Rhode Island § 20-16-9 § 20-16-9. Setting of traps.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 20-16-9 — § 20-16-9. Setting of traps.

Rhode Island § 20-16-9

Title 20Fish and Wildlife

Ch. 20-16Furbearing Animals

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R.I. Gen. Laws § 20-16-9 (2026).

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§ 20-16-9. Setting of traps.
No trap shall be set by any person on the enclosed land of another without the written
            permission of the owner of the land. Every trap shall be placed in a hole, brush pile,
            stone wall, or other protected place, so situated as to be inaccessible to any domestic
            animal. No person setting a trap, or traps, shall fail to visit the traps at least
            once every twenty-four (24) hours. No traps shall be set, staked, or placed where
            furbearing animals might be found before the opening day and time of the trapping
            season established pursuant to § 20-1-12; all traps shall be removed by the last day of the season.
         
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§ 20-16-9. Setting of traps.

No trap shall be set by any person on the enclosed land of another without the written permission of the owner of the land. Every trap shall be placed in a hole, brush pile, stone wall, or other protected place, so situated as to be inaccessible to any domestic animal. No person setting a trap, or traps, shall fail to visit the traps at least once every twenty-four (24) hours. No traps shall be set, staked, or placed where furbearing animals might be found before the opening day and time of the trapping season established pursuant to § 20-1-12; all traps shall be removed by the last day of the season.