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MARVIN MANDEL, Governor 1315
10-410. RESTRICTIONS ON HUNTING WILDLIFE - IN
GENERAL.
(A) ON SUNDAYS. - A PERSON MAY NOT HUNT ANY GAME
BIRD OR MAMMAL ON SUNDAYS.
(B) NIGHTTIME. - A PERSON MAY NOT HUNT ANY GAME
BIRD OR MAMMAL, EXCEPT RACCOON AND OPOSSUM, AT
NIGHTTIME.
(C) HUNTING FROM VEHICLES PROHIBITED. - A PERSON
MAY NOT SHOOT AT ANY SPECIE OF WILDLIFE FROM AN
AUTOMOBILE OR OTHER VEHICLE OR POSSESS IN OR ON AN
AUTOMOBILE OR OTHER VEHICLE, A LOADED SHOTGUN OR RIFLE
CONTAINING ANY AMMUNITION IN THE MAGAZINE OR CHAMBER.
IF THIS SUBSECTION IS VIOLATED BY AN OCCUPANT OF A
VEHICLE WHICH HAS TWO OR MORE OCCUPANTS AND IT CANNOT
BE DETERMINED WHICH OCCUPANT IS THE VIOLATOR, THE
OWNER OF THE VEHICLE, IF PRESENT, SHALL BE PRESUMED TO
BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE VIOLATION. IN THE ABSENCE OF
THE OWNER OF THE VEHICLE, THE OPERATOR OF THE VEHICLE
SHALL BE PRESUMED TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE VIOLATION.
PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBSECTION DO NOT APPLY TO A
DISABLED PERSON WHO OBTAINS A SPECIAL PERMIT PURSUANT
TO THE PROVISIONS OF §10-307.
(D) PURSUING WILDLIFE WITH OFF-ROAD VEHICLE
PROHIBITED. -
(1) FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBSECTION,
AN "OFF-ROAD VEHICLE" IS A MOTORIZED VEHICLE DESIGNED
FOR OR CAPABLE OF CROSS-COUNTRY TRAVEL ON LAND, WATER,
SNOW, ICE, MARSH, SWAMPLAND, OR OTHER NATURAL TERRAIN.
IT INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO FOUR-WHEEL DRIVE OR
LOW-PRESSURE TIRE VEHICLES, AUTOMOBILES, TRUCKS,
MOTORCYCLES AND RELATED TWO-WHEEL VEHICLES, AMPHIBIOUS
MACHINES, GROUND-EFFECT OR AIR-CUSHION VEHICLES,
SNOWMOBILES, BOATS, FARM-TYPE TRACTORS, EARTH-MOVING
OR CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT, LAWN MOWERS, SNOWBLOWERS,
GARDEN OR LAWN TRACTORS, OR GOLF CARTS.
(2) A PERSON MAY NOT PURSUE WILDLIFE WITH
AN OFF-ROAD VEHICLE.
(E) HUNTING AT NIGHTTIME WITH LIGHTS PROHIBITED.
- A PERSON MAY NOT HUNT OR ATTEMPT TO HUNT AT
NIGHTTIME ANY SPECIE OF WILD BIRD OR WILD QUADRUPED
WITH A LIGHT, INCLUDING THE HEADLIGHTS OF ANY VEHICLE.
HOWEVER, RACCOONS OR OPOSSUM MAY BE HUNTED ON FOOT AT
NIGHTTIME DURING OPEN SEASON WITH THE USE OF A DOG AND
LIGHT.
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