Maine § 12 §12202 Trapping by landowner

Maine Statutes

§ 12 §12202 — Trapping by landowner

Maine § 12 §12202

Title 12CONSERVATION

Part 13INLAND FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE

Ch. 917TRAPPING

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Bluebook

Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 12, § 12 §12202 (2026).

Text

Notwithstanding section 12201, subsection 1 and subject to all other applicable laws and rules, a resident and a member of the resident's immediate family, as long as the trapper's license to trap is not under suspension or revocation, may trap for wild animals without a trapping license issued under section 12201 on land:

1.Possession. To which they are legally entitled to possession;

2.Domiciled. On which they are actually domiciled; and

3.Agricultural purposes.

4.Minimum acreage. That is 10 or more contiguous acres in size.

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Notwithstanding section 12201, subsection 1 and subject to all other applicable laws and rules, a resident and a member of the resident's immediate family, as long as the trapper's license to trap is not under suspension or revocation, may trap for wild animals without a trapping license issued under section 12201 on land:
1.
Possession.
To which they are legally entitled to possession;
2.
Domiciled.
On which they are actually domiciled; and
3.
Agricultural purposes.
4.
Minimum acreage.
That is 10 or more contiguous acres in size.

Legislative History

PL 2003, c. 414, §A2 (NEW). PL 2003, c. 414, §D7 (AFF). PL 2003, c. 614, §9 (AFF). PL 2013, c. 408, §18 (AMD). PL 2015, c. 301, §29 (AMD). PL 2025, c. 126, §§4, 5 (AMD).