{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-26-65","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-65","heading":"Commissioner authorized to regulate hunting. Landowner permission required for hunting on private land.","body":"(a) In the interest of developing a sound wildlife program for all species of wild birds and wild quadrupeds, to encourage landowner participation in such program and to develop public hunting on public and private lands and waters, the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection is delegated authority to regulate hunting within the state as hereinafter provided.\n(b) No person may engage in hunting on private land without the permission of the owner of such land.","path":["TITLE 26. FISHERIES AND GAME","CHAPTER 490. FISHERIES AND GAME","PART IV*. HUNTING AND TRAPPING"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_490.htm#sec_26-65","current_through":"Revised to January 1, 2026 (2026 Supplement to the General Statutes of Connecticut, applied over the base revision of January 1, 2025)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T19:07:08Z","sha256":"9445621b8b4a166cb9141ea13ada0548db37967f6c9d8a129b6dced268e17180","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-26-64","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-26-65a"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}