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34 PA Cons Stat § 931 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 34 - GAME|Chapter 9 - Enforcement|Section 931 - Disposition of nonresident offenders

§ 931. Disposition of nonresident offenders. Subject to any inconsistent regulations or rules prescribed pursuant to 42 Pa.C.S. § 3502 (relating to financial regulations):  (1) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (2), upon the apprehension of a nonresident of this Commonwealth for any violation of this title that is a summary offense, the officer whose duty it is to enforce this title shall issue a citation as provided by the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure unless the nonresident offender elects to proceed under section 926 (relating to acknowledgment of guilt and receipt for payment).  (2) An officer whose duty it is to enforce this title shall be authorized to arrest a nonresident for a summary offense violation of this title and escort him to the appropriate issuing authority for a hearing, posting of bond or payment of the applicable fine and costs only when one or more of the following circumstances exist:  (i) The nonresident offender refuses to accept a citation from the officer. (ii) The nonresident offender fails to provide positive identification showing his mailing address.  (iii) The officer has reasonable grounds to believe the nonresident offender is a repeat offender under this title.  (iv) The officer has reasonable grounds to believe the nonresident offender is hunting while his hunting privileges are suspended or furtaking while his furtaking privileges are suspended.  (v) The officer has reasonable grounds to believe the nonresident offender has failed to respond to a citation issued under this title or to pay assessed fines or penalties for a prior offense under this title.  (vi) The officer has reasonable grounds to believe the nonresident offender may pose a threat of harm to another person or property or to himself or herself.  (vii) The officer has reasonable grounds to believe the nonresident offender will not appear as required if issued a citation.  The officer shall not exercise his authority to arrest a nonresident under this paragraph if the nonresident offender chooses to place the amount of the applicable fine and costs in a stamped envelope addressed to the appropriate issuing authority and mails the envelope in the presence of the officer.  (3) The amount of fine and costs to be mailed to the issuing authority under paragraph (2) may be paid in cash, personal or other check, credit card or guaranteed arrest bond.  (4) The officer shall give the nonresident offender a receipt for payment, a copy of which shall be mailed with the payment and a copy retained by the officer.   (Dec. 21, 1998, P.L.1274, No.166, eff. July 1, 1999)
34 PA Cons Stat § 932 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 34 - GAME|Chapter 9 - Enforcement|Section 932 - Determination of second or subsequent offenses

§ 932. Determination of second or subsequent offenses. Any person convicted or pleading guilty or signing an acknowledgment of guilt under any provisions of this title who, within the past seven years, was convicted or pleaded guilty or signed an acknowledgment of guilt for violating any of the provisions of this title or the former laws relating to game or wildlife then in force shall be sentenced under this title as a second or subsequent offender. Any acceptance of Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition within the past seven years of the present violation shall be considered for the purposes of determining a second or subsequent offense.  (July 9, 2010, P.L.387, No.54, eff. 60 days)   2010 Amendment. See section 6 of Act 54 in the appendix to this title for special provisions relating to public notice.
34 PA Cons Stat § 2101 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 34 - GAME|Chapter 21 - Game or Wildlife Protection|Section 2101 - Administration of title

§ 2101. Administration of title. The commission shall have the authority to administer and enforce this title and all laws of this Commonwealth relating to the encouragement, promotion and development of game or wildlife conservation interests and the protection, propagation, distribution and control over game or wildlife.
34 PA Cons Stat § 2103 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 34 - GAME|Chapter 21 - Game or Wildlife Protection|Section 2103 - Applicability of Federal laws

§ 2103. Applicability of Federal laws. (a) General rule.--The provisions of the Federal Migratory Bird Treaty Act (16 U.S.C. § 703 et seq.) or Federal Duck Stamp Act (16 U.S.C. § 718 et seq.) are hereby made a part of this title. Federal regulations shall not apply if commission regulations or other provisions of this title prescribe stronger or more detailed restrictions for the taking of migratory birds, nongame birds or game or wildlife.  (b) Penalty.--Any violation of the regulations which the commission is authorized to promulgate pursuant to these Federal laws and which is not otherwise specifically covered in this title is a summary offense of the fifth degree.
34 PA Cons Stat § 2121 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 34 - GAME|Chapter 21 - Game or Wildlife Protection|Section 2121 - Killing game or wildlife to protect property

§ 2121. Killing game or wildlife to protect property. (a) General rule.--Subject to any limitations in this subchapter, nothing in this title shall be construed to prohibit any person from killing any game or wildlife:  (1) which the person may witness actually engaged in the material destruction of cultivated crops, fruit trees, vegetables, livestock, poultry or beehives;  (2) anywhere on the property under the person's control, including detached lands being cultivated for the same or similar purposes, immediately following such destruction; or  (3) where the presence of the game or wildlife on any cultivated lands or fruit orchards is just cause for reasonable apprehension of additional imminent destruction.  Lands divided by a public highway shall not be construed as detached lands. Any person who wounds any game or wildlife shall immediately make a reasonable effort to find and kill the game or wildlife. Every person shall comply with all other regulations in this subchapter pertaining to the method and manner of killing, reporting the killing and the disposition of game or wildlife and their skins and carcasses.  (b) Protected game or wildlife.--Before any game or wildlife, which may be designated by regulation of the commission, or any bird or animal classified as threatened or endangered may be killed, every reasonable effort shall be made to live trap and transfer such game or wildlife. The trapping and transfer shall be done in cooperation with a representative of the commission.  (c) Definition.--As used in this subchapter, the word "person" shall be limited to any person cultivating, as a primary means of gaining a livelihood, any lands for general or specialized crop purposes, truck farming or fruit orchard or nursery being regularly maintained, as either the owner, lessee or a member of the family of the owner or lessee assisting with the cultivation of the land, or a domiciled member of the household of the owner or lessee or an employee of the owner or lessee, regularly and continuously assisting in the cultivation of the land or other person as authorized by commission permit.   (July 3, 2007, P.L.79, No.26, eff. 60 days)   2007 Amendment. Act 26 amended subsec. (c). Section 2 of Act 26 provided that Act 26 shall apply to offenses committed on or after the effective date of section 2.  Cross References. Section 2121 is referred to in sections 2124, 2503 of this title.
34 PA Cons Stat § 2122 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 34 - GAME|Chapter 21 - Game or Wildlife Protection|Section 2122 - Report to commission officer

§ 2122. Report to commission officer. Any person who kills any game or wildlife, other than raccoons, under the provisions of this subchapter shall, within 24 hours, report, orally or in writing, the killing to an officer of the commission. The report shall set forth the date, time and place of the killing, the number of species killed and the sex of the species.
34 PA Cons Stat § 2123 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 34 - GAME|Chapter 21 - Game or Wildlife Protection|Section 2123 - Safekeeping edible carcass pending disposition

§ 2123. Safekeeping edible carcass pending disposition. Unless otherwise directed by an officer of the commission, the entire carcass intact, less entrails, of each edible bird or animal killed under the provisions of this subchapter shall be held in a place of safekeeping pending final disposition pursuant to this chapter.
34 PA Cons Stat § 2124 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 34 - GAME|Chapter 21 - Game or Wildlife Protection|Section 2124 - Retention of edible carcass for food

 § 2124. Retention of edible carcass for food. (a) General rule.--Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), the carcass of one deer, bear or elk killed under the provisions of section 2121 (relating to killing game or wildlife to protect property) may be retained for food. All portions of the carcass generally considered edible shall be consumed only within the household of a person having authority to kill and possess the game or wildlife. No additional animals may be retained for food until the entire carcass of the animal previously retained has been entirely consumed. The head and hide of each deer, bear or elk killed and retained for food shall be properly salted, placed in safekeeping and turned over to a commission officer.  (b) Exceptions.--No carcass, or any part or parts thereof, of any deer, bear or elk shall be retained for food, by any person, if the animal was killed upon:  (1) Land located within a game or wildlife deterrent fence provided by the commission. (2) Land, or any part thereof, on which access for hunting purposes is denied at any time.
34 PA Cons Stat § 2125 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 34 - GAME|Chapter 21 - Game or Wildlife Protection|Section 2125 - Surrender of carcass to commission officer

§ 2125. Surrender of carcass to commission officer. Except as otherwise provided in this subchapter, the entire carcass, including the head and hide, of all big game animals and the entire carcass of any other game or wildlife, other than raccoons, shall be made available, unless otherwise directed by an officer of the commission, intact, less entrails, to any commission officer calling for them.
34 PA Cons Stat § 2126 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 34 - GAME|Chapter 21 - Game or Wildlife Protection|Section 2126 - Unlawful activities

 § 2126. Unlawful activities. (a) General rule.--It is unlawful for any person while acting under the provisions of this subchapter to:  (1) Place any salt, bait or food of any kind or quantity or use any artificial means for the purpose of attracting or luring any game or wildlife upon any lands.  (2) Use any method not approved by the commission except that traps may be used to take furbearers and groundhogs.  (3) Use any firearm except a center fire propelling a single all-lead, lead alloy or expanding bullet or ball to kill or attempt to kill any big game animal.  (4) Fail or neglect to report the killing of any game or wildlife other than raccoons. (5) Fail or neglect to care for the carcass, or any part thereof, of any game or wildlife other than raccoons.  (6) Refuse to answer, without evasion, upon request of any representative of the commission, any pertinent question pertaining to the killing or wounding of any game or wildlife killed or wounded, or the disposition of the entire carcass or any part thereof.  (7) Fail to produce satisfactory evidence that material damage was done within the preceding 15 days and that there was just cause for reasonable apprehension of additional imminent destruction.  (8) Fail to relinquish to any officer the entire carcass, less the entrails, of any game or wildlife, other than raccoons, killed to which the person killing the game or wildlife is not legally entitled thereto.  (9) Fail to comply with any other provision of this subchapter. (b) Penalties.-- (1) A violation of this subchapter pertaining to big game animals is a summary offense of the fourth degree.  (2) A violation of this subchapter pertaining to any other game or wildlife, other than raccoons, is a summary offense of the seventh degree.  (3) Each bird or animal involved in a violation constitutes a separate offense.
34 PA Cons Stat § 2141 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 34 - GAME|Chapter 21 - Game or Wildlife Protection|Section 2141 - Killing game or wildlife to protect person

§ 2141. Killing game or wildlife to protect person. (a) General rule.--It is unlawful for a person to kill any game or wildlife as a means of protection unless it is clearly evident from all the facts that a human is endangered to a degree that the immediate destruction of the game or wildlife is necessary.  (b) Report, safekeeping and investigation.--A person killing any game or wildlife under this subchapter shall report the event to an officer as soon as possible following the incident but in no case later than 24 hours, provide for safekeeping of the game or wildlife intact at the place where it was killed and be available for interview by the officer. The person killing the game or wildlife shall answer, without evasion, any pertinent questions of the officer making the investigation.  (c) Exoneration.--At the conclusion of any investigation when any game or wildlife is allegedly killed as protection to a person, the officer may exonerate the person for the otherwise unlawful killing of the game or wildlife. In all cases the officer shall seize and dispose of the game or wildlife as required by this title or upon instructions of the director.  (d) Prosecution.--Any officer making an investigation when game or wildlife was allegedly killed as a protection to a person shall proceed with prosecution as though the game or wildlife was unlawfully killed if the officer is dissatisfied with the explanation of the person killing the game or wildlife or if the physical facts of the killing do not support and sustain the facts alleged by the person killing the game or wildlife.  (e) Penalties.--A violation of this section relating to:  (1) Threatened or endangered species is a misdemeanor. (2) Elk or bear is a summary offense of the first degree. (3) Deer is a summary offense of the second degree. (4) Bobcat or otter is a summary offense of the third degree. (5) Wild turkey or beaver is a summary offense of the fourth degree. (6) Any other game or wildlife is a summary offense of the fifth degree. (Oct. 24, 2012, P.L.1205, No.150, eff. 60 days)   2012 Amendment. Act 150 amended subsec. (e)(1).
34 PA Cons Stat § 2161 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 34 - GAME|Chapter 21 - Game or Wildlife Protection|Section 2161 - Commonwealth actions for damage to game or wildlife

§ 2161. Commonwealth actions for damage to game or wildlife. (a) Declaration of policy.--The Commonwealth has sufficient interest in game or wildlife living in a free state to give it standing, through its authorized agents, to recover compensatory and punitive damages in a civil action against any person who kills any game or wildlife or who damages any game or wildlife habitat. The proprietary ownership, jurisdiction and control of game or wildlife living free in nature is vested in the Commonwealth by virtue of the continued expenditure of its funds and its efforts to protect, propagate, manage and preserve the game or wildlife population as a renewable natural resource of this Commonwealth.  (b) General rule.--The commission, as the agency of the Commonwealth authorized to regulate, protect, propagate, manage and preserve game or wildlife, may, in addition to the penalties provided in this title, bring civil actions on behalf of the Commonwealth for compensatory and punitive damages for any game or wildlife killed or any game or wildlife habitat injured or destroyed. In determining the value of game or wildlife killed or habitat injured or destroyed, the commission may consider all factors that give value to the game or wildlife or habitat. These factors may include, but need not be limited to, the commercial resale value, the replacement costs or the recreational value of observing, hunting or furtaking. In addition, the commission may recover the costs of gathering the evidence, including expert testimony, in any civil action brought under this section where the defendant is found liable for damages.  (c) Concurrent authority.--The commission shall have concurrent authority to enforce the act of November 26, 1978 (P.L.1375, No.325), known as the Dam Safety and Encroachments Act, and the regulations thereto, with respect to encroachments and water obstructions only if a violation would, in the opinion of the commission, negatively impact upon a swamp, marsh or wetland. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 26, in the event the commission shall bring a civil action suit pursuant to section 21 or a criminal proceeding pursuant to section 22 of the Dam Safety and Encroachments Act, any moneys recovered by the commission shall be deposited in the Game Fund instead of the Dams and Encroachments Fund.  (d) Exemptions.--Nothing in this section shall be construed to include normal or accepted practices which have been conducted within guidelines set forth by the State or Federal agency having jurisdiction over such actions or any activities arising from lawful activity by other land uses, including farming, mining, oil and gas drilling, habitat management practices, forestry practices, recreation or real estate development.
34 PA Cons Stat § 2162 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 34 - GAME|Chapter 21 - Game or Wildlife Protection|Section 2162 - Disturbance of game or wildlife

 § 2162. Disturbance of game or wildlife. (a) General rule.--It is unlawful for any person to drive or disturb game or wildlife except while engaged in the lawful activities set forth in this title.  (b) Nonapplicability.--This section shall not apply to any owner of land, any member of the commission, the director, any representative of the commission or any other law enforcement officer engaged in any otherwise lawful action.  (c) Penalty.--A violation of subsection (a) shall be a summary offense of the first degree.
34 PA Cons Stat § 2163 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 34 - GAME|Chapter 21 - Game or Wildlife Protection|Section 2163 - Unlawful importation of game or wildlife

§ 2163. Unlawful importation of game or wildlife. (a) General rule.--It is unlawful for any person to bring or, in any manner, to have transported into this Commonwealth from any other state or nation, any living game or wildlife or the eggs of any bird, the importation of which is prohibited by the commission or under the provisions of any Federal law, or to release within this Commonwealth any game or wildlife reared in captivity or in a domestic state, the importation of which is prohibited.  (b) Further restrictions.--It is unlawful to bring into, sell or possess any game or wildlife or the eggs of any bird or to release within this Commonwealth, for any purpose, imported game or wildlife or game or wildlife reared in captivity or in a domestic state in this Commonwealth contrary to any regulations the commission promulgates to safeguard the native game or wildlife of this Commonwealth.  (c) Penalties.-- (1) Except for endangered or threatened species, a person importing, selling, releasing or possessing game or wildlife or the eggs of any bird contrary to any of the provisions of this section, or causing them to be released or imported, commits a summary offense of the fifth degree. Each bird, egg or animal involved in a violation constitutes a separate offense.  (2) A violation of this section relating to any endangered or threatened species is a misdemeanor. Each bird, egg or game or wildlife involved in the violation constitutes a separate offense.  (d) Contraband.--Any game or wildlife or egg possessed by any person contrary to this section is contraband.  (Oct. 24, 2012, P.L.1205, No.150, eff. 60 days)   2012 Amendment. Act 150 amended subsec. (c)(2).
34 PA Cons Stat § 2164 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 34 - GAME|Chapter 21 - Game or Wildlife Protection|Section 2164 - Unlawful taking and possession of protected birds

§ 2164. Unlawful taking and possession of protected birds. (a) General rule.--Except as otherwise provided in this title, it is unlawful for any person at any time to kill or attempt or conspire to kill or take or attempt, assist, aid or abet in the taking of any protected birds or possess protected birds, or any part thereof.  (b) Hawks, falcons or owls.--It is lawful for protected hawks, falcons or owls to be taken and possessed for use in falconry. Protected hawks, falcons or owls shall not be bought, sold or bartered, or offered for sale or barter, or held in possession for sale or barter.  (c) Mounting or retention in possession.--Except pursuant to a permit issued by the commission, no protected bird or part thereof shall be mounted or retained in possession.  (d) Penalties.-- (1) A violation of this section is a summary offense of the fifth degree for each protected bird or part thereof.  (2) A violation of this section relating to birds which are listed as threatened or endangered is, in addition to any other penalties, a misdemeanor.  (e) Contraband.--Any game or wildlife or egg possessed by any person contrary to this section is contraband.  (Oct. 24, 2012, P.L.1205, No.150, eff. 60 days)   2012 Amendment. Act 150 amended subsec. (d)(2).
34 PA Cons Stat § 2165 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 34 - GAME|Chapter 21 - Game or Wildlife Protection|Section 2165 - Possession or interference with active nests or eggs of birds

§ 2165. Possession or interference with active nests or eggs of birds. (a) General rule.--Except as otherwise provided in this title, it is unlawful for any person to take or have in possession or under control either the active nest or any egg of any game bird or protected bird or to interfere with or destroy the active nest or egg.  (b) Penalties.-- (1) A violation of this section is a summary offense of the fifth degree for each active nest or egg possessed or interfered with.  (2) A violation of this section relating to birds which are listed as threatened or endangered is, in addition to any other penalties, a misdemeanor for each active nest or egg possessed.  (c) Contraband.--Any active nest or egg possessed by any person contrary to this section is contraband.  (Oct. 24, 2012, P.L.1205, No.150, eff. 60 days)   2012 Amendment. Act 150 amended subsec. (b)(2).