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RI Gen L § 20-16-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 20 - Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 20-16 - Furbearing Animals|Section 20-16-10 - Green pelt as evidence of unlawful taking.

§ 20-16-10. Green pelt as evidence of unlawful taking.The possession of a green pelt, or any part of a pelt, by any person, except during the open season for the animal and for ten (10) days thereafter, shall be prima facie evidence that the pelt, or part of a pelt, was unlawfully taken and possessed. For the purposes of this section a "green pelt" is defined to mean a pelt that is not dried, cured, or tanned.History of Section.P.L. 1981, ch. 197, § 3.
RI Gen L § 20-16-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 20 - Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 20-16 - Furbearing Animals|Section 20-16-11 - Disturbing traps of another.

§ 20-16-11. Disturbing traps of another.No person shall disturb, tend, or possess a trap of another, or take a furbearing animal from the traps of another, unless specifically authorized to do so by the owner.History of Section.P.L. 1981, ch. 197, § 3.
RI Gen L § 20-16-12 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 20 - Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 20-16 - Furbearing Animals|Section 20-16-12 - Report of animals trapped.

§ 20-16-12. Report of animals trapped.Every holder of a trapping license shall make a report of the number and species of all furbearing animals taken by him or her on forms provided by the department within thirty (30) days of the end of the trapping season and before the expiration of the holder's license. No renewal of a trapping license shall be granted unless the report has been made.History of Section.P.L. 1981, ch. 197, § 3.
RI Gen L § 20-16-13 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 20 - Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 20-16 - Furbearing Animals|Section 20-16-13 - Deprivation of trapping privileges on second conviction.

§ 20-16-13. Deprivation of trapping privileges on second conviction.Any person convicted a second time of a violation of any of the provisions of this chapter shall, in addition to the penalties elsewhere prescribed, be deprived of the privilege of trapping for furbearing animals within this state for three (3) years thereafter under a penalty of thirty (30) days imprisonment for each offense.History of Section.P.L. 1981, ch. 197, § 3.
RI Gen L § 20-16-14 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 20 - Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 20-16 - Furbearing Animals|Section 20-16-14 - Repealed.

§ 20-16-14. Repealed.History of Section.P.L. 1981, ch. 197, § 3; Repealed by P.L. 2015, ch. 141, art. 20, § 17, effective June 30, 2015.
RI Gen L § 20-16-15 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 20 - Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 20-16 - Furbearing Animals|Section 20-16-15 - Repealed.

§ 20-16-15. Repealed.History of Section.P.L. 1981, ch. 197, § 3; Repealed by P.L. 2015, ch. 141, art. 20, § 17, effective June 30, 2015.
RI Gen L § 20-16-16 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 20 - Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 20-16 - Furbearing Animals|Section 20-16-16 - Digging or smoking out animals - Use of probes.

§ 20-16-16. Digging or smoking out animals — Use of probes.No person or persons shall remove, or attempt to remove, a live muskrat, raccoon, mink, otter, skunk, or fox from any hole in the ground, from any stone wall, from within any ledge or from under any stone, from any den or house, or from any hole in any log or tree by digging or smoking, or by probing with any wooden, metal, or other device. No person shall set a trap within eight feet (8′) from a muskrat house. The provision of this section may be waived by the director on application by a landowner seeking to protect his or her property from nuisance furbearers.History of Section.P.L. 1981, ch. 197, § 3.
RI Gen L § 20-16-17 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 20 - Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 20-16 - Furbearing Animals|Section 20-16-17 - Prohibition against hunting or killing otter.

§ 20-16-17. Prohibition against hunting or killing otter.No person shall hunt, trap, take, or kill an otter in this state. Any person violating the provision of this section shall be guilty of a civil violation and be subject to a fine of one hundred dollars ($100) for each offense. Jurisdiction over violations of this section shall be with the traffic tribunal.History of Section.P.L. 1981, ch. 197, § 3; P.L. 2007, ch. 253, § 5; P.L. 2007, ch. 294, § 5.
RI Gen L § 20-16-18 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 20 - Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 20-16 - Furbearing Animals|Section 20-16-18 - Unlawful possession or sale of furbearers.

§ 20-16-18. Unlawful possession or sale of furbearers.It is unlawful for any person to have in his or her possession any furbearer, or any part of a furbearer, unless it has been legally taken under the provisions of this chapter or chapter 17 of this title, or shall have been legally imported from another state or country. It is unlawful for any person at any time to sell, or offer for sale, any cottontail rabbit, varying hare, or gray squirrel, or any part thereof, excepting inedible parts such as heads, feet, hides, skins, or tails.History of Section.P.L. 1981, ch. 197, § 3.
RI Gen L § 20-17-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 20 - Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 20-17 - Artificial Propagation of Game|Section 20-17-1 - Propagation and raising of game birds and animals.

§ 20-17-1. Propagation and raising of game birds and animals.Any person holding a game propagation permit may engage in the rearing within an enclosure of any wild birds, game quadrupeds, or domestic game, to be disposed of for purposes of propagation under any rules and regulations as shall be made, from time to time, by the director, or, in the case of domestic game, for liberation at field trials or upon game preserves. Artificially propagated domestic game shall be tagged for identification with tags or seals supplied, at cost, to the permittee by the department, before being disposed of by the permittee. Game so tagged may be had in possession, transported, bought, and sold at any season of the year.History of Section.P.L. 1981, ch. 197, § 3.
RI Gen L § 20-17-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 20 - Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 20-17 - Artificial Propagation of Game|Section 20-17-2 - Sale of artificially propagated game.

§ 20-17-2. Sale of artificially propagated game.(a) No person shall engage in the commercial raising or selling of wild birds, game quadrupeds, or domestic game birds unless that person possesses a commercial game propagation license issued by the department.(b) Game raised under the license may be bought, sold, and had in possession, live, at any season of the year for purposes of propagation.(c) Carcasses of artificially propagated game may be sold only by a person who holds, in addition to a commercial propagation license, a license issued by the department authorizing the sale of game carcasses. All game carcasses sold under the license must have attached to the game carcass a tag or seal provided to the licensee by the department, at cost, which tag or seal shall remain intact until the game is used.(d) The director may, from time to time, issue any rules and regulations that he or she deems necessary to control the operation of the business of propagation, raising, and sale of game.History of Section.P.L. 1981, ch. 197, § 3.
RI Gen L § 20-17-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 20 - Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 20-17 - Artificial Propagation of Game|Section 20-17-3 - Records of game sales.

§ 20-17-3. Records of game sales.All persons selling artificially propagated or reared game and domestic game birds shall keep accurate records of the sales that shall be available for inspection by agents of the department upon request.History of Section.P.L. 1981, ch. 197, § 3.
RI Gen L § 20-17-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 20 - Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 20-17 - Artificial Propagation of Game|Section 20-17-4 - Counterfeiting or misuse of tags or seals.

§ 20-17-4. Counterfeiting or misuse of tags or seals.No person shall counterfeit any tag or seal issued by the department in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, and no tag or seal issued shall be affixed to the carcass of any game other than domestic game.History of Section.P.L. 1981, ch. 197, § 3.
RI Gen L § 20-17-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 20 - Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 20-17 - Artificial Propagation of Game|Section 20-17-5 - Labeling of domestic game birds and animals for shipment by common carrier.

§ 20-17-5. Labeling of domestic game birds and animals for shipment by common carrier.Common carriers may receive and transport at any time carcasses of domestic game birds and animals tagged as provided in §§ 20-17-1 and 20-17-2, but to every package containing the carcasses shall be affixed a tag or label upon which shall be plainly printed or written the name, address, and number of the license of the person to whom the license was issued; the name or names of the person or persons to whom the package is to be transported; the number and kind of carcasses contained in the package; and the signed statement that the package contains domestic game.History of Section.P.L. 1981, ch. 197, § 3; P.L. 1989, ch. 542, § 34.
RI Gen L § 20-17-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 20 - Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 20-17 - Artificial Propagation of Game|Section 20-17-6 - Retail sale of game birds and animals.

§ 20-17-6. Retail sale of game birds and animals.Any keeper of a hotel, a restaurant, a boarding house, and club or a retail dealer in meat may sell domestic game birds and animals, properly tagged or sealed as provided in §§ 20-17-1 and 20-17-2, to a patron or customer for actual consumption and no license for the sale shall be required of the person, keeper, dealer, or club.History of Section.P.L. 1981, ch. 197, § 3; P.L. 1989, ch. 542, § 34.
RI Gen L § 20-17-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 20 - Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 20-17 - Artificial Propagation of Game|Section 20-17-7 - License for importation of frozen game birds and animals.

§ 20-17-7. License for importation of frozen game birds and animals.No person, firm, corporation, or agent thereof shall import any frozen game from outside the state without having first obtained a license to do so from the director and the proper number of tags for each carcass to be imported and sold; provided, that any frozen game taken under a nonresident license in another state, and so identified with the hunter's name, address, state in which taken, and nonresident license number may be imported into Rhode Island without additional permits.History of Section.P.L. 1981, ch. 197, § 3.
RI Gen L § 20-17-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 20 - Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 20-17 - Artificial Propagation of Game|Section 20-17-8 - Revocation of license.

§ 20-17-8. Revocation of license.Any license or permit granted by the director, as provided in this chapter, may be by him or her revoked, for cause, at any time, and if any person to whom the license or permit has been issued shall be convicted of a violation of the conservation law in relation to fish and game, the director may not only revoke the license or permit of that person but thereafter no similar license or permit shall be issued to that person for a period of three (3) years.History of Section.P.L. 1981, ch. 197, § 3.
RI Gen L § 20-17-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 20 - Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 20-17 - Artificial Propagation of Game|Section 20-17-9 - Importation of live fish and game.

§ 20-17-9. Importation of live fish and game.The director may, by regulation, prohibit or otherwise regulate the importation of any live fish, birds, or animals from any other state, or from a foreign country, that is not regulated by the department of health under chapter 18 of title 4.History of Section.P.L. 1981, ch. 197, § 3.
RI Gen L § 20-17-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 20 - Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 20-17 - Artificial Propagation of Game|Section 20-17-10 - Possession by dealers or restaurants of wildlife not authorized for sale.

§ 20-17-10. Possession by dealers or restaurants of wildlife not authorized for sale.No person, firm, corporation, or association dealing in poultry, meats, fish, groceries, or other provision, or any other business that requires, or has, an ice box or cold storage or freezing vault, of any description, for use in connection with his or her, their or its business, and no hotel, club, public house, restaurant, or victualer's house shall purchase or possess any bird or animal, the sale of which is prohibited, without first obtaining a permit from the director.History of Section.P.L. 1981, ch. 197, § 3.
RI Gen L § 20-17-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 20 - Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 20-17 - Artificial Propagation of Game|Section 20-17-11 - Forfeiture of unlawfully possessed animals.

§ 20-17-11. Forfeiture of unlawfully possessed animals.All wild birds and wild animals seized under the provision of this title, that were taken, possessed, or kept in violation of the law, shall be forfeited to the state in the manner provided by law, and disposed of by the director at his or her discretion.History of Section.P.L. 1981, ch. 197, § 3.
RI Gen L § 20-18-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 20 - Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 20-18 - Wildlife Management Areas|Section 20-18-1 - Acquisition or control of land for protecting wildlife.

§ 20-18-1. Acquisition or control of land for protecting wildlife.The director may, in the name and for the use of the state, and subject to the approval of the state properties committee, acquire by gift, lease, purchase, or easement, land within the state for the purpose of protecting, conserving, cultivating, or propagating any species of wildlife, plant, or animal. The director may, with the consent of the owner of the land, control any land suitable with character and situation for those purposes. Any land so acquired or controlled by the department of environmental management shall be posted conspicuously and designated as a state park or management area.History of Section.P.L. 1981, ch. 197, § 3.
RI Gen L § 20-18-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 20 - Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 20-18 - Wildlife Management Areas|Section 20-18-2 - Hunting on land leased or controlled by the department.

§ 20-18-2. Hunting on land leased or controlled by the department.It is unlawful for any person at any time to hunt, trap, pursue, take, or kill, or attempt so to do, or in any manner molest or destroy, any wild bird, or the nest or eggs of wild birds, or any wild animal, on land leased or controlled by the department under the authority of § 20-18-1, except that the director may, in his or her discretion, and with any limitations the director may deem advisable, authorize, in writing, any deputy and/or the owner or occupant of the land, to hunt, pursue, take, or kill any wild bird or animal detrimental to its species or other species, to agriculture or other plant life, or to humans. This authority is revocable at the pleasure of the director.History of Section.P.L. 1981, ch. 197, § 3.
RI Gen L § 20-18-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 20 - Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 20-18 - Wildlife Management Areas|Section 20-18-3 - Hunting on public lands.

§ 20-18-3. Hunting on public lands.It is unlawful for any person to hunt, trap, pursue, take, or kill, or attempt so to do, or in any manner molest or destroy, any wild birds, or the nests or eggs of wild birds, or any wild animal, within the exterior boundaries of any state management area, or park, or land held by any entity in trust for public use, except that the authorities or persons having the control and charge of the lands may in their discretion, with limitations they may deem advisable, and consistent with the laws and rules and regulations of the state relating to seasons, bag and size limits, and manner of taking, authorize persons to hunt, take, or kill within the boundaries any wild birds or animals that are not now protected by law. Authorization is given by written permit, and the permit is revocable at the pleasure of the authorities or persons granting it. The provisions of this section may be enforced by the officials and persons having charge of these lands, and by environmental police officers of the department of environmental management.History of Section.P.L. 1981, ch. 197, § 3; P.L. 2017, ch. 79, § 1; P.L. 2017, ch. 94, § 1.
RI Gen L § 20-18.1-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 20 - Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 20-18.1 - Nongame Wildlife Fund|Section 20-18.1-1 - Declaration of intent.

§ 20-18.1-1. Declaration of intent.Whereas the state of Rhode Island recognizes that a diversified, stable, clean, and aesthetically satisfying natural environment is essential to the health, safety, and welfare of the people of Rhode Island; andWhereas such an environment contributes significantly to economic and social development and progress and is also of high value for educational, scientific, recreational, and other purposes; andWhereas it is further recognized that the continued existence of this natural environment within Rhode Island is dependent upon the maintenance of a high order of diversity of life forms within that environment and is equally dependent upon the maintenance of sufficient and suitable natural habitat in which a diverse fauna and flora can reproduce, find food, shelter, and clean soil, water, and air and carry out those functions essential to sustain their existences; andWhereas it is recognized that in addition to appropriate habitat, diversity and numbers of species and individuals in native faunal and floral populations is the key to maintaining a healthy, stable, and productive natural environment within which the citizens of Rhode Island can function; andWhereas it is acknowledged that Rhode Island has a distinctive natural community of living things worthy of protection for its own sake and for the use and benefits of its people; andWhereas it is further recognized that the existence of many individual species of animals and plants within Rhode Island has been, and may continue to be, threatened by the intentional and unintentional activities of humans in the course of their daily affairs:It is hereby declared to be the intent of the state of Rhode Island, to provide a means by which "nongame wildlife" research and management may be financed through a voluntary checkoff of a portion of an income tax refund owed to a taxpayer by the state. It is also intended that funds generated by the checkoff be supplemental to any funds that would otherwise be available for the above purposes, and that the funds be used only for "nongame wildlife" research and management.History of Section.P.L. 1986, ch. 437, § 1.
RI Gen L § 20-18.1-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 20 - Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 20-18.1 - Nongame Wildlife Fund|Section 20-18.1-2 - Definitions.

§ 20-18.1-2. Definitions.As used in this chapter the following terms shall, where the context permits, be construed as follows:(1) "Director" means the director of the department of environmental management, or any subordinate, or subordinates, to whom the director has delegated the powers and duties vested in him or her by this chapter.(2) "Nongame wildlife" means, generally, any member of the animal kingdom that is a species that is neither harvested or domesticated by humans in Rhode Island. It also means any member of the plant kingdom that grows in this state in a wild or unmanaged situation without cultivation, fertilization, or other agricultural practice required to sustain it. The director, in addition to his or her other powers, has the power to promulgate lists of the names of specific animals and plants that are excluded from the category of nongame wildlife, in accordance with these criteria.History of Section.P.L. 1986, ch. 437, § 1.
RI Gen L § 20-18.1-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 20 - Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 20-18.1 - Nongame Wildlife Fund|Section 20-18.1-3 - Nongame wildlife - Uses of the fund.

§ 20-18.1-3. Nongame wildlife — Uses of the fund.(a) Sums collected as a result of the taxpayer checkoff as provided for in § 44-30-2.2 shall be deposited as general revenues. The director is authorized to accept any grant, devise, bequest, donation, gift, or assignment of money, bonds, or other valuable securities for deposit as general revenues.(b) The moneys appropriated under this chapter are to be used solely to research, manage, protect, inventory, and establish a body of ecological information pertaining to nongame wildlife species. When appropriate, these uses may include habitat acquisition; educational programs; personnel needs; enforcement of laws pertaining specifically to nongame wildlife; planning, writing, and implementation of management programs; utilization of funds from other sources; and cooperation with other public and private programs with similar or parallel objectives. The moneys shall not be used for animal control programs, nor for any program or activity related directly to game or domestic animals.(c) Moneys deposited may be carried over from one fiscal year to the next.History of Section.P.L. 1986, ch. 437, § 1; P.L. 1995, ch. 370, art. 40, § 55.
RI Gen L § 20-19-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 20 - Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 20-19 - Field Trials and Shooting Preserves|Section 20-19-1 - Field trials.

§ 20-19-1. Field trials.No person shall conduct a field trial, at which domestic game birds may be taken by shooting, within this state, unless a license has been obtained from the director.History of Section.P.L. 1981, ch. 197, § 3; P.L. 1992, ch. 27, § 1.
RI Gen L § 20-19-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 20 - Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 20-19 - Field Trials and Shooting Preserves|Section 20-19-2 - Shooting preserves.

§ 20-19-2. Shooting preserves.No person shall operate a shooting preserve unless a license has been obtained from the director. Domestic game birds may be released and taken by shooting at shooting preserves. The following requirements must be followed in shooting preserves:(1) The shooting area is a single body of land not less than one hundred twenty (120) acres in size, and is accurately described in the application;(2) The licensee shall keep an accurate record of all domestic game held by him or her, how, when, and where acquired, how many released and when released, how many taken on the area, by whom, and when, and shall provide this information to the department when required;(3) The licensee shall attach to each domestic game bird killed on the area a band furnished by the department for which the licensee shall pay the cost of purchase or manufacture;(4) Domestic game birds taken on a shooting preserve may be possessed and transported in any number but only when bearing the prescribed band; and(5) Every person hunting or taking domestic game birds on a shooting preserve has a valid Rhode Island hunting license or a special license permitting the taking of domestic game on shooting preserves only.History of Section.P.L. 1981, ch. 197, § 3; P.L. 1992, ch. 27, § 1.
RI Gen L § 20-19-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 20 - Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 20-19 - Field Trials and Shooting Preserves|Section 20-19-3 - Use of domestic game birds.

§ 20-19-3. Use of domestic game birds.Only domestic game birds may be utilized by persons conducting a field trial or operating a shooting preserve subject to the provisions of this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 1981, ch. 197, § 3.
RI Gen L § 20-19-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 20 - Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 20-19 - Field Trials and Shooting Preserves|Section 20-19-4 - Laws inapplicable to field trials and shooting preserves.

§ 20-19-4. Laws inapplicable to field trials and shooting preserves.The provisions of § 4-1-5 and chapter 13 of this title shall not be construed to apply to shooting preserves; to field trials upon liberated, domestic game birds; or to the possession, releasing, or shooting of liberated domestic game birds at field trials or upon shooting preserves licensed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 1981, ch. 197, § 3.