Full Statute Name:  West's Delaware Code Annotated. Title 3. Agriculture. Part VI. Domestic and Foreign Animals, Birds, Reptiles and Insects. CHAPTER 72. POSSESSION OF MAMMALS OR REPTILES EXOTIC TO DELAWARE

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Primary Citation:  3 Del.C. § 7201 - 7203 Country of Origin:  United States Last Checked:  October, 2024 Alternate Citation:  DE ST TI 3 § 7201 - 7203 Date Adopted:  1970 Historical: 
Summary: This Delaware law requires a permit to possess, sell, or import any non-native wild animal. No such permits will be granted for non-native venomous snakes.

§ 7201. Possession; permit required

No person shall bring into this State, possess, sell or exhibit any live wild mammal or hybrid of a wild mammal or live reptile not native to or generally found in Delaware without first securing a permit under this chapter. The Department of Agriculture may adopt regulations to exempt such mammals and reptiles that do not represent a significant threat to community interests from the provisions of this chapter. Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter to the contrary, except for medical or psychological research or for display in any licensed zoological park or traveling circus, no person shall bring into this State, possess, sell or exhibit any poisonous snake not native to or generally found in Delaware where the venom of such snake poses a risk of serious injury or death to a human, and no permit for the same shall be issued by the Department of Agriculture.

CREDIT(S) 

57 Laws 1970, ch. 553; 69 Laws 1993, ch. 84, § 1; 72 Laws 2000, ch. 285, § 1, eff. April 18, 2000.

 

§ 7202. Permit; rules and regulations; exemptions

The Department of Agriculture shall enforce this chapter and may issue a permit where the possession or exhibition of a live wild mammal or hybrid of a wild mammal or live reptile will be in the public interest, and may promulgate rules and regulations for the proper enforcement of this chapter. The Department may designate agencies authorized to conduct animal cruelty enforcement and/or dog control enforcement to enforce the provisions of this chapter. The Department shall receive a fee of $25 for each and every permit issued. Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to prevent the use of any live wild mammal or hybrid of a wild mammal or live reptile in medical or psychological research or for display in any municipal zoological park or traveling circus after issuance of a permit.


CREDIT(S)

57 Laws 1970, ch. 553; 67 Laws 1990, ch. 260, § 1; 67 Laws 1990, ch. 277, § 1; 69 Laws 1993, ch. 84, § 1.

 

§ 7203. Penalties

Whoever violates this chapter shall for each offense be fined not more than $500, imprisoned not more than 30 days, or both. Justices of the peace shall have jurisdiction over offenses under this chapter.


CREDIT(S)

57 Laws 1970, ch. 553.

 
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