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MT Code § 87-6-412 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 87. Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 6. Fish and Wildlife Criminal Provisions|Part 4. Hunting Offenses|87-6-412. Tagging of turkey offenses

  87-6-412. Tagging of turkey offenses. (1) A person who kills, captures, or possesses a wild turkey by authority of any turkey tag or permit may not:  (a) fail or neglect to attach the tag to the turkey in compliance with instructions on the tag or to electronically validate the tag in accordance with rules adopted pursuant to 87-2-119 prior to the person leaving or the turkey being removed from the site of the kill;   (b) fail to validate the tag either electronically or by not filling out or punch marking the tag as required;   (c) unless the tag was electronically validated, fail to keep the tag attached while the turkey is possessed by the person; or   (d) tag a turkey with or electronically validate a license or tag that is restricted to a hunting district other than the hunting district where the turkey was killed.   (2) A person who is convicted of or who forfeits bond or bail after being charged with a violation of this section shall be fined not less than $50 or more than $1,000 or be imprisoned in the county detention center for not more than 6 months, or both. In addition, the person, upon conviction or forfeiture of bond or bail, may be subject to forfeiture of any current hunting, fishing, or trapping license issued by this state and the privilege to hunt, fish, and trap in this state or to use state lands, as defined in 77-1-101, for recreational purposes for a period of time set by the court.   History: En. Sec. 41, Ch. 258, L. 2011; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 149, L. 2015; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 75, L. 2017; amd. Sec. 21, Ch. 552, L. 2021.
MT Code § 87-6-413 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 87. Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 6. Fish and Wildlife Criminal Provisions|Part 4. Hunting Offenses|87-6-413. Hunting or killing over limit

  87-6-413. Hunting or killing over limit. (1) A person may not attempt to kill, take, shoot, or capture or kill, take, hunt, shoot, or capture more than one game animal of any one species in any 1 license year unless the killing of more than one game animal of that species has been authorized by regulations of the department.   (2) If a person is convicted or forfeits bond or bail after being charged with hunting or killing over the limit of:   (a) mountain sheep, moose, wild buffalo, caribou, mountain goat, black bear, or grizzly bear, the person shall be fined not less than $500 or more than $2,000 or be imprisoned in the county detention center for not more than 6 months, or both. In addition, the person shall forfeit any current hunting, fishing, recreational use, or trapping license issued by this state and the privilege to hunt, fish, or trap in this state for 30 months from the date of conviction or forfeiture unless the court imposes a longer period.   (b) deer, antelope, elk, or mountain lion, the person shall be fined not less than $300 or more than $1,000 or be imprisoned in the county detention center for not more than 6 months, or both. In addition, the person shall forfeit any current hunting, fishing, or trapping license issued by this state and the privilege to hunt, fish, or trap in this state for 24 months from the date of conviction or forfeiture unless the court imposes a longer period.   (c) fur-bearing animal, the person shall be fined not less than $100 or more than $1,000 or be imprisoned in the county detention center for not more than 6 months, or both. In addition, the person shall forfeit any current hunting, fishing, or trapping license issued by this state and the privilege to hunt, fish, or trap in this state for 24 months from the date of conviction or forfeiture unless the court imposes a longer period, and any pelts possessed unlawfully must be confiscated.   (3) A person convicted of unlawful taking of more than double the legal bag limit as described in this section may be subject to the additional penalties provided in 87-6-901 and 87-6-902.   (4) A violation of this section may also result in an order to pay restitution pursuant to 87-6-905 through 87-6-907.   History: En. Sec. 42, Ch. 258, L. 2011.
MT Code § 87-6-414 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 87. Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 6. Fish and Wildlife Criminal Provisions|Part 4. Hunting Offenses|87-6-414. Failure to wear hunter orange while big game hunting

  87-6-414. Failure to wear hunter orange while big game hunting. (1) Except as provided in subsection (3), a person may not hunt any big game animals in this state or accompany any hunter as an outfitter or guide under any of the provisions of the laws of this state without wearing as exterior garments above the waist a total of not less than 400 square inches of hunter orange material visible at all times while hunting.   (2) As used in this section, "hunter orange" means a daylight fluorescent orange color.   (3) This section does not apply to a person hunting:   (a) with a bow and arrow during the special archery season; or   (b) wolves outside the general deer and elk season as authorized by commission rules.   (4) The department shall make rules to implement this section.   (5) A person convicted of a violation of this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than $10 or more than $20.   History: En. Sec. 43, Ch. 258, L. 2011; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 13, L. 2013; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 297, L. 2013.
MT Code § 87-6-415 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 87. Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 6. Fish and Wildlife Criminal Provisions|Part 4. Hunting Offenses|87-6-415. Failure to obtain landowner's permission for hunting

  87-6-415. Failure to obtain landowner's permission for hunting. (1) A person may not hunt or attempt to hunt furbearers, game animals, migratory game birds, nongame wildlife, predatory animals, upland game birds, or wolves on private property without first obtaining permission of the landowner, the lessee, or their agents.  (2) A person who violates this section shall, upon conviction for a first offense, be fined not less than $135 or more than $500.   (3) A person convicted of a second or subsequent offense of hunting on private property without obtaining permission of the landowner within 5 years shall be fined not less than $500 or more than $1,000.   (4) In addition, the person, upon conviction under subsection (3) or forfeiture of bond or bail:   (a) shall forfeit any current hunting, fishing, or trapping license issued by this state and the privilege to hunt, fish, or trap in this state or to use state lands, as defined in 77-1-101, for recreational purposes for not less than 12 months or more than 3 years from the date of conviction or forfeiture [of bond or bail]; and   (b) may be ordered to make restitution for property damage resulting from the violation in an amount and manner to be set by the court. The court shall determine the manner and amount of restitution after full consideration of the convicted person's ability to pay the restitution. Upon good cause shown by the convicted person, the court may modify any previous order specifying the amount and manner of restitution. Full payment of the amount of restitution ordered must be made prior to the release of state jurisdiction over the person convicted.   (5) For the purposes of this section, the term "hunt" has the same meaning as provided in 87-6-101 and includes entering private land to:   (a) retrieve wildlife; or   (b) access public land to hunt.   History: En. Sec. 44, Ch. 258, L. 2011; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 338, L. 2013; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 92, L. 2015; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 92, L. 2021.
MT Code § 87-6-416 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 87. Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 6. Fish and Wildlife Criminal Provisions|Part 4. Hunting Offenses|87-6-416. through 87-6-419 reserved

  87-6-416 through 87-6-419 reserved.
MT Code § 87-6-420 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 87. Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 6. Fish and Wildlife Criminal Provisions|Part 4. Hunting Offenses|87-6-420. Prohibition on carcass imports

  87-6-420. Prohibition on carcass imports. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), it is unlawful to transport into this state the whole carcass or certain carcass parts of white-tailed deer, mule deer, moose, or elk from states or provinces with documented occurrences of chronic wasting disease, as determined by the fish and wildlife commission, in wild populations or on private game farms.   (2) The following carcass parts may be transported into this state from the places described in subsection (1):   (a) meat that is cut and wrapped or meat that is boned out;   (b) quarters or other portions of meat with no part of the spinal column or head attached;   (c) hides with no heads attached;   (d) skull plates or antlers with no meat or tissue attached;   (e) skulls that have been boiled and cleaned to remove flesh and tissue;   (f) upper canine teeth; and   (g) head, partial body, or whole body mounts prepared by a taxidermist.   (3) (a) Except as provided in subsection (3)(b), a person convicted of a violation of this section shall be fined up to $500 or, upon conviction or forfeiture of bond or bail, may be subject to forfeiture of any current hunting, fishing, or trapping license issued by the state and the privilege to hunt, fish, or trap in this state or to use state lands as defined in 77-1-101 for recreational purposes for a period of time set by the court.   (b) Through January 31, 2019, a person who violates this section for the first time must be issued a warning and may not be fined. A person who commits a subsequent violation prior to January 31, 2019, is subject to the penalties provided in subsection (3)(a).   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 293, L. 2017.
MT Code § 87-6-601 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 87. Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 6. Fish and Wildlife Criminal Provisions|Part 6. Trapping Offenses|87-6-601. Trapping and snaring offenses

  87-6-601. Trapping and snaring offenses. (1) A person may not use a trap or snare for the purpose of trapping or snaring a fur-bearing animal, a predatory animal, or a nongame species unless:  (a) the trap or snare is tagged with a metal tag bearing an individual identifying number issued by the department or the owner's name and address unless the person is trapping or snaring on the person's land or an irrigation ditch right-of-way contiguous to the person's land; and   (b) the trap or snare is set in a manner and at a time so that it will not unduly endanger livestock. A person who injures livestock in a trap or snare is liable for damages to the owner of the livestock.   (2) A person may not use a trap or snare for the purpose of trapping or snaring a fur-bearing animal, a predatory animal, or a nongame species on private property without obtaining permission from the landowner, the lessee, or their agents.   (3) A person may not at any time willfully destroy, open or leave open, or partially destroy a house of any muskrat or beaver, except that trapping in the house of muskrats is not prohibited when authorized by the commission.   (4) (a) A person may not destroy, disturb, or remove any trap or snare belonging to another person or remove wildlife from a trap or snare belonging to another person without permission of the owner of the trap or snare, except that from March 1 to October 1 of each year a person may remove any snare from land owned or leased by the person if the snare would endanger livestock.   (b) This subsection (4) does not apply to a law enforcement officer acting within the scope of the officer's duty.   (5) A person convicted of a violation of this section shall be fined not less than $50 or more than $1,000 or be imprisoned in the county detention center for not more than 6 months, or both. In addition, the person, upon conviction or forfeiture of bond or bail, may be subject to forfeiture of any current hunting, fishing, or trapping license issued by the state and the privilege to hunt, fish, or trap in this state or to use state lands, as defined in 77-1-101, for recreational purposes for a period of time set by the court.   (6) A violation of this section may also result in an order to pay restitution pursuant to 87-6-905 and 87-6-906.   History: En. Sec. 46, Ch. 258, L. 2011; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 96, L. 2021.
MT Code § 87-6-602 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 87. Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 6. Fish and Wildlife Criminal Provisions|Part 6. Trapping Offenses|87-6-602. Trapping during closed season

  87-6-602. Trapping during closed season. (1) A person may not trap or hunt or attempt to trap or hunt any fur-bearing animal until the commission provides an open season on any fur-bearing animal. The furs and hides of fur-bearing animals legally taken during the open season may be possessed, bought, and sold at any time except as provided by law.   (2) When it is shown that muskrats or beaver are causing severe injury to or are a menace to the structures, canal banks, or other works of an irrigation project or district or to a stock water pond, any employee or resident landowner on the project or district may kill or trap or cause to be killed or trapped any muskrat or beaver upon or in menacing proximity to the structures, canal banks, or other works of the project or district or the stock water pond during the closed season on muskrats or beaver after having secured from the director a permit to do so, except that from June 1 to August 31 of each year, a permit is not required.   (3) A person convicted of a violation of this section shall be fined not less than $100 or more than $1,000 or be imprisoned in the county detention center for not more than 6 months, or both. In addition, the person, upon conviction or forfeiture of bond or bail, shall forfeit any current hunting, fishing, or trapping license issued by this state and the privilege to hunt, fish, or trap in this state for 24 months from the date of conviction or forfeiture unless the court imposes a longer period, and any pelts possessed unlawfully must be confiscated.   (4) A violation of this section may also result in an order to pay restitution pursuant to 87-6-905 and 87-6-906.   History: En. Sec. 47, Ch. 258, L. 2011.
MT Code § 87-6-603 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 87. Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 6. Fish and Wildlife Criminal Provisions|Part 6. Trapping Offenses|87-6-603. Waste of fur-bearing animal

  87-6-603. Waste of fur-bearing animal. (1) A person may not waste a fur-bearing animal by purposely or knowingly:   (a) failing to pick up traps or snares at the end of the trapping season so that the pelt of a fur-bearing animal is wasted;   (b) attending traps or snares so that fur-bearing animals are wasted; or   (c) wasting the pelt of any fur-bearing animal.   (2) The department shall enforce the provisions of this section.   (3) The following are exempt from this section:   (a) federal, state, and county predator control programs; and   (b) pelts of muskrat and beaver killed pursuant to 87-6-602(2).   (4) As used in this section, "pelt" means the pelt, skin, or fur of a fur-bearing animal.   (5) A person convicted of a violation of this section shall be fined not less than $50 or more than $1,000 or be imprisoned in the county detention center for not more than 6 months, or both. In addition, a person, upon conviction or forfeiture of bond or bail, shall:   (a) forfeit any current hunting, fishing, or trapping license issued by this state and the privilege to hunt, fish, or trap in this state for 24 months from the date of conviction or forfeiture unless the court imposes a longer period; and   (b) pay restitution pursuant to 87-6-905 and 87-6-906.   History: En. Sec. 48, Ch. 258, L. 2011; amd. Sec. 128, Ch. 258, L. 2011.
MT Code § 87-6-701 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 87. Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 6. Fish and Wildlife Criminal Provisions|Part 7. Commercial Offenses|87-6-701. Failure to report or tattoo

  87-6-701. Failure to report or tattoo. (1) Any bear, wolf, tiger, mountain lion, or coyote that is captured alive to be released later or that is held in captivity for any purpose must be reported to the department within 3 days of the capture or commencement of captivity.   (2) Each animal reported as required in subsection (1) must be permanently tattooed or otherwise permanently identified in a manner that will provide positive individual identification of the animal. No tattoo is required if the animal is subject to a permanent, individual identification process by another state or federal agency.   (3) Any person holding a bear, wolf, tiger, mountain lion, or coyote in captivity shall immediately report to the department any death, escape, release, transfer of custody, or other disposition of the animal.   (4) A person convicted of a violation of this section shall be fined not less than $50 or more than $1,000 or be imprisoned in the county detention center for not more than 6 months, or both. In addition, the person, upon conviction or forfeiture of bond or bail, may be subject to forfeiture of any current hunting, fishing, or trapping license issued by this state and the privilege to hunt, fish, or trap in this state or to use state lands, as defined in 77-1-101, for recreational purposes for a period of time set by the court.   History: En. Sec. 49, Ch. 258, L. 2011.
MT Code § 87-6-703 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 87. Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 6. Fish and Wildlife Criminal Provisions|Part 7. Commercial Offenses|87-6-703. Taxidermist offenses

  87-6-703. Taxidermist offenses. (1) A person convicted of a violation of 87-4-201 related to the licensing and recordkeeping of taxidermists shall be fined not less than $50 or more than $1,000 or be imprisoned in the county detention center for not more than 6 months, or both. In addition, the person, upon conviction or forfeiture of bond or bail, may be subject to forfeiture of any current hunting, fishing, or trapping license issued by this state and the privilege to hunt, fish, or trap in this state or to use state lands, as defined in 77-1-101, for recreational purposes for a period of time set by the court.   (2) In addition to the penalties in subsection (1), the taxidermist's license of the person convicted may be revoked by the court.   History: En. Sec. 51, Ch. 258, L. 2011.
MT Code § 87-6-704 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 87. Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 6. Fish and Wildlife Criminal Provisions|Part 7. Commercial Offenses|87-6-704. Fur dealer offenses

  87-6-704. Fur dealer offenses. A person convicted of a violation of 87-4-302 or 87-4-303 related to the licensing and recordkeeping of a fur dealer shall be fined not less than $50 or more than $1,000 or be imprisoned in the county detention center for not more than 6 months, or both. In addition, the person, upon conviction or forfeiture of bond or bail, may be subject to forfeiture of any current hunting, fishing, or trapping license issued by the state and the privilege to hunt, fish, or trap in this state or to use state lands, as defined in 77-1-101, for recreational purposes for a period of time set by the court.   History: En. Sec. 52, Ch. 258, L. 2011.
MT Code § 87-6-705 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 87. Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 6. Fish and Wildlife Criminal Provisions|Part 7. Commercial Offenses|87-6-705. Alternative livestock ranch offenses

  87-6-705. Alternative livestock ranch offenses. (1) A person may not purposely or knowingly violate any provision of or rule adopted pursuant to Title 87, chapter 4, part 4, pertaining to the licensure or operation of an alternative livestock ranch.   (2) In addition to license revocation or other penalties allowed by 87-4-427, a person who purposely or knowingly violates this section shall be fined not more than $1,000 or be imprisoned in the county jail for not more than 1 year, or both.   (3) Any violation of 87-6-206 regarding the sale of an animal in connection with an alternative livestock ranch is subject to prosecution and penalties under that section.   History: En. Sec. 53, Ch. 258, L. 2011.
MT Code § 87-6-706 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 87. Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 6. Fish and Wildlife Criminal Provisions|Part 7. Commercial Offenses|87-6-706. Shooting preserve offenses

  87-6-706. Shooting preserve offenses. (1) A person may not:  (a) hunt on a shooting preserve without obtaining a license pursuant to 87-4-504; or   (b) harvest game on a shooting preserve without tagging the game pursuant to 87-4-525.   (2) Each shooting preserve operator shall keep records in accordance with 87-4-522.   (3) A person convicted of a violation of this section shall be fined not less than $50 or more than $1,000 or be imprisoned in the county detention center for not more than 6 months, or both. In addition, the person, upon conviction or forfeiture of bond or bail, may be subject to forfeiture of any current hunting, fishing, or trapping license issued by this state and the privilege to hunt, fish, or trap in this state or to use state lands, as defined in 77-1-101, for recreational purposes for a period of time set by the court.   History: En. Sec. 54, Ch. 258, L. 2011; amd. Sec. 22, Ch. 552, L. 2021.
MT Code § 87-6-707 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 87. Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 6. Fish and Wildlife Criminal Provisions|Part 7. Commercial Offenses|87-6-707. Unlawful sale of fish or spawn

  87-6-707. Unlawful sale of fish or spawn. (1) Except as provided in 87-4-601 and subsections (2) and (3) of this section, a person may not, for speculative purposes, for market, or for sale, catch game fish or remove or cause to be removed the eggs or spawn of any game fish in any way. A person may not sell or offer for sale game fish or the eggs or spawn from game fish.   (2) The restrictions of subsection (1) do not apply to the:   (a) catching of fish or the collecting of eggs or spawn in a private fish pond licensed under 87-4-603 by the owner of the pond;   (b) taking of fish by state authorities for the purpose of obtaining eggs for propagation in state fish hatcheries or by any person who receives a permit from the department to take eggs for use in a private fish pond licensed under 87-4-603;   (c) catching of whitefish by the holder of a valid fishing license fishing with hook and line or a rod in specified waters designated by rules of the commission;   (d) taking of whitefish by nets or traps in the Kootenai River and in its tributary streams within 1 mile of the Kootenai River under rules of the commission; or   (e) sale by the department of fish eggs produced from brood stock owned by the department but determined to be in excess of the department's needs.   (3) A person may possess and sell legally taken nongame fish as provided in 87-4-609 and rules adopted by the department pursuant to 87-4-609.   (4) A person convicted of a violation of this section shall be fined not less than $50 or more than $1,000 or be imprisoned in the county detention center for not more than 6 months, or both. In addition, the person, upon conviction or forfeiture of bond or bail, may be subject to forfeiture of any current hunting, fishing, or trapping license issued by this state and the privilege to hunt, fish, or trap in this state or to use state lands, as defined in 77-1-101, for recreational purposes for a period of time set by the court.   History: En. Sec. 55, Ch. 258, L. 2011.
MT Code § 87-6-708 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 87. Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 6. Fish and Wildlife Criminal Provisions|Part 7. Commercial Offenses|87-6-708. through 87-6-712 reserved

  87-6-708 through 87-6-712 reserved.