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- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 131, § 27 · Taxidermists' licenses; permits; accounts; shipments
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 131, § 28 · Fur buyers' licenses; shipments; accounts
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 131, § 29 · Natural history associations and museums, zoos
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 131, § 30 · Permits for netting of carp and suckers
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 131, § 31 · Commercial shooting preserves; permits; licenses
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 131, § 32 · Licenses; expiration; loan or transfer; production for examination; suspension or revocation
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 131, § 33 · Prohibited acts; licenses, permits, applications, certificates, tags or seals
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 131, § 34 · Conviction for violations; surrender of license, permit or certificate
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 131, § 35 · Failure to carry license and wear it visibly; exception under automated licensing system
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 131, § 36 · Fishing, hunting, or trapping on private, posted land
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 131, § 37 · Killing of game by owner or tenant of land; reports
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 131, § 38 · Farmers; permit to trap and kill birds
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 131, § 39 · Repealed, 1995, 38, Sec. 143
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 131, § 39A · Berkshire county; watershed resources; natural scenic qualities
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 131, § 40 · Removal, fill, dredging or altering of land bordering waters
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 131, § 40A · Orders protecting inland wetlands
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 131, § 40B · Farmland advisory board; meetings; advisory duties
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 131, § 41 · Protection of fisheries from discharge of waste materials into inland waters
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 131, § 42 · Protection of fish in inland waters; pollution; alteration of flows or water levels; application of section; damages
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 131, § 43 · Poisons
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 131, § 44 · Deposit of garbage or trash on property while hunting, fishing or trapping
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 131, § 45 · Great ponds; public use; rules and regulations
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 131, § 46 · Measurement of ponds
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 131, § 47 · Riparian proprietors; enclosure of waters
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 131, § 48 · Draining of pond, reservoir or other body of water
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 131, § 49 · Ponds on state boundary; fishing
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 131, § 50 · Methods of taking fish; angling, nets and seines, pots, spearing, bow and arrow
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 131, § 51 · Taking of trout in coastal waters
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 131, § 52 · Taking of certain fish for bait
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 131, § 52A · Commercial taking of eels in inland waters; penalties
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 131, § 53 · Fishing with floats; toggle fishing
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 131, § 54 · Fish traps, nets and seines, hooks
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 131, § 55 · Forfeiture of net, seine, or other device; forfeiture of fish
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 131, § 56 · Special statutes relating to fisheries; alewife fisheries
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 131, § 57 · Sundays
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 131, § 58 · Shooting upon or across highway; hunting near dwelling
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 131, § 59 · Reservations, parks, public lands; hunting; state forests
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 131, § 60 · Weapons; careless or negligent use causing injury or death to another; report
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 131, § 61 · Weapons; careless or negligent use causing damage to property or livestock; tort liability
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 131, § 62 · Weapons; intoxicating liquor or drugs
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 131, § 63 · Loaded shotgun or rifle in motor vehicle, aircraft or motorboat
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 131, § 64 · Automatic firearms, machine guns or bows; use of tracer ammunition
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 131, § 65 · Hunting from motor vehicle, snowmobile, aircraft or watercraft
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 131, § 65A · Online shooting or spearing
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 131, § 66 · Shotgun shells, load
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 131, § 67 · Rifles, revolvers and pistols; caliber
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 131, § 68 · Hunting with artificial light; swivel or pivot gun
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 131, § 69 · Bows and arrows for hunting
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 131, § 70 · Hunting with rifle, revolver or pistol, or by the aid of a dog; primitive firearms
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 131, § 71 · Orange clothing while hunting
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 131, § 72 · Deer tags
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 131, § 73 · Hunting moose
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 131, § 74 · Bird nests and eggs
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 131, § 75 · Wild turkey
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 131, § 75A · Birds of prey
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 131, § 76 · Removal of mammal from hole, or from under ledge, stone or log
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 131, § 77 · Ferrets; possession and use
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 131, § 77A · Wild canid and felid hybrids
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 131, § 78 · Protection of property by owner or tenant; transportation of firearms to or from range
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 131, § 79 · Trap, net or snare; use restricted
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 131, § 80 · Registration and identification of traps
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 131, § 80A · Leghold traps and certain other devices restricted; punishment
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 131, § 81 · Suspension of open seasons because of fire hazard
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 131, § 82 · Dogs, running at large; protection of deer
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 131, § 83 · Sparrows and starlings
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 131, § 84 · Pigeons
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 131, § 85 · Transportation of fish or other animals into or out of commonwealth
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 131, § 86 · Property used for scientific experiments or investigations or for propagation
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 131, § 87 · Arrest without warrant; seizures; forfeitures
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 131, § 88 · Display of fish, game, and equipment for inspection
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 131, § 89 · Search warrants; seizures and forfeitures
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 131, § 90 · Penalties
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 131, § 90A · Suspended or revoked foreign licenses; penalties for hunting, trapping or fishing or failing to return license upon suspension or revocation of license
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 131, § 90B · Penalties for subsequent violations
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 131, § 91 · Limitation of actions and prosecutions
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 131, § 92 · Severability
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 131, § 93 to 118 · Repealed, 1967, 802, Sec. 1
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 131A, § 1 · Definitions
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 131A, § 2 · Possession; alteration of habitat; exempt artifacts
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 131A, § 3 · Exceptions
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 131A, § 4 · Determination of endangered, threatened or special concern status
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 131A, § 5 · Habitat alteration permits
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 131A, § 6 · Penalties; disposition of fines received
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 131A, § 7 · Fees
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 131B, § 1 · Entry of the commonwealth into the compact; violations
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 131B, § 2 · Requirements of participating states; policies; purpose of compact
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 131B, § 3 · Definitions
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 131B, § 4 · Citations; personal recognizance; report of conviction or noncompliance
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 131B, § 5 · Home state's treatment of receipt of violation from issuing state
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 131B, § 6 · Suspension of license when violation is not recognized in home state; communication of suspension information
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 131B, § 7 · Agreements or cooperative arrangements between participating state and nonparticipating state
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 131B, § 8 · Board of administrators; voting; annual election of chair and vice chair; by-laws; donations and grants; procedures and forms
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 131B, § 9 · Entry into compact; content of resolution; effective date of entry; withdrawal from compact
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 131B, § 10 · Compact amendments; adoption
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 131B, § 11 · Construction and application
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 132, § 1 · Director of the division of forests and parks; duties
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 132, § 1A · Chief superintendent of the bureau of shade tree management and pest control; powers and duties
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 132, § 2 · Bequests and gifts; Forestry Trust
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 132, § 3 · Forest wardens; payment for investigations; conventions
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 132, § 4 · Annual report of commissioner of natural resources