Section 10-907 – Hunting With Falcons, Hawks, or Owls
(a) Any person desiring to take alive, possess, train, fly, and hunt with falcons, hawks, or owls shall first obtain a falconry permit from the Secretary. (b) The Secretary may issue a falconry permit, on the payment of a reasonable fee, to any properly accredited person who: (1) Is at least 14 years old; (2) Has demonstrated adequate knowledge […]
Section 10-908 – Wildlife Damage Control Permits
(a) Any properly accredited person desiring to assist the Department in the control of wildlife injurious to agriculture or other interests, or to provide care and treatment of sick or injured wildlife for rehabilitation and release back to the wild, shall first obtain a wildlife damage control permit from the Secretary. (b) (1) The Secretary may issue a […]
Section 10-909 – Collection of Wildlife, Nests, or Eggs for Scientific or Educational Purposes
(a) Any properly accredited person of known scientific attainment desiring to collect wildlife, nests, or eggs from the wild for scientific or educational purposes shall first obtain a scientific collection permit from the Secretary. (b) The Secretary may issue a scientific collecting permit, on the payment of a reasonable fee, to any properly accredited person who has […]
Section 10-911 – Penalties; Nuisances
(a) In addition to any other penalty provided by the provisions of this title, the Secretary may revoke or suspend any license, permit, or certificate issued to any person pursuant to this subtitle if the Secretary finds the person or a guest of the person has violated: (1) The terms and conditions of the license, permit, or […]
Section 10-803 – Sale and Exchange of Property
(a) If the Department considers it in the State’s best interests and the Governor consents, the Department may exchange any area of land or water or part the Department owns together with any improvement on the area of land or water for any privately owned area of land or water equal to or greater in value […]
Section 10-1101 – Penalties
(a) For the purpose of this title, each game bird or mammal taken illegally, purchased, offered for purchase, sold, bartered, or exchanged in excess of the bag limit or possessed illegally constitutes a separate offense. (b) Any person who violates any provision of this title is guilty of a misdemeanor. Unless another penalty is specifically provided elsewhere […]
Section 10-804 – Use; Sale of Timber; Rights-of-Way Across Areas; Caretakers
(a) An acquired area of land or water may be used to create and maintain State wildlife refuges, for wildlife management, and hunting grounds as the Department deems advisable for hunting grounds. (b) (1) The Department may cut and remove and sell or permit the cutting and removing and selling of timber on lands to which title has […]
Section 10-1101.1 – Restitution — Poaching
(a) (1) Notwithstanding § 10–1101 of this subtitle, if a person is convicted of poaching deer on any land in the State, the court shall order the person to pay the State restitution in accordance with this section. (2) For an act of poaching that involves trespassing on another’s property, this section applies with respect to the trespass […]
Section 10-805 – State Wildlife Refuges — Establishment on State or Federal Property; Markings and Notices
(a) The Department, in order to protect and propagate wildlife, may establish and maintain State wildlife refuges where wildlife may not be hunted, disturbed, or molested at any time. Upon the consent of the Governor and the superintendent in charge of any area of federally owned or State-owned land or water, the Department may locate a […]
Section 10-1102 – Collection and Disposition of Fines
(a) If any fine is imposed by the District Court for a violation of any provision of this title, the fine shall be collected pursuant to the provisions of law of the District Court system, with the exception of restitution payments made under § 10–1101.1 of this subtitle that are credited to the State Wildlife Management […]