Section 5 – Importation or exportation and release of wildlife unlawful.
23-13-5. Importation or exportation and release of wildlife unlawful. It is unlawful for any person to import into or export from the state of Utah any species of live native or exotic wildlife or to possess or release from captivity any such imported live wildlife except as provided in this code or the rules and […]
Section 6 – Taking of wildlife by division.
Effective 5/5/2021 23-13-6. Taking of wildlife by division. (1) Subject to the other provisions of this section, the division may take wildlife of any kind from any place and in any manner for purposes considered by the director of the division to be in the interest of wildlife conservation. (2) The division shall deliver notice […]
Section 7 – Use of fireworks and explosives by division employees and certain federal game agents.
23-13-7. Use of fireworks and explosives by division employees and certain federal game agents. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, employees of the Division of Wildlife Resources and federal game agents charged with the duty of managing wildlife resources may, without obtaining a permit, use fireworks and explosives to rally, drive, or otherwise disperse concentrations […]
Section 8 – Private wildlife farms.
23-13-8. Private wildlife farms. (1) Any person may establish and maintain private wildlife farms for propagating, rearing, and keeping furbearers or birds classified as protected wildlife and may sell or dispose of wildlife reared upon such farms except that disposal may not include release to the wild without first securing written permission from the Wildlife […]
Section 11 – Violations.
23-13-11. Violations. Except as otherwise provided in this title: (1) a violation of any provision of this title is a class B misdemeanor; and (2) a violation of any rule or proclamation of the Wildlife Board is an infraction. Amended by Chapter 347, 2009 General Session
Section 3 – Wildlife declared property of the state.
23-13-3. Wildlife declared property of the state. All wildlife existing within this state, not held by private ownership and legally acquired, is the property of the state. Amended by Chapter 27, 1992 General Session