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Title 10 : Conservation and Development
Chapter 109 : Penalties and Enforcement
Subchapter 001 : GENERAL PROVISIONS
(Cite as: 10 V.S.A. § 4518)-
§ 4518. Big game violations; threatened and endangered species; suspension; violations
(a) Whoever violates a provision of this part or orders or rules of the Board that constitutes a big game violation shall be fined not more than $2,000.00 nor less than $500.00 or imprisoned for not more than 60 days, or both. Upon a second and all subsequent convictions or any conviction while under license suspension related to the requirements of part 4 of this title, the violator shall be fined not more than $5,000.00 nor less than $2,000.00 or imprisoned for not more than 180 days, or both.
(b) As used in this section, “big game violation” means:
(1) violations relating to taking, possessing, transporting, buying, or selling of big game;
(2) violations of chapter 123 of this title and the rules related to threatened and endangered species;
(3) violation of section 4280 of this title relating to criminal suspensions;
(4) violations of chapter 124 of this title relating to the trade in covered animal parts or products;
(5) interference with hunting, fishing, or trapping in violation of section 4708 of this title; or
(6) illegal commercial importation or possession of wild animals in violation of section 4709 of this title. (Added 1961, No. 119, § 1, eff. May 9, 1961; amended 1963, No. 6; 1973, No. 4; 1981, No. 80, § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1982; 1983, No. 234 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; 1985, No. 92, § 5; 1991, No. 13, § 3; 2011, No. 14, § 2, eff. July 1, 2012; 2015, No. 145 (Adj. Sess.), § 9; 2019, No. 169 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 2022; 2025, No. 47, § 10, eff. July 1, 2025.)
