Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 50, December 13, 2024
Section 58-63-4 - Wildlife Sales or Transfer4.1. A licensee or legal trapper that sells or transfers possession of wildlife shall provide a bill of sale or document to each person who purchases or receives the wildlife. The licensee or legal trapper shall maintain the bill of sale or document with the wildlife while it is being transported and the bill of sale or document shall, at a minimum, contain the following information: 4.1.1. The licensee's or legal trapper's name and address;4.1.2. The licensee's or legal trapper's license number or DNR ID number if exempt from licensing requirements;4.1.3. The date of the sale or transfer;4.1.4. The purchaser's or receiver's name and address; and4.1.5. A description of the wildlife sold or transferred, including the number of each species sold or transferred and any unique identification.4.1.5.a. For sales of fish, this description shall include the number of pounds of each species sold.4.2. Legal trappers who acquire live foxes and raccoons under the provisions of W. Va. Code § 20-2-11 shall only sell or transfer possession of live foxes or raccoons to licensed hound coursing/training pens or incorporated sportsmens clubs located within the county from which the fox or raccoon was captured or located in the counties specified by the Director for which inter-county sale or possession transfer may occur.4.3. The licensee under the provisions of subdivisions 2.2.1.b. and 2.2.1.c. of this rule shall not transfer possession or resell any foxes or raccoons acquired under subsection 3.1.4 of this rule.4.4. The Director shall in October of each year publish a list of specified counties for which the inter-county sale or possession transfer of live foxes and raccoons obtained under provisions of W. Va. Code § 20-2-11 may occur.4.5. The Director shall suspend the sale of, or any other form of relocation of live foxes and raccoons acquired under the provisions of W. Va. Code § 20-2-11 in any county or portions thereof to protect public health and the welfare of native wildlife.4.6. Any license issued pursuant to W. Va. Code Chapter 20 or this rule for the importation, sale, or relocation of wildlife may be suspended by the Director to protect the public health and welfare of native wildlife.4.7. In order to protect the public health and the welfare of native wildlife, a licensee as defined in this rule, may not possess or maintain cervids in captivity. The Division, however, may import wildlife during the normal course of its mission.