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Current as of January 02, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
Sec. 4. (a) For purposes of this section, a trap is designed to capture and kill a furbearing animal if the animal's death is the result of:
(1) submerging the animal in water; or
(2) crushing or asphyxiating the animal.
(b) A person may not do the following:
(1) Tend or visit a trap or remove a furbearing animal from a trap that is not the person's property without the permission of the owner.
(2) For a trap that is designed to capture but not kill a furbearing animal, fail to tend or visit or have tended or visited a trap and remove a furbearing animal from a trap that is the person's property within a period not exceeding twenty-four (24) hours.
(3) For a trap that is designed to capture and kill a furbearing animal, fail to tend or visit or have tended or visited a trap and remove a furbearing animal from a trap that is the person's property within a period not exceeding forty-eight (48) hours.
(c) The department shall publish a recommendation that the best practice to comply with this section is to tend or visit, or have tended or visited a furbearing trap that is the person's property within a period not to exceed twenty-four (24) hours.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Indiana Code Title 14. Natural and Cultural Resources § 14-22-6-4 - last updated January 02, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/in/title-14-natural-and-cultural-resources/in-code-sect-14-22-6-4/
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