12 ME Rev Stat § 12303-A (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 12: CONSERVATION|Part 13: INLAND FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE|Subpart 4: FISH AND WILDLIFE|Chapter 919: REGISTRATION AND TRANSPORT OF HARVESTED ANIMALS|Subchapter 1: REGISTRATION|12 §12303-A. Time limits for registering bear, deer, moose or wild turkey

 §12303-A. Time limits for registering bear, deer, moose or wild turkey (CONFLICT)1.  (CONFLICT: Text as amended by PL 2021, c. 54, §11) Time limits.  Except as provided in subsection 1‑A, a person may not keep any of the following unregistered wild animals for more than 18 hours after the animal was harvested:   A. Bear;   [PL 2003, c. 655, Pt. B, §230 (NEW); PL 2003, c. 655, Pt. B, §422 (AFF).]B. Deer;   [PL 2003, c. 655, Pt. B, §230 (NEW); PL 2003, c. 655, Pt. B, §422 (AFF).]C. Moose; or   [PL 2003, c. 655, Pt. B, §230 (NEW); PL 2003, c. 655, Pt. B, §422 (AFF).]D. Wild turkey.   [PL 2003, c. 655, Pt. B, §230 (NEW); PL 2003, c. 655, Pt. B, §422 (AFF).][PL 2021, c. 54, §11 (AMD).] 1.  (CONFLICT: Text as amended by PL 2021, c. 121, §3) Time limits.  Except as provided in subsection 1‑A and in section 12307, a person may not keep any of the following unregistered wild animals at home or any place of storage for more than 18 hours:   A. Bear;   [PL 2003, c. 655, Pt. B, §230 (NEW); PL 2003, c. 655, Pt. B, §422 (AFF).]B. Deer;   [PL 2003, c. 655, Pt. B, §230 (NEW); PL 2003, c. 655, Pt. B, §422 (AFF).]C. Moose; or   [PL 2003, c. 655, Pt. B, §230 (NEW); PL 2003, c. 655, Pt. B, §422 (AFF).]D. Wild turkey.   [PL 2003, c. 655, Pt. B, §230 (NEW); PL 2003, c. 655, Pt. B, §422 (AFF).][PL 2021, c. 121, §3 (AMD).] 1-A.  Exceptions.  The following are exceptions to the time limitation for registering harvested wild animals established in subsection 1:   A. A person may keep a harvested animal in an official registration station for that animal or at the office of a game warden for more than 18 hours;   [PL 2003, c. 655, Pt. B, §230 (NEW); PL 2003, c. 655, Pt. B, §422 (AFF).]B. A person may leave an unregistered animal harvested by that person in the woods if that person notifies a game warden within 18 hours as to the location of that animal and the circumstances necessitating leaving that animal in the woods;   [PL 2017, c. 226, §1 (AMD).]C. A person on a hunting trip in an unorganized township and staying at a temporary place of lodging may keep an unregistered harvested animal at the temporary place of lodging for no more than 7 days or until that person leaves the woods, whichever comes first; and   [PL 2017, c. 226, §1 (AMD).]D. A person may keep an unregistered animal harvested by that person if that person notifies a game warden within 18 hours as to the location of that animal and the circumstances preventing the person from registering the animal in accordance with subsection 1.   [PL 2017, c. 226, §2 (NEW).][PL 2017, c. 226, §§1, 2 (AMD).] 2.  Penalty.  A person who violates this section commits a Class E crime.   [PL 2003, c. 655, Pt. B, §230 (NEW); PL 2003, c. 655, Pt. B, §422 (AFF).] SECTION HISTORY PL 2003, c. 655, §B230 (NEW). PL 2003, c. 655, §B422 (AFF). PL 2017, c. 226, §§1, 2 (AMD). PL 2021, c. 54, §11 (AMD). PL 2021, c. 121, §3 (AMD).