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§ 10-2A-08. Wildlife or plants lawfully taken and removed from other states

West's Annotated Code of MarylandNatural Resources

West's Annotated Code of Maryland
Natural Resources
Title 10. Wildlife (Refs & Annos)
Subtitle 2a. Nongame and Endangered Species Conservation Act (Refs & Annos)
MD Code, Natural Resources, § 10-2A-08
§ 10-2A-08. Wildlife or plants lawfully taken and removed from other states
Currentness
Importation or entry into State of wildlife or plant
(a) The provisions of this subtitle do not prohibit:
(1) Importation into the State of wildlife or plants which may be lawfully imported into the United States or lawfully taken and removed from another state; or
(2) Entry into this State or the possession, transportation, exportation, processing, sale, offer for sale, or shipment of any wildlife or plant which is designated an endangered or threatened species in this State but not in the state where originally taken, if the person engaging in the activity demonstrates by substantial evidence that the wildlife or plant was lawfully taken and lawfully removed from the state of origin.
Construction with Endangered Species Act
(b) This section does not permit the possession, transportation, exportation, processing, sale, offer for sale or shipment within the State of species of wildlife or plants determined, pursuant to the Endangered Species Act,1 to be an endangered or threatened species, except as permitted by § 10-2A-05 of this subtitle.

Credits

Added by Acts 1975, c. 127, § 2, eff. July 1, 1975. Amended by Acts 1982, c. 17, § 7; Acts 1990, c. 6, § 2, eff. Feb. 16, 1990.

Footnotes

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Pub.L. 93-205, Dec. 28, 1973, 87 Stat. 884, codified at 16 U.S.C.A. § 1531 et seq.
MD Code, Natural Resources, § 10-2A-08, MD NAT RES § 10-2A-08
Current through legislation effective through April 9, 2023, from the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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