MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                                 1335

Article 66C, section 175(d) of the Code.
The only changes made are in style.

10-504. RESTRICTIONS RELATING TO BEAVER, MUSKRAT, AND

OTTER.

(A) ONLY TRAPPING PERMITTED. - A PERSON MAY NOT
HUNT ANY MUSKRAT, BEAVER, OR OTTER IN ANY MANNER
EXCEPT BY TRAPPING. A PERSON MAY NOT DIG INTO OR IN
ANY MANNER MOLEST OR DESTROY ANY PART OF A MUSKRAT,
BEAVER, OR OTTER DEN OR HOUSE. A PERSON MAY NOT
POSSESS AT ANY TIME THE HIDE OR SKIN OF ANY MUSKRAT,
BEAVER, OR OTTER WHICH HAS BEEN CAUGHT IN ANY WAY
EXCEPT BY TRAPPING, AND ANY MUSKRAT, BEAVER, OR OTTER
HIDE OR SKIN WHICH HAS BEEN PUNCTURED BY A HOLE WHICH
APPEARS TO BE A SHOT OR BULLET HOLE SHALL BE PRIMA
FACIE EVIDENCE THAT THE MUSKRAT, BEAVER OR OTTER WAS
KILLED ILLEGALLY.

(E) HUNTING WITH LIGHTS AT NIGHTTIME PROHIBITED.
- A PERSON MAY NOT POSSESS AT ANY TIME A LIGHT FOR THE
PURPOSE OF HUNTING MUSKRATS, BEAVER, OR OTTER AT
NIGHTTIME. POSSESSION OF A LIGHT SHALL BE PRIMA FACIE
EVIDENCE THAT IT WAS INTENDED FOR THIS PURPOSE.

(C) RIPARIAN LANDOWNER OR LESSEE HAS EXCLUSIVE
RIGHT TO TRAP MUSKRATS. - A LANDOWNER OR HIS LESSEE
SHALL HAVE THE EXCLUSIVE RIGHT TO TRAP FOR MUSKRATS
DOWN TO THE MEAN LOW WATERMARK OR ON MARSH LAND
ADJACENT TO HIS LAND. A PERSON MAY NOT ENTER UPON OR
PLACE TRAPS UPON THE LAND WITHOUT FIRST OBTAINING THE
WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE LANDOWNER OR HIS LESSEE.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section presently appears as
Article 66C, section 175 (c) of the Code and
has been divided into sections for
organizational purposes. In subsection (c)
the last sentence of present section 175(c)
is proposed for deletion in light of
proposed section 10—502. The only other
changes made are in style.

10-505. POSSESSION, SALE, AND TRANSPORTATION.

(A) POSSESSION, SALE, AND TRANSPORTATION OF
ILLEGALLY TAKEN FURS PROHIBITED. - A PERSON MAY NOT
POSSESS, BUY, SELL, TRANSPORT, OR SHIP OUT OF THE
STATE OR OFFER TO BUY, SELL, TRANSPORT, OR SHIP OUT OF
THE STATE, ANY FOR OR PELT OF ANY WILD QUADRUPED, OR
ANY PART OF THEM, WHICH HAS BEEN UNLAWFULLY HUNTED,
TRAPPED, POSSESSED, OR TRANSPORTED.