§ 10-414. Hunting restrictions relating to raccoon and opossum

   (a) Possessing live raccoon or opossum prohibited. -- A person may not possess any live raccoon or opossum unless the person first procures a permit from the Department. Any raccoon or opossum reduced to possession by a hunter or trapper shall be immediately killed.

(b) Hunting raccoons destroying muskrats. -- Notwithstanding any other provisions of this title, the owner of a marsh or the owner's employees may hunt any raccoon which destroys a muskrat or its home in a marsh area of the State at any time.

(c) Landowner may hunt raccoon or opossum damaging property. -- A landowner or the landowner's agent may set or use steel traps or similar devices at any time to trap raccoon or opossum which are damaging property.

(d) Cutting tree to hunt raccoon or opossum prohibited without owner's consent. -- A person may not cut a tree for the purpose of hunting or dislodging a raccoon or opossum without the consent of the owner of the tree.

HISTORY: An. Code 1957, art. 66C, § 178; 1973, 1st Sp. Sess., ch. 4, § 1; 1986, ch. 805; 1990, ch. 6, § 2.