{"data":{"id":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-379.4041","jurisdiction":"us-fl","citation":"Fla. Stat. § 379.4041","heading":"Illegal taking, possession, and sale of bears.","body":"(1) Unless a person is acting under the authority of rule 68A-4.009, Florida Administrative Code, a person who takes a bear or possesses a freshly killed bear during the closed season prescribed by law or rules of the commission commits a Level Three violation under s. 379.401 and forfeits any license or permit issued to him or her under this chapter for 3 years after the date of the violation. A person who commits a subsequent offense of such taking or possession is permanently ineligible for issuance of any license or permit under this chapter.\n(2) A person who possesses for sale or sells a bear taken in violation of this section or rules of the commission commits a Level Four violation under s. 379.401.\nHistory.—s. 2, ch. 2020-66.","path":["CHAPTER 379 FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION"],"source_url":"https://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute\u0026URL=0300-0399/0379/0379.html","current_through":"2026 Florida Statutes","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:04:35Z","sha256":"ff0bf3cbee7bdeb8aa2aa011f835fd4ffc3fe4b6000b956b5865078eea9a3de7","source_id":"us-fl","stale":false,"prev":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-379.404","next":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-379.40411"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}