70-4-209 - Purchase or sale of red fox hides, furs or pelts.
70-4-209. Purchase or sale of red fox hides, furs or pelts.
(a) (1) It is unlawful to buy or sell green hides, raw furs or pelts of a red fox, except as provided in subsection (b) or in counties open to the lawful taking of red fox.
(2) A violation of this subsection (a) is a Class C misdemeanor.
(b) When a red fox is legally killed, it is lawful to buy or sell green hides, raw furs or pelts of such red fox at any time in counties with the following population, according to the 1970 federal census or any subsequent federal census:
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[Acts 1973, ch. 158, § 1; 1977, ch. 419, § 1; 1978, ch. 756, § 1; 1979, ch. 329, §§ 1-3; T.C.A., § 51-515; Acts 1983, ch. 27, § 1; 1983, ch. 272, § 1; 1983, ch. 443, § 1; 1984, ch. 593, § 1; 1984, ch. 775, § 1; 1985, ch. 3, § 1; 1985, ch. 74, § 1; 1985, ch. 235, § 1; 1986, ch. 531, §§ 3, 4; 1988, ch. 639, § 1; 1989, ch. 591, § 113.]