{"data":{"id":"us-me/12-m.r.s.-12252","jurisdiction":"us-me","citation":"12 M.R.S. §12252","heading":"Unlawful trapping methods","body":"1.  Unlawfully rigging traps.  A person may not use auxiliary teeth on any leg-hold trap set on land.\n2.  Use or possession of prohibited implements or aids.  A person may not:\nA.  Set or tend a snare for the purpose of trapping any wild animal or wild bird, except as provided in section 10105, subsection 1 and section 12259;\nB.  Set or tend a set gun for the purpose of killing, taking, catching, wounding, harming or molesting any wild animal or wild bird;\nC.  Deposit any medicinal, poisonous or stupefying substance for the purpose of killing, taking, catching, wounding, harming or molesting any wild animal or wild bird, except that a landowner or member of the landowner's immediate family may use gas cartridges on the landowner's own land for woodchuck control; or\nD.  Sell, advertise, give notice of the sale or keep for sale any set gun or poisonous substance for the taking of wild animals or wild birds, except that a person may sell, advertise, give notice of sale of or keep for sale rodenticide for orchard mouse control and gas cartridges for woodchuck control.\n3.  Use of pole traps.  A person may not use or set any steel trap on the top of a pole, constituting a device commonly known as a \"pole trap\" for the purposes of catching any wild bird.\n4.  Penalty.  A person who violates this section commits a Class E crime.","path":["TITLE 12: CONSERVATION","PART 13: INLAND FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE","CHAPTER 917: TRAPPING","SUBCHAPTER 2: TRAPPING SEASON, REQUIREMENTS AND RESTRICTIONS"],"source_url":"https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/12/title12sec12252.html","current_through":"October 1, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:12:25Z","sha256":"109e852044da1f899ed9b7d878d5e798f9cfe2cdb8311d41086a243debd7b983","source_id":"us-me","stale":false,"prev":"us-me/12-m.r.s.-12251","next":"us-me/12-m.r.s.-12253"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}