Section 12303-A - Time limits for registering bear, deer, moose or wild turkey1.Time limits. Except as provided in subsection 1-A and in section 12307 or in rules adopted under section 12301-B, a person may not keep any of the following unregistered wild animals for more than 18 hours: A. Bear; [2021, c. 704, §3(RPR).]B. Deer; [2021, c. 704, §3(RPR).]C. Moose; or [2021, c. 704, §3(RPR).]D. Wild turkey. [2021, c. 704, §3(RPR).] [2021, c. 704, §3(RPR).]
1-A.Exceptions. The following are exceptions to the time limitation for registering harvested wild animals established in subsection 1: A. A person may keep a harvested animal in an official registration station for that animal or at the office of a game warden for more than 18 hours; [2003, c. 655, Pt. B, §230(NEW); 2003, c. 655, Pt. B, §422(AFF).]B. A person may leave an unregistered animal harvested by that person in the woods if that person notifies a game warden within 18 hours as to the location of that animal and the circumstances necessitating leaving that animal in the woods; [2017, c. 226, §1(AMD).]C. A person on a hunting trip in an unorganized township and staying at a temporary place of lodging may keep an unregistered harvested animal at the temporary place of lodging for no more than 7 days or until that person leaves the woods, whichever comes first; and [2017, c. 226, §1(AMD).]D. A person may keep an unregistered animal harvested by that person if that person notifies a game warden within 18 hours as to the location of that animal and the circumstances preventing the person from registering the animal in accordance with subsection 1. [2017, c. 226, §2(NEW).] [2017, c. 226, §§1, 2(AMD).]
2.Penalty. A person who violates this section commits a Class E crime. [2003, c. 655, Pt. B, §230(NEW); 2003, c. 655, Pt. B, §422(AFF).]
Amended by 2022, c. 704,§ 3, eff. 8/8/2022.Amended by 2021SP1, c. 121,§ 3, eff. 10/18/2021.Amended by 2021SP1, c. 54,§ 11, eff. 10/18/2021.Amended by 2017, c. 226,§ 1 and § 2, eff. 11/1/2017.2003, c. 655, §B230 (NEW) . 2003, c. 655, §B422 (AFF) .