Sec. 3. (a) An individual may not take, carry, ship, transport, or accept for shipment or transportation outside Indiana a wild animal protected by Indiana law, except as provided in this article.
(b) An individual having a license to use a commercial fishing device in Indiana may ship, carry, or transport outside Indiana fish that the individual has legally taken or caught by the commercial fishing device.
(c) An individual having a license to hunt, trap, or fish in Indiana may carry, transport, or ship outside Indiana, in open season, in one (1) day, a wild animal that the individual has legally taken in open season, not to exceed in number the possession limit of the wild animal.
(d) Hides and furs of furbearing animals legally taken in open season may be shipped or carried outside Indiana in any number:
(1) during the open season; or
(2) after open season as allowed by rule.
(e) An individual having a breeder's license may ship, carry, or transport outside Indiana a wild animal that the individual has legally possessed under the breeder's license in Indiana.
(f) An individual may not ship, carry, or transport or accept for transportation or shipment to a place in Indiana or outside Indiana a wild animal unless the wild animal is enclosed in a package or container on which there is clearly, legibly, and conspicuously marked on the outside of the package or container the following information:
(1) The name and address of the shipper and the consignee.
(2) An accurate statement of the number or quantities and kinds of wild animals contained.
The shipper shall produce the license required under this article authorizing the person to take or possess the wild animal. If the wild animal is carried by the licensee personally, the wild animal shall be carried openly for inspection, together with the license.
(g) An individual having a mussel buyer's license may ship legally taken mussels or mussel shells outside Indiana.
[Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-2-6-4.]
As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.15. Amended by P.L.165-2011, SEC.10; P.L.151-2012, SEC.17.
Structure Indiana Code
Title 14. Natural and Cultural Resources
Chapter 10. Wildlife Regulation
14-22-10-0.1. Application of Certain Amendments to Chapter
14-22-10-1. Consent to Use Private Land
14-22-10-2. Restrictions on Landowner Liability to Recreational Users
14-22-10-2.5. Restrictions on Landowner Liability to Hunters, Fishers, and Trappers
14-22-10-3. Transportation of Fish and Game Outside State
14-22-10-4. Possession of Fish or Game Taken in Foreign Nation or State
14-22-10-5. Wild Animals Illegally Taken or Accidentally Killed
14-22-10-6. Liability for Destruction of Wild Animals by Pollutant
14-22-10-7. Effort to Retrieve Crippled or Killed Wild Animals
14-22-10-8. Fish and Game Preserves
14-22-10-9. Interstate Agreements on Boundary Waters