Md. Code, Natural Resources § 10-902
Md. Code, Natural Resources § 10-902
in effect(a) Any person desiring to possess, import, export, breed, raise, protect, rehabilitate, hunt, kill, trap, capture, purchase, or sell any wildlife native to Maryland, shall first obtain a permit or license from the Department.
(b) The Secretary shall establish by regulation:
(1) The types and classes of permits and licenses which shall be issued;
(2) The species of wildlife exempt from the permit and license requirement;
(3) Sanitary housing or any other conditions which are necessary for the humane, safe, and healthy possession of wildlife;
(4) Conditions under which captive wildlife may be hunted or released to the wild; and
(5) Record keeping requirements.
(c) The Secretary shall charge a reasonable fee for each permit or license.
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