Title 41 — GAME, FISH, PARKS AND FORESTRY

It is a Class 2 misdemeanor for any person to possess or control any bird, animal, or fish, or any part of any bird, animal, or fish, that has been unlawfully taken, caught, or killed in this or any other state or foreign country, or that has been unlawfully transported into this…

It is a Class 2 misdemeanor for an employee of any common carrier to carry any game bird or part of any game bird on a common carrier either as baggage or otherwise while engaged in the course of his or her employment. Source: SDC 1939, § 25.0503; SL 1977, ch 190 , § 594; SL 2009…

The possession of the carcasses, skins, heads, or antlers of more than one big game animal shall be considered prima facie evidence of the violation of the provisions of § 41-8-6 , except when in the possession of a duly licensed taxidermist for stuffing and mounting. Source: SDC…

It is a Class 1 misdemeanor to purchase, barter, or sell the meat, internal organs, or paws of any big game animal. However, any paws attached to the skin of a big game animal are not subject to the provisions of this section. Source: SDC 1939, § 25.0704; SL 1955, ch 85 ; SL 1961…

41-14-14 Tag required for big game transport--Violation as misdemeanor. 41-14-15 Licensee authorized to transport big game. 41-14-16 Tag required for big game transport--Common carrier. 41-14-17 Transportation permit required for transportation of big game by common carrier--Disp…

No big game animal taken in this state may be transported unless legally tagged, as required by rules promulgated pursuant to chapter 1-26 by the Department of Game, Fish and Parks. The big game must be legally tagged at the time the big game animal is brought out to a road or in…

Any person to whom there has been issued a license to hunt big game may carry, ship, or transport any big game animal or part of any big game animal lawfully possessed by the person upon the conditions set forth in §§ 41-14-16 and

If any big game is transported by a common carrier, to a point within or outside of this state, the animal must be legally tagged, as required by rules promulgated pursuant to chapter 1-26 by the Department of Game, Fish and Parks. No person may have in possession or as common ca…

If a part of any big game animal is transported by a common carrier to a location within or outside of this state, the licensee shall procure the permit provided by §

Except as otherwise specifically provided it is a Class 2 misdemeanor for any person to buy, sell, ship, or have in possession out of season the raw skins of any protected fur - bearing animals, whether caught, taken, or killed without or within this state. Source: SDC 1939, § 25…

The possession or control by any person of the raw skin of any protected fur-bearing animal, or any part of any protected fur-bearing animal, is prima facie evidence that the animal was the property of this state at the time it was caught, taken, or killed and that the animal was…

The possession or control by any person of any bird, animal, or fish, or any part of any bird, animal, or fish, the killing of which is at any time prohibited, is prima facie evidence that the bird, animal, or fish was the property of this state at the time it was caught, taken, …

The possession or control by any person of the raw skin of any protected fur-bearing animal, or any part of any protected fur-bearing animal, at any time when the killing, taking, or possession of such an animal is unlawful is prima facie evidence that the taking and killing occu…

It is a Class 2 misdemeanor for a person or corporation acting as a common carrier to ship, carry, take, or transport either within or beyond the confines of the state any protected fur-bearing animal except as permitted by this title or any fur-bearing animal regulated by the An…

Any licensed fur dealer may hold and store raw furs during closed season, and the agent of any common carrier may accept such furs for shipment at any time upon evidence that the consignor is duly licensed under the provisions of this title. Source: SDC 1939, § 25.0805; SL 2009, …

Each fur dealer licensee, licensed pursuant to the provisions of § 41-6-25 , shall keep a permanent record of each purchase made. The purchase record shall show the kind of each skin purchased, the date and place of each purchase, the full name and address of the vendor, and the …

41-14-25 Sale or knowing purchase of fish as misdemeanor except as provided. 41-14-26 41-14-26 to 41-14-28. Repealed by SL 2000, ch 209 , §§ 5 to 7 41-14-29 Sale and transportation of rough fish permitted. 41-14-30

It is a Class 2 misdemeanor to barter, sell, or offer for sale at any time or knowingly to purchase any fish taken or killed in any of the waters of this state except as provided in §§ 41-6-39 to 41-6-45 , inclusive, §§ 41-13-9 to 41-13-11 , inclusive, and § 41-14-29 , and except…

Rough fish legally taken, acquired, and possessed may be sold or transported or both, within or without the state unless otherwise provide by law. Source: SDC 1939, § 25.0603 as enacted by SL 1961, ch 120 , § 2; SL 2009, ch 206 , § 79. 41-14-30. Repealed by SL 1985, ch 324 , § 7 …

The possession or control by any person of any bird, animal, or fish at any time when the killing, taking, or possession of the bird, animal, or fish is unlawful is prima facie evidence that the taking or killing occurred during the closed season, unless the person in possession …

Repealed by SL 1985, ch 324 , § 7 41-14-31

41-14-33 Transportation of lawfully taken big game animal prohibited unless tagged--Violation as misdemeanor. 41-14-34 Repealed by SL 2012, ch 201 , § 4. 41-14-35 Taking baitfish without license as misdemeanor--Exception.

No person may take, catch, kill, or possess; possess with intent to sell; sell, offer, or expose for sale; ship by common carrier, convey, or cause to be conveyed; or possess with intent to ship or convey to any point, either within or without this state, any bird, animal, or fis…

No person may transport within the jurisdiction of this state any big game animal lawfully taken outside of South Dakota or upon tribal or trust land of an Indian reservation unless the big game animal is properly and securely tagged with a tag supplied by the governmental entity…

Repealed by SL 2012, ch 201 , § 4.

Except for lawful sport fishermen who may trap, seine, and possess up to twelve dozen baitfish for personal use, no person may seine or take baitfish from the waters of this state unless the person is licensed by the Department of Game, Fish and Parks in accordance with the provi…

No person may place into public storage any game bird, game fish, or game animal unless the game bird, game fish, or game animal has attached to it a tag showing the owner's name and address, the number and kind of bird, fish, or animal and the date the bird, fish, or animal is p…

It is a Class 2 misdemeanor for any keeper of any public eating house to serve any guest or patron any game, the taking or killing of which is prohibited by law, during any of the periods when the taking or killing of the same is prohibited, except as provided by §

The keeper of any public eating house may serve to any guest or patron in whole or in part Chinese ringneck or English pheasant produced by a licensee under § 41-6-31 , and any game bird taken under chapter 41-10 . Source: SDC 1939, § 25.0421 as added by SL 1955, ch 82 ; SL 1967,…

Except as permitted by statute, or rule of the Game, Fish and Parks Commission, it is a Class 2 misdemeanor for a common carrier, its officers, agents, or servants to ship, carry, take, or transport any resident or migratory bird either within or beyond the confines of this state…

Any person licensed under the provisions of chapter 41-6 may carry as personal baggage any small game or fish lawfully taken or possessed . No person may knowingly ship or receive for shipment by common carrier any small game or fish unless the container containing the small game…

41-14-11 Possession of more than one big game animal as prima facie evidence of violation--Taxidermist excepted. 41-14-12 Sale, purchase, or barter of meat, organs, or paws of big game animal as misdemeanor. 41-14-13

The permit delivered to the licensee shall be attached to the part of the big game animal to be transported, and if the permit is attached as provided in this section, a common carrier may receive the part of big game animal for shipment. Source: SDC 1939, § 25.0707 (3); SL 1941,…