{"data":{"id":"us-me/12-m.r.s.-12255","jurisdiction":"us-me","citation":"12 M.R.S. §12255","heading":"Tending traps","body":"1.  Failure to visit traps.  A person shall:\nA.  While trapping in an organized or incorporated place:\n(1)  Check each trap, except killer-type traps or drowning sets, at least once in every calendar day; and\n(2)  Check each killer-type trap or drowning set at least once in every 3 calendar days, except that a drowning set placed within 1/2 mile of a city, town or village center must be checked at least once in every calendar day; and\nB.  While trapping in an unorganized place:\n(1)  Check each trap, except killer-type traps and drowning sets, at least once in every calendar day; and\n(2)  Check each killer-type trap or drowning set at least once in every 5 calendar days.\nThis subsection does not apply to under-ice drowning sets for beaver and muskrat.  For the purposes of this subsection, \"check\" means to visit or cause to be visited.\nA person who violates this subsection commits a Class E crime.\n2.  Failure to remove animal from trap.  A person shall remove or cause to be removed from that person's trap an animal found caught in that trap.\nA person who violates this subsection commits a Class E crime.\n3.  Carrying a firearm while trapping.  Notwithstanding section 11205, subsection 1, paragraph A and section 11206, subsection 1, paragraph A, a person who holds a valid trapping license may carry a firearm at any time during the open trapping season for the sole purpose of dispatching trapped animals unless that person is prohibited from possessing a firearm under Title 15, section 393, subsection 1 and has not obtained a valid permit in accordance with Title 15, section 393, subsection 2.","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/title12sec12255.html","current_through":"October 1, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:12:25Z","sha256":"8dace043fc655f6486ba7bfd01b31e6d824837567ac5831dda7c39cfe531724b","source_id":"us-me","stale":false,"prev":"us-me/12-m.r.s.-12254","next":"us-me/12-m.r.s.-12256"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}