§ 20-16-1 Furbearers protected
§ 20-16-2 Landowners – Nuisance furbearers
§ 20-16-3 Possession of ferrets prohibited
§ 20-16-4 Raccoon hunting
§ 20-16-5 Possession of live raccoons
§ 20-16-6 Prohibited methods of taking
§ 20-16-7 License required for trapping – Marking of traps
§ 20-16-8 Trapping – Steel jawed leghold traps
§ 20-16-9 Setting of traps
§ 20-16-10 Green pelt as evidence of unlawful taking
§ 20-16-11 Disturbing traps of another
§ 20-16-12 Report of animals trapped
§ 20-16-13 Deprivation of trapping privileges on second conviction
§ 20-16-16 Digging or smoking out animals – Use of probes
§ 20-16-17 Prohibition against hunting or killing otter
§ 20-16-18 Unlawful possession or sale of furbearers
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Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws > Chapter 20-16 - Furbearing Animals

  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • in writing: include printing, engraving, lithographing, and photo-lithographing, and all other representations of words in letters of the usual form. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-16
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6
  • possession: means the exercise of dominion or control over cultured crops commencing at the time that a decision is made not to return the crops to the lease or facility from which they were taken. See Rhode Island General Laws 20-1-3