Section 12252 - Unlawful trapping methods1.Unlawfully rigging traps. A person may not use auxiliary teeth on any leg-hold trap set on land. [2003, c. 414, Pt. A, §2(NEW); 2003, c. 614, §9(AFF).]
2. Use or possession of prohibited implements or aids. A person may not: A. Set or tend a snare for the purpose of trapping any wild animal or wild bird, except as provided in section 10105, subsection 1 and section 12259; [2003, c. 414, Pt. A, §2(NEW); 2003, c. 614, §9(AFF).]B. Set or tend a set gun for the purpose of killing, taking, catching, wounding, harming or molesting any wild animal or wild bird; [2003, c. 414, Pt. A, §2(NEW); 2003, c. 614, §9(AFF).]C. Deposit any medicinal, poisonous or stupefying substance for the purpose of killing, taking, catching, wounding, harming or molesting any wild animal or wild bird, except that a landowner or member of the landowner's immediate family may use gas cartridges on the landowner's own land for woodchuck control; or [2015, c. 301, §31(AMD).]D. Sell, advertise, give notice of the sale or keep for sale any set gun or poisonous substance for the taking of wild animals or wild birds, except that a person may sell, advertise, give notice of sale of or keep for sale rodenticide for orchard mouse control and gas cartridges for woodchuck control. [2003, c. 414, Pt. A, §2(NEW); 2003, c. 614, §9(AFF).] [2015, c. 301, §31(AMD).]
3.Use of pole traps. A person may not use or set any steel trap on the top of a pole, constituting a device commonly known as a "pole trap" for the purposes of catching any wild bird. [2003, c. 414, Pt. A, §2(NEW); 2003, c. 614, §9(AFF).]
4. Penalty. A person who violates this section commits a Class E crime. [2003, c. 655, Pt. B, §214(NEW); 2003, c. 655, Pt. B, §422(AFF).]
Amended by 2015, c. 301,§ 31, eff. 10/15/2015.2003, c. 414, §A2 (NEW) . 2003, c. 414, §D7 (AFF) . 2003, c. 614, § 9 (AFF) . 2003, c. 655, §B214 (AMD) . 2003, c. 655, §B422 (AFF) .