§ 20-37-4. Enforcement.
(a) The director of environmental management and all enforcement personnel in the director's
department, all members of the state police force, and all duly authorized city and
town law enforcement authorities have power to enforce this law. They have authority
under warrant to search for and seize any goods, merchandise, or animal sold, or offered
for sale, or otherwise used or possessed in violation of this section, or any property
or item used in connection with a violation of this section; the seized goods, merchandise,
wildlife, or property shall be held pending proceedings in any court of proper jurisdiction.
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§ 20-37-4. Enforcement.
(a) The director of environmental management and all enforcement personnel in the director's
department, all members of the state police force, and all duly authorized city and
town law enforcement authorities have power to enforce this law. They have authority
under warrant to search for and seize any goods, merchandise, or animal sold, or offered
for sale, or otherwise used or possessed in violation of this section, or any property
or item used in connection with a violation of this section; the seized goods, merchandise,
wildlife, or property shall be held pending proceedings in any court of proper jurisdiction.
Upon conviction of a violation, the seized goods, merchandise, or animals shall be
forfeited and, upon forfeiture, either offered to a college or university for scientific
or educational purposes, or destroyed. The possessor of an animal included under this
chapter has the burden of proof that the animal or parts thereof are not held in violation
of this chapter.
(b) Individuals in possession of the skins of endangered species must show that the skins
were purchased or obtained prior to January 1, 1974.