4-23-11 - Holding a raccoon or coyote in captivity prohibited -- Penalty.
4-23-11. Holding a raccoon or coyote in captivity prohibited -- Penalty.
(1) No person may hold in captivity a raccoon or coyote, except as provided by rules ofthe Agricultural and Wildlife Damage Prevention Board.
(2) The Division of Wildlife Resources, with the cooperation of the Department ofAgriculture and Food and the Department of Health, shall enforce this section.
(3) Any violation of this section is a class B misdemeanor.
(4) This section does not prohibit a person from continuing to keep a raccoon or coyotethat he owns as of the effective date of this act.
Amended by Chapter 82, 1997 General Session