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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
Notwithstanding section 12201, subsection 1 and subject to all other applicable laws and rules, a resident and a member of the resident's immediate family, as long as the trapper's license to trap is not under suspension or revocation, may trap for wild animals without a trapping license issued under section 12201 on land:
1. Possession. To which they are legally entitled to possession;
2. Domiciled. On which they are actually domiciled; and
3. Repealed. Laws 2025, c. 126, § 4, eff. Sept. 24, 2025.
4. Minimum acreage. That is 10 or more contiguous acres in size.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Maine Revised Statutes Title 12. Conservation § 12202. Trapping by landowner - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/me/title-12-conservation/me-rev-st-tit-12-sect-12202/
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