Section 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 to an affected landowner or an agent of an affected landowner, either in writing or orally, before the taking of wildlife on privately owned land under this section. The division may take the wildlife immediately after or at a time reasonably required for the taking after delivering notice.

• (3) The notice requirements in Subsection (2) do not apply in a situation when there is a threat to public safety or exigent circumstances exist.

Amended by Chapter 109, 2021 General Session