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§ 49-7-1. Definitions and interpretations - For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions and...
§ 49-7-1.1. Declaration of public policy - Hunting, trapping and fishing are vital parts of the heritage...
§ 49-7-2. "Social Security Administration" construed to include Railroad Retirement Board - The term "Social Security Administration," wherever used in Title 49,...
§ 49-7-4. Exemption of records relating to hunting, fishing and trapping license applications and holders of such licenses from Mississippi Public Records Act - The records of the Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks...
§ 49-7-7. Use of revenue from increase in license fees - The revenue collected from any increase in license fees pursuant...
§ 49-7-17. License agents; bonding requirements; additional license fee for officer or person issuing license; additional fee to recoup costs of issuing licenses - The department may, by administrative rule, establish qualifications, standards and...
§ 49-7-19. Prohibition against issuing license to person physically or mentally unfit to carry or use firearm - It shall be unlawful for any officer, authorized to issue...
§ 49-7-23. Sale of hunting and fishing licenses by constables designated as deputy conservation officers - The executive director may designate constables as deputy conservation officers,...
§ 49-7-25. Records and reports - Each officer authorized to issue licenses shall keep in a...
§ 49-7-30. Season for nongame gross fish - The season for taking nongame gross fish by hand or...
§ 49-7-31.2. Open season for game birds - The open season for game birds shall be as follows:...
§ 49-7-31.3. Open season for game animals other than deer - The open season on game animals except deer shall be...
§ 49-7-32. Restrictions on hunting with dogs during turkey season - The commission may establish closed seasons on the running, hunting,...
§ 49-7-35. Game season beginning on Sunday - Whenever the time fixed by statute for the beginning of...
§ 49-7-40. Special hunt by handicapped persons in natural area at Arkabutla Lake - The commission may adopt regulations to provide for a special...
§ 49-7-42. Training bird dogs through use of release pens and tamed and identified quail - It is lawful at all times for any person, upon...
§ 49-7-43. Regulation of certain Mississippi lands purchased by federal government - The executive director shall have authority to close all hunting...
§ 49-7-49. Prima facie evidence of hunting, trapping, or fishing - For the purpose of this chapter, the fact that any...
§ 49-7-53. Shipment and other transportation of game birds, animals or fish - Such nonresident licensee shall accompany the shipment or shall attach...
§ 49-7-55. Unlawful to possess, etc. - It shall be unlawful for any restaurant, hotel, club, or...
§ 49-7-56. Restaurants permitted to prepare and serve recreationally caught finfish to persons who caught the fish - It is lawful for any restaurant to possess, prepare and...
§ 49-7-57. Possession of lawfully taken game animal, bird or fish; unlawful possession prohibited - Any game animal, bird or fish lawfully taken may be...
§ 49-7-61. Hunting on Sabbath - If any person shall hunt within one-fourth (1/4) mile of...
§ 49-7-63. Use of traps, nets, etc., prohibited - It shall be unlawful for any person at any time...
§ 49-7-65. Unlawful to hunt, when - Except as provided in this chapter, it is unlawful for...
§ 49-7-67. Unlawful to sell, when - It shall be unlawful for any person to buy, sell...
§ 49-7-69. Use of explosives and chemicals prohibited - It shall be unlawful for any person in the taking...
§ 49-7-71. Unlawful to disturb traps - It shall be unlawful for any person to disturb the...
§ 49-7-73. Unlawful to disturb nests or eggs - It shall be unlawful to needlessly disturb or to destroy...
§ 49-7-75. Unlawful to fire woods, when - It shall be unlawful during the nesting season of game...
§ 49-7-77. Game protected during high water or fire - It shall be unlawful to hunt, trap, take, frighten, or...
§ 49-7-78. Canned hunts prohibited - For purposes of this section, the term "canned hunts" means...
§ 49-7-79. Unlawful to hunt on lands of others, when - It shall be unlawful to hunt, shoot, or trap or...
§ 49-7-80. Releasing aquatic species or animals not indigenous to Mississippi without permit - No person shall stock, place, release or cause to be...
§ 49-7-83. Unlawful not to return to water game fish taken by net - It shall be unlawful for any person to fail to...
§ 49-7-89. Fish dealers not to possess - It shall be unlawful for any fish dealer to buy,...
§ 49-7-93. Killing deer or spotted fawn out of season; penalties - Any person convicted of intentionally killing any deer or spotted...
§ 49-7-97. Liability of public officer for failure to perform duty - Any public officer who wilfully fails to perform any duty...
§ 49-7-103. Seizure and confiscation of property used in illegal hunting or fishing, etc., as contraband - The following property is subject to forfeiture: any firearm, equipment,...
§ 49-7-133. Reciprocity agreement recognizing hunting and fishing licenses issued by participating states - The commission may negotiate with the Louisiana Conservation Commission and...
§ 49-7-135. Compact concerning Pearl River authorized - The executive director may proceed immediately to negotiate with the...
§ 49-7-139. Seafoods excluded - This chapter shall in no way abridge, affect or repeal...
§ 49-7-143. Penalties; Class II violations - Any person who has been convicted of a Class II...
Lifetime Sportsman License
§ 49-7-151. Creation of lifetime sportsman license and Mississippi Wildlife Endowment Fund - Recognizing the inestimable importance to the state and its citizens...
Migratory Waterfowl Stamps
§ 49-7-161. Definitions - For purposes of Sections 49-7-161 through 49-7-173, unless the context...
§ 49-7-163. Unlawful to hunt or take migratory waterfowl without stamp or electronic equivalent; validation of stamp or proof of purchase of electronic equivalent; issuance or sale of stamp or electronic equivalent - It is unlawful for any person sixteen (16) years of...
§ 49-7-165. Fee for stamp - The fee for each stamp issued under Sections 49-7-161 through...
§ 49-7-167. Disposition of revenues - All revenue shall be used for projects approved by the...
§ 49-7-169. Commission may enter into reciprocal agreements with other states - The commission may enter into reciprocal agreements with other states...
§ 49-7-171. Ascertainment of acceptability of projects undertaken outside of state - Before approving and allocating funds for a proposed project to...
§ 49-7-173. Penalties - Any person violating any of the provisions of Sections 49-7-161...
Beaver Control Program -
Forfeiture of Property for Violation of Fish and Game Laws
§ 49-7-255. Liquidation of forfeited property; disposition of proceeds; retention and use of certain property; issuance of certificate of title - The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks may maintain,...
Hunting Incidents in Which Use of Weapon Causes Injury or Death to a Person -
Wounded Warrior Special Programs -