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§ 34A-8-9 Possession, transportation and sale of endangered and threatened species prohibited--Violation as misdemeanor.

SD Codified L § 34A-8-9 (2019) (N/A)
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34A-8-9. Possession, transportation and sale of endangered and threatened species prohibited--Violation as misdemeanor. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, no person may take, possess, transport, import, export, process, sell, or offer for sale, buy or offer to buy, nor may a common or contract carrier transport or receive for shipment, any species of wildlife or plants appearing on the following lists:

(1) The list of wildlife and plants indigenous to the state determined to be endangered or threatened within the state pursuant to §§ 34A-8-3 and 34A-8-4.

(2) The United States list of endangered or threatened native wildlife effective on January 1, 1977.

(3) The United States list of endangered or threatened foreign wildlife effective on January 1, 1977.

(4) The United States list of endangered or threatened plants effective on January 1, 1977.

A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor.

Source: SL 1977, ch 335, § 5; SL 1992, ch 158, § 48.

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