Section 2. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, no person may take, possess, transport, export, process, sell or offer for sale, buy or offer to buy, nor shall a common or contract carrier knowingly transport or receive for shipment, any plant or animal species listed as endangered, threatened or of special concern or listed under the Federal Endangered Species Act.
Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, no person may alter significant habitat.
Possession, transfer, sale or exchange of scrimshaw, curios, collectibles, antiques or artifacts of endangered species, mounted or unmounted, which items can be reasonably determined to pre-date January first, nineteen hundred and seventy-three, shall be exempt from the provisions of this chapter.
Structure Massachusetts General Laws
Part I - Administration of the Government
Title XIX - Agriculture and Conservation
Chapter 131a - Massachusetts Endangered Species Act
Section 2 - Possession; Alteration of Habitat; Exempt Artifacts
Section 4 - Determination of Endangered, Threatened or Special Concern Status
Section 5 - Habitat Alteration Permits