§ 20-37-1. Statement of policy. It is the policy of this state to contribute to the maintenance of a high-quality environment within the state and elsewhere for the benefit of the safety, health, and welfare of its citizens by forbidding the importation, sale, offering for sale, transportation, storage, traffic, ownership, or other possession or use […]
§ 20-37-2. Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) “Animal” and “plant” means any living or dead organism, or organisms, other than bacteria, or viruses or any part of such organism regardless of its age, condition, location, or proximity to other parts or tissues of the same or similar organisms; […]
§ 20-37-3. Special permit. No person shall buy, sell, offer for sale, store, transport, import, export, or otherwise traffic in any animal or plant, or any part of any animal or plant, whether living, dead, processed, manufactured, preserved, or raw if the animal or plant has been declared to be an endangered species by either […]
§ 20-37-4. Enforcement. (a) The director of environmental management and all enforcement personnel in the director’s department, all members of the state police force, and all duly authorized city and town law enforcement authorities have power to enforce this law. They have authority under warrant to search for and seize any goods, merchandise, or animal […]
§ 20-37-5. Penalty for violation. Upon conviction of a violation of this chapter, the violator shall be fined no less than five hundred dollars ($500) nor more than five thousand dollars ($5,000) or imprisoned not exceeding one year, or both. History of Section.P.L. 1973, ch. 26, § 1.
