Section 10-905 – Game Husbandry Licenses
(a) (1) On payment of a reasonable fee, the Secretary may issue a game husbandry license to any person who desires to raise, breed, protect, or sell game birds or mammals. (2) The license shall expire on December 31 after the date of issuance and may be revoked at any time for noncompliance with the license’s terms and […]
Section 10-906 – Regulated Shooting Grounds
(a) Any person desiring to establish and operate a regulated shooting ground shall first obtain a permit from the Department. (b) (1) The Department may issue a regulated shooting ground permit on payment of a reasonable fee and after determining that the establishment and operation of it does not conflict with any reasonable prior public interest. (2) The Department […]
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 10-606 – Hunting From an Anchored Boat
(a) A person may hunt wild waterfowl from a boat that is anchored only in: (1) The nontidal waters of the Potomac River; (2) The waters of the Susquehanna Flats, Elk River, and that portion of the Sassafras River in Cecil County located west of 75 degrees 58 minutes 45 seconds; (3) The waters of Chincoteague Bay, Sinepuxent Bay, […]
Section 10-607 – Riparian Landowners
(a) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, this section shall apply only to owners of riparian property in Maryland regardless of the residency of the owner. (2) Under this subtitle, persons owning riparian property in: (i) Maryland or Virginia that is adjacent to the tidal waters of the Potomac River may license state shoreline; and […]