Kentucky Statutes 150.180 – Buying, selling, or transporting protected wildlife, mussels and fishes, raw fur, or processed wildlife
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(1) Except as otherwise provided for in this chapter, and subject to regulations adopted under this chapter, no person, for himself or as the agent or employee of another shall buy, or sell, or attempt to buy, or sell, barter, exchange, or trade, or have in possession for the purpose of selling, bartering, or trading any protected wildlife or part thereof, raw fur or processed wildlife, no matter where or when caught or killed, whether caught or killed in this state or in any other state or other country.
(2) Mussels and fishes, other than sport fishes as designated by departmental regulations, and all fishes, regardless of species, raised by licensed propagation permittees may be bought, sold, and transported, if in legal possession.
(3) Raw furs, if in legal possession, may be sold, transported, or shipped, by a licensed trapper or licensed hunter to a licensed fur buyer (resident or nonresident), and by a licensed fur buyer to a licensed fur processor or to another fur buyer if in legal possession. A fur processor may hold raw furs or sell to another licensed fur processor at any time.
(4) Subject to regulations adopted under this chapter, a person who has been issued a license under this chapter and who has the license on his person may transport anywhere as a part of his personal baggage any protected wildlife legally taken by him under such license, not in excess of the number that the law or regulation permits him to have in possession at any one (1) time.
(5) A person who has legally taken any protected wildlife in another state and who has in his possession the license which authorizes such taking may, if the same be dead, transport the same in this state, as part of his personal baggage at any time during the open season for the particular species in the state in which taken or within ten (10) days after the close of such season. Any person may ship dead game or dead fish so taken subject to the provisions of the laws of the state in which the same was taken and the laws and regulations of the United States relating thereto.
(6) No person shall import or transport into the State of Kentucky or receive shipment in the state from without the state, any live fish or wildlife without first procuring from the department a written fish transportation permit or wildlife transportation permit. If it is determined upon inspection that such fish or wildlife would not constitute a menace to the state and are free from disease and other undesirable physical characteristics, the commissioner shall issue a permit for a fee to be determined by the Fish and Wildlife Commission by administrative regulation, pursuant to KRS Chapter 13A. A fish transportation permit shall be valid for one (1) year from the date of issuance, and a wildlife transportation permit shall be valid for specific dates as indicated on the permit.
(7) No person may at any time stock any species of fish secured from any source into the public waters of the Commonwealth without first securing a permit from the commissioner.
(8) This section shall not in any way interfere with the transportation of any fish or wildlife by authorized personnel of the department.
(9) Federal and state regulations shall govern the transportation of all migratory wild birds.
Effective: July 12, 2006
History: Amended 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 127, sec. 4, effective July 12, 2006. — Amended
1992 Ky. Acts ch. 353, sec. 3, effective July 14, 1992. — Amended 1988 Ky. Acts ch.
365, sec. 4, effective July 15, 1988. — Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 178, sec. 5, effective June 17, 1978. — Amended 1968 Ky. Acts ch. 38, sec. 9. — Amended 1956
Ky. Acts ch. 115, sec. 12. — Amended 1952 Ky. Acts ch. 200, sec. 27. — Amended
1948 Ky. Acts ch. 77, sec. 4; and ch. 78, sec. 9. — Amended 1946 Ky. Acts ch. 84, sec. 5. — Amended 1944 Ky. Acts ch. 124, sec. 3. — Amended 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 68, sec. 18. — Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. secs. 1893d-11, 1954d-14.
(2) Mussels and fishes, other than sport fishes as designated by departmental regulations, and all fishes, regardless of species, raised by licensed propagation permittees may be bought, sold, and transported, if in legal possession.
Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 150.180
- Administrative regulation: means a written regulation promulgated, pursuant to
KRS Chapter 13A, by the commissioner with the approval of the commission. See Kentucky Statutes 150.010 - any other state: includes any state, territory, outlying possession, the District of Columbia, and any foreign government or country. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
- Buy: includes offering to buy, acquiring, or possessing through purchase, barter, exchange, or trade. See Kentucky Statutes 150.010
- Commission: means the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources Commission. See Kentucky Statutes 150.010
- 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
- Federal: refers to the United States. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
- License: means any document issued by the department authorizing its holder to perform acts authorized by the license and includes any other form of authorization
in addition to or in lieu of an actual document which may be authorized by the department by administrative regulation. See Kentucky Statutes 150.010 - Permit: means any document issued by the department authorizing its holder to perform acts authorized by the permit and includes tags or devices as evidence of holding a permit and includes any other form of authorization in addition to or in lieu of an actual document authorized by the department by administrative regulation. See Kentucky Statutes 150.010
- Processed wildlife: means any wildlife specimen or parts thereof that have been
rendered into a permanently preserved state. See Kentucky Statutes 150.010 - Protected wildlife: means all wildlife except those species declared unprotected by administrative regulations promulgated by the department. See Kentucky Statutes 150.010
- Raw fur: means a hide, fur, or pelt of a fur-bearing animal which has not been processed. See Kentucky Statutes 150.010
- Sell: includes offering to sell, having or possessing for sale, barter, exchange, or trade. See Kentucky Statutes 150.010
- State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Columbia. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
- Transport: means to carry, move, or ship wildlife from one (1) place to another. 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
- Year: means calendar year. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
(3) Raw furs, if in legal possession, may be sold, transported, or shipped, by a licensed trapper or licensed hunter to a licensed fur buyer (resident or nonresident), and by a licensed fur buyer to a licensed fur processor or to another fur buyer if in legal possession. A fur processor may hold raw furs or sell to another licensed fur processor at any time.
(4) Subject to regulations adopted under this chapter, a person who has been issued a license under this chapter and who has the license on his person may transport anywhere as a part of his personal baggage any protected wildlife legally taken by him under such license, not in excess of the number that the law or regulation permits him to have in possession at any one (1) time.
(5) A person who has legally taken any protected wildlife in another state and who has in his possession the license which authorizes such taking may, if the same be dead, transport the same in this state, as part of his personal baggage at any time during the open season for the particular species in the state in which taken or within ten (10) days after the close of such season. Any person may ship dead game or dead fish so taken subject to the provisions of the laws of the state in which the same was taken and the laws and regulations of the United States relating thereto.
(6) No person shall import or transport into the State of Kentucky or receive shipment in the state from without the state, any live fish or wildlife without first procuring from the department a written fish transportation permit or wildlife transportation permit. If it is determined upon inspection that such fish or wildlife would not constitute a menace to the state and are free from disease and other undesirable physical characteristics, the commissioner shall issue a permit for a fee to be determined by the Fish and Wildlife Commission by administrative regulation, pursuant to KRS Chapter 13A. A fish transportation permit shall be valid for one (1) year from the date of issuance, and a wildlife transportation permit shall be valid for specific dates as indicated on the permit.
(7) No person may at any time stock any species of fish secured from any source into the public waters of the Commonwealth without first securing a permit from the commissioner.
(8) This section shall not in any way interfere with the transportation of any fish or wildlife by authorized personnel of the department.
(9) Federal and state regulations shall govern the transportation of all migratory wild birds.
Effective: July 12, 2006
History: Amended 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 127, sec. 4, effective July 12, 2006. — Amended
1992 Ky. Acts ch. 353, sec. 3, effective July 14, 1992. — Amended 1988 Ky. Acts ch.
365, sec. 4, effective July 15, 1988. — Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 178, sec. 5, effective June 17, 1978. — Amended 1968 Ky. Acts ch. 38, sec. 9. — Amended 1956
Ky. Acts ch. 115, sec. 12. — Amended 1952 Ky. Acts ch. 200, sec. 27. — Amended
1948 Ky. Acts ch. 77, sec. 4; and ch. 78, sec. 9. — Amended 1946 Ky. Acts ch. 84, sec. 5. — Amended 1944 Ky. Acts ch. 124, sec. 3. — Amended 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 68, sec. 18. — Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. secs. 1893d-11, 1954d-14.