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Title 10 : Conservation and Development
Chapter 113 : Game
Subchapter 006 : BIRDS
(Cite as: 10 V.S.A. § 4905)-
§ 4905. Birds’ nests and eggs; destroying or robbing
A person shall not take or willfully destroy the nests or eggs of wild birds, other than rock pigeons, house sparrows, or European starlings, except when necessary to protect buildings and the nests to be removed contain no eggs or chicks and are no longer being used by birds for feeding, or when taken as provided in section 4152 of this title. (Added 1961, No. 119, § 1, eff. May 9, 1961; amended 1963, No. 112, § 2; 1967, No. 22, § 2; 1981, No. 85, § 12, eff. May 7, 1981; 2025, No. 47, § 2, eff. July 1, 2025.)
