The commissioner and conservation officers may arrest without warrant anyone violating any of the provisions of KRS § 150.520 or any of the rules and regulations made by the department for the protection of mussels under this chapter. They may inspect mussels in any warehouse, boat, store, car or receptacle when they have good cause to believe that any of the provisions of KRS § 150.520 or any of the rules or regulations made thereunder have been or are being violated. This authority does not include the right to enter any dwelling house without a search warrant. When the officers find mussels in the possession of anyone in violation of this chapter, the mussels shall be confiscated and sold in the manner provided by KRS § 150.120 for the sale of confiscated wildlife.
Effective: July 15, 1994

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Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 150.110

  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • Commissioner: means the commissioner of the Department of Fish and Wildlife
    Resources. See Kentucky Statutes 150.010
  • Department: means the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources. See Kentucky Statutes 150.010
  • Wildlife: means any normally undomesticated animal, alive or dead, including without limitations any wild mammal, bird, fish, reptile, amphibian, or other terrestrial or aquatic life, whether or not possessed in controlled environment, bred, hatched, or born in captivity and including any part, product, egg, or offspring thereof, protected or unprotected by this chapter. See Kentucky Statutes 150.010

History: Amended 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 413, sec. 2, effective July 15, 1994. — Amended
1986 Ky. Acts ch. 265, sec. 3, effective July 15, 1986. — Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch.
384, sec. 31, effective June 17, 1978. — Amended 1968 Ky. Acts ch. 38, sec 5 — Amended 1966 Ky. Acts ch. 255, sec. 144 — Amended 1952 Ky. Acts ch. 200, sec.
18 — Amended 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 68, sec 11 — Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 1954d-50.