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§ 2521. Incident reports

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 34 Pa.C.S.A. Game

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated Statutes
Title 34 Pa.C.S.A. Game (Refs & Annos)
Chapter 25. Protection of Property and Persons
Subchapter B. Protection of Persons
34 Pa.C.S.A. § 2521
§ 2521. Incident reports
(a) General rule.--Every person who causes or is involved in an incident in which a human being is injured by any firearm or bow and arrow while hunting or taking game, wildlife or furbearers or incurs a self-inflicted injury with any firearm or bow and arrow while hunting or taking game, wildlife or furbearers shall render a report to the commission at Harrisburg or deliver the report to any officer of the commission on duplicate forms provided for that purpose. The report shall be delivered within 72 hours after the injury. Each 24-hour period thereafter shall constitute a separate offense. If the person is physically incapable of making the required report, it shall be the duty of the person or persons involved in the incident to designate an agent to file the report within the specified time.
(b) Penalty.--
(1) A violation of this section involving a nonfatal incident is a summary offense of the fifth degree.
(2) A violation of this section involving a fatal incident is a summary offense of the fourth degree.

Credits

1986, July 8, P.L. 442, No. 93, § 1, effective July 1, 1987. Amended 1996, Dec. 19, P.L. 1442, No. 184, § 8, effective in 60 days.
34 Pa.C.S.A. § 2521, PA ST 34 Pa.C.S.A. § 2521
Current through Act 10 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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