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Code · Maine · Title 12: CONSERVATION · Chapter 917: TRAPPING

§12202. Trapping by landowner

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Notwithstanding section 12201, subsection 1 and subject to all other applicable laws and rules, a resident and a member of the resident's immediate family, as long as the trapper's license to trap is not under suspension or revocation, may trap for wild animals without a trapping license issued under section 12201 on land: [PL 2015, c. 301, §29 (AMD).]
1. Possession. To which they are legally entitled to possession;
[PL 2003, c. 414, Pt. A, §2 (NEW); PL 2003, c. 614, §9 (AFF).]
2. Domiciled. On which they are actually domiciled; and
[PL 2003, c. 414, Pt. A, §2 (NEW); PL 2003, c. 614, §9 (AFF).]
3. Agricultural purposes.
[PL 2025, c. 126, §4 (RP).]
4. Minimum acreage. That is 10 or more contiguous acres in size.
[PL 2025, c. 126, §5 (NEW).]
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