Title 12, Title 12

1. Unlawfully rigging traps. A person may not use auxiliary teeth on any leg-hold trap set on land. 2. Use or possession of prohibited implements or aids. A person may not: A. Set or tend a snare for the purpose of trapping any wild animal or wild bird, except as provided in sect…

1. Trapping without written consent. A person may not, without first obtaining the written consent of the landowner or occupant, trap any wild animal on land in any organized or incorporated place or on the cultivated or pasture area of land that is used for agricultural purposes…

1. Prohibition. A person may not set a trap for any wild animal without having the trap plainly labeled with that person's full name and address or that person's trapping online licensing system identification number issued by the department. 2. Penalties. The following penalties…

1. Failure to visit traps. A person shall: A. While trapping in an organized or incorporated place: (1) Check each trap, except killer-type traps or drowning sets, at least once in every calendar day; and (2) Check each killer-type trap or drowning set at least once in every 3 ca…

A person may not disturb or take a trap or a wild animal from a trap, other than that person's own trap, without the consent of the owner of the trap, except that a landowner or occupant of land that the landowner or occupant is legally entitled to possess may remove any trap fou…

1. Prohibition. A department biologist or warden may not trap wild animals for profit while on duty within the district to which that person is assigned. 2. Penalties. The following penalties apply to violations of this section. A. A person who violates subsection 1 commits a civ…

1. Snares. A person may use snares to trap for beaver during the open beaver trapping season. 2. Rules. All rules adopted pursuant to section 10104, subsection 1 pertaining to the trapping of beaver with killer-type traps also apply to the trapping of beaver with snares. 3. Nonre…

1. Open and closed season. There is an open season on trapping bear from September 1st to October 31st annually. A. The commissioner may shorten the open season on bear in any part of the State as long as: (1) The demarcation of the areas with a shortened season follows recogniza…

1. Permit required. Except as otherwise authorized pursuant to this Part a person may not trap for bear without a valid bear trapping permit during the open bear trapping season under section 12260, subsection 1. Each day a person violates this subsection, that person commits a C…

The commissioner may issue a license to an organization recognized as a beagle club by the commissioner to take live snowshoe hares. [PL 2007, c. 45, §1 (NEW).] 1. License required. Except as otherwise authorized pursuant to this Part, a beagle club may not trap a snowshoe hare w…