapping:

Legislative History

PL 2003, c. 414, §A2 (NEW). PL 2003, c. 414, §D7 (AFF). PL 2003, c. 614, §9 (AFF). PL 2003, c. 655, §§B209-211 (AMD). PL 2003, c. 655, §B422 (AFF). PL 2005, c. 12, §III23 (AMD). PL 2009, c. 69, §§2-4 (AMD). PL 2009, c. 213, Pt. OO, §9 (AMD). PL 2013, c. 185, §3 (AMD). PL 2013, c. 538, §§30-33 (AMD). PL 2015, c. 245, §6 (AMD). PL 2017, c. 164, §§14-16 (AMD). PL 2017, c. 427, §§16, 17 (AMD). PL 2017, c. 427, §19 (AFF). PL 2019, c. 325, §6 (AMD). PL 2019, c. 639, §§8-11 (AMD). PL 2021, c. 411, §§4-6 (AMD). PL 2023, c. 369, Pt. A, §4 (REV). PL 2023, c. 369, Pt. A, §5 (AFF). PL 2023, c. 646, Pt. A, §16 (AMD). PL 2025, c. 132, §5 (AMD).