{"data":{"id":"us-md/md.-code-natural-resources-10-414","jurisdiction":"us-md","citation":"Md. Code, Natural Resources § 10–414","heading":"","body":"(a) A person may not possess any live raccoon or opossum unless the person first procures a permit from the Department. Any raccoon or opossum reduced to possession by a hunter or trapper shall be immediately killed.\n(b) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this title, the owner of a marsh or the owner’s employees may hunt any raccoon which destroys a muskrat or its home in a marsh area of the State at any time.\n(c) A landowner or the landowner’s agent may set or use steel traps or similar devices at any time to trap raccoon or opossum which are damaging property.\n(d) A person may not cut a tree for the purpose of hunting or dislodging a raccoon or opossum without the consent of the owner of the tree.","path":["Article - Natural Resources"],"source_url":"https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Laws/StatuteText?article=gnr\u0026section=10-414","current_through":"2026-01-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T20:00:08Z","sha256":"4fded73abb06348a425abcf93fd6117a79a0c6c4c6a2109b3d9659157acd7450","source_id":"us-md","stale":false,"prev":"us-md/md.-code-natural-resources-10-413","next":"us-md/md.-code-natural-resources-10-415"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}