Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 50, December 13, 2024
Section 58-72-3 - Electronic Registration Requirements3.1. Hunters and trappers in compliance with all other applicable requirements of law and the rules promulgated thereunder may electronically register wildlife in Heu of delivery to a Natural Resources Police Officer or official game checking station, except under the circumstances set forth in subsection 3.6. of this section. 3.2. Hunters and trappers shall provide all requested information via any electronic method made available by the Division. 3.3. Upon completion of providing the requested data, the Division or its representatives shall issue a game tag number. 3.4. The game tag number must be recorded on the hunter or trapper's field tag or recorded on a separate sheet of paper that displays the hunter or trapper's name and address. This information is the equivalent to that which would have been issued by a Natural Resources Police Officer or official game checking station. 3.5. The game tag number, hunter or trapper's name and address shall be affixed to the animal or parts thereof and remain affixed until it is dressed for consumption or processed into commercial fiir. 3.6. Upon public notice in every affected area, the director may require the physical inspection and checking of wildlife under any of the following circumstances: 3.6.a. Epizootic disease among wildhfe; 3.6.b. Biological necessity requiring physical inspection of wildlife; 3.6.c. Circumstances determined necessary to protect the State's wildlife resources; or 3.6.d. Any other emergency that may require physical inspection of wildlife. 3.7. The physical inspection and checking of wildlife shall continue during the circumstance outlined in subsection 3.6. or until rescinded by the director.