Statutes > South Dakota Statutes > Title 41 - GAME, FISH, PARKS AND FORESTRY > Chapter 08 - Hunting And Trapping Seasons And Methods > Section 41-8-25 - Maximum number of traps--Disturbance of muskrat houses--Violation asmisdemeanor.

Section 41-8-25 - Maximum number of traps--Disturbance of muskrat houses--Violation asmisdemeanor.

41-8-25. Maximum number of traps--Disturbance of muskrat houses--Violation as misdemeanor. No person may molest, injure, or destroy any muskrat house, except in the open season for the taking, catching, or killing of muskrats. However, muskrat houses may, for the purpose of placing traps therein, be opened in such manner as will not destroy, damage, or injure them as a place of habitation for muskrats. A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor.

Source: SDC 1939, § 25.0801; SL 1941, ch 121; SL 1947, ch 113; SL 1951, ch 125; SL 1955, ch 86; SL 1959, ch 122; SL 1959, ch 123; SL 1961, ch 122; SL 1982, ch 290; SL 1991, ch 337, § 52.