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<section article="gnr" article_name="Natural Resources" number="10-404" title_number="10" title_name="Wildlife" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Hunting Restrictions -- in General">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section, “officially inspected” means venison inspected and passed in accordance with standards established by the:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <level label="U">
        <level label="S">
          <text>Department of Agriculture (USDA); or</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="U">
        <level label="S">
          <text>Food and Drug Administration (FDA).</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (c) through (e) of this section, a person may import, sell, offer for sale, purchase, offer to purchase, barter, or exchange domestically raised, officially inspected, and processed venison that the person lawfully obtains, other than white–tailed and sika venison.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A person who imports, sells, or offers for sale venison shall maintain records documenting the lawful origin of any venison imported or sold, including the species of deer, country or state of origin, the person from whom the venison was obtained, date of delivery, by whom the venison was officially inspected, and quantity of venison.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>These records shall be kept by the importer or seller at the importer’s or seller’s place of business for a period of 1 year following delivery of the venison.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>The importer or seller shall allow the Department to inspect these records at the importer’s or seller’s place of business at any reasonable time.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>This subsection does not exempt a person who imports, sells, or offers for sale venison from applicable provisions of Title 21, Subtitles 2 and 3 of the Health – General Article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A person may not hunt or attempt to hunt any game bird or mammal except during open season.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Except as provided in this section or as authorized under Subtitle 5 or Subtitle 9 of this title, a person may not possess any game bird or mammal during any closed season whether hunted in the State or in another state, territory, or country.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A person may possess:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>A dead game bird or dead game mammal legally acquired for use as food;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>A mounted specimen of a game bird or game mammal legally acquired for personal use;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Hair, antlers, feathers, feet, or skin of game birds or game mammals legally acquired for personal use; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>Deer antlers that have been manufactured into an article of commerce.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>A person may ship or bring into the State by express or as baggage any game bird or game mammal the person legally killed in any other state, territory, or country. The game bird or game mammal shall be accompanied by a copy of the hunter’s license and any necessary permit of the state, territory, or country in which the game bird or game mammal was killed. If the state, territory, or country does not require documentation, then the game bird or game mammal shall be accompanied by a statement indicating the owner of the specimen, the owner’s address, and the state, territory, or country of origin.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3) of this subsection or § 10–512(a)(2)(ii) of this title, a person may not sell, offer for sale, barter, or exchange, at any time within the State any game bird or game mammal taken from the wild, in the State or in another state, territory, or country.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The prohibitions of paragraph (1) of this subsection do not apply to the:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Meat, pelt, carcass, or mounted specimen of any beaver, coyote, fisher, fox, mink, muskrat, nutria, opossum, otter, raccoon, skunk, or long–tailed weasel legally taken by the person;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Hide, hair, tail, or feet, excluding a mounted specimen of deer, squirrel, or rabbit legally acquired;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Feathers, skin, or feet, excluding a mounted specimen of upland and forest game birds legally acquired;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>Except as prohibited by federal law, feathers of wetland game birds legally acquired;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>Antlers of deer legally acquired in another state and manufactured into an article of commerce in another state; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>Legally acquired mounted specimen of a game bird, excluding a migratory game bird, or game mammal, if the original owner is deceased and the specimen is part of the personal property of an owner whose estate is being liquidated or distributed.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Notwithstanding paragraph (1) of this subsection, a person may receive a raffle ticket for each antlerless deer hunted by the person during a raffle program that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Is held during January;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Has as its objective the hunting of antlerless deer; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Was previously held at least once from January 1, 2020, through January 30, 2024, inclusive.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>Nothing in this section may be construed as allowing deer farming for the purpose of selling deer meat.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>Except as authorized under Subtitle 5 or Subtitle 9 of this title, a person may not purchase, offer to purchase, barter, or exchange any game bird or game mammal or any part of a game bird or game mammal if the sale, offer for sale, barter, or exchange is prohibited by this section.</text>
  </level>
</section>
