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Post by budd on Oct 28, 2011 7:44:40 GMT -5
I live in Minnesota and have a taxidermy friend down in Indiana that wants to buy a bobcat and otter from me. Can I sell him legally taken and registered hides?
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Post by morrison on Oct 29, 2011 8:00:08 GMT -5
Yes. you will have to provide the documentation listed in the Adminstrative Code pasted below.
312 IAC 9-3-18.4 Possession and sale of bobcats, river otters, and badgers
Authority: IC 14-22-2-6
Affected: IC 14-22
Sec. 18.4. (a) A person must not possess or sell a carcass, hide, or any part of a bobcat, river otter, or badger unless the person
meets one (1) of the following requirements:
(1) The person possesses satisfactory documentation that the carcass, hide, or part was lawfully acquired. Satisfactory
documentation must include one (1) or more of the following:
(A) A legible copy of any of the following:
(i) A tag.
(ii) A receipt.
(iii) A hunting license.
(iv) A trapping license.
(v) A permit.
(vi) Other appropriate record from the state or country where the animal, including any part or portion of the
animal, was acquired.
(B) A receipt from either of the following:
(i) A fur buyer licensed under 312 IAC 9-10-12.
(ii) A taxidermist licensed under 312 IAC 9-10-5.
(2) The person obtains the:
(A) carcass;
(B) hide; or
(C) part;
from the director or his designee with written permission.
(b) In addition to subsection (a), a person must not possess a carcass or untanned hide of a:
(1) bobcat;
(2) river otter; or
(3) badger;
for more than fourteen (14) days unless the person is a fur buyer licensed under 312 IAC 9-10-12.
(c) A fur buyer licensed under 312 IAC 9-10-12, or a taxidermist licensed under 312 IAC 9-10-5, who sells:
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(1) a carcass;
(2) a hide; or
(3) any part;
of a bobcat, river otter, or badger must provide the purchaser with the documentation described in subsection (a). A purchaser who
relies in good faith upon the documentation may offer it as an affirmative defense to an infraction or civil penalty alleging a violation
of subsection (a). (Natural Resources Commission; 312 IAC 9-3-18.4; filed Jun 23, 2006, 2:24 p.m.: 20060719-IR-312050214FRA;
readopted filed Nov 24, 2008, 11:08 a.m.: 20081210-IR-312080672RFA
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