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R.I. Gen. Laws § 20-16-1

Furbearers protected

P.L. 1981, ch. 197, § 3; P.L. 2024, ch. 187, § 1, effective June 17, 2024; P.L. 2024, ch. 188, § 1, effective June 17, 2024; P.L. 2024, ch. 187, § 2, effective January 15, 2025;…

(a) No person shall hunt, pursue, shoot, or trap, or attempt so to do, the following furbearing mammals in this state, except in accordance with rules and regulations governing seasons, bag limits, and methods of taking adopted by the director pursuant to § 20-1-12.

(b) [Deleted by P.L. 2024, ch. 187, § 2 and P.L. 2024, ch. 188, § 2.]

(c) The department of environmental management shall promulgate, by rule, a list of “furbearers” for the purpose of this chapter.

Official source: Rhode Island General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Rhode Island statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.