§ 10-414
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§10–414.
(a)A person may not possess any live raccoon or opossum unless the person first procures a permit from the Department. Any raccoon or opossum reduced to possession by a hunter or trapper shall be immediately killed.
(b)Notwithstanding any other provisions of this title, the owner of a marsh or the owner’s employees may hunt any raccoon which destroys a muskrat or its home in a marsh area of the State at any time.
(c)A landowner or the landowner’s agent may set or use steel traps or similar devices at any time to trap raccoon or opossum which are damaging property.
(d)A person may not cut a tree for the purpose of hunting or dislodging a raccoon or opossum without the consent of the owner of the tree.