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 […]
Section 10-806 – State Wildlife Refuges — Leased Land or Water
(a) If a person who owns or controls any suitable area of land or water desires to have the area of land or water set aside for a refuge, the person may apply to the Department, giving a description of the area of land or water including a specific location, map, or sketch showing an outline […]
Section 10-1103 – Search Warrants
If any Natural Resources police officer or any law enforcement officer has probable cause to believe that any person possesses any bird, mammal, amphibian, or reptile or any device in violation of this title, the officer shall go before any District Court judge of the county in which the species of wildlife or device is […]
Section 10-807 – State Wildlife Refuges — Entry Upon
(a) A person may not enter in any manner on any State wildlife refuge without the consent of the Department or person in charge of the area of land or water. (b) (1) A person may not allow any dog, domestic stock, or poultry to enter in any manner on any State-owned wildlife refuge. (2) The Department may grant […]
Section 10-808 – State Wildlife Refuges — Rules and Regulations
The Department may adopt and post rules and regulations for the proper use and administration of any State land or water the Department controls or owns.
Section 10-901 – Legislative Findings and Declarations
The General Assembly finds and declares that it is in the public interest to insure the conservation, preservation, and condition of wildlife native to Maryland, by strictly regulating in the State the possession, importation, exportation, breeding, raising, protection, rehabilitation, hunting, killing, trapping, capture, purchase, or sale of certain wildlife which pose a possibility of: (1) Harmful […]
Section 10-902 – Permits and Licenses
(a) Any person desiring to possess, import, export, breed, raise, protect, rehabilitate, hunt, kill, trap, capture, purchase, or sell any wildlife native to Maryland, shall first obtain a permit or license from the Department. (b) The Secretary shall establish by regulation: (1) The types and classes of permits and licenses which shall be issued; (2) The species of wildlife […]
Section 10-613 – Loss of Blind Sites Markers
If a licensee erects a stationary blind or blind site or sets a stake and the stationary blind, blind site, or stake is lost or destroyed in a manner beyond the licensee’s control, the licensee may not lose the licensee’s location and may reestablish the stationary blind, blind site, or stake at any time during […]
Section 10-614 – Impermissible Blind Site Locations
Offshore stationary blinds or blind sites may not be erected, maintained, or licensed in the following waters: (1) Offshore from lands owned or managed by the Department except the Department may locate and construct offshore stationary blinds or blind sites and make the blinds or blind sites available to the public; (2) Where the use of the […]