{"data":{"id":"us-me/12-m.r.s.-12303-a","jurisdiction":"us-me","citation":"12 M.R.S. §12303-A","heading":"Time limits for registering bear, deer, moose or wild turkey","body":"1.  Time limits.   Except as provided in subsection 1‑A and in section 12307 or in rules adopted under section 12301‑B, a person may not keep any of the following unregistered wild animals for more than 18 hours:\nA.  Bear;\nB.  Deer;\nC.  Moose; or\nD.  Wild turkey.\n1-A.  Exceptions.  The following are exceptions to the time limitation for registering harvested wild animals established in subsection 1:\nA.  A person may keep a harvested animal in an official registration station for that animal or at the office of a game warden for more than 18 hours;\nB.  A person may leave an unregistered animal harvested by that person in the woods if that person notifies a game warden within 18 hours as to the location of that animal and the circumstances necessitating leaving that animal in the woods;\nC.  A person on a hunting trip in an unorganized township and staying at a temporary place of lodging may keep an unregistered harvested animal at the temporary place of lodging for no more than 7 days or until that person leaves the woods, whichever comes first; and\nD.  A person may keep an unregistered animal harvested by that person if that person notifies a game warden within 18 hours as to the location of that animal and the circumstances preventing the person from registering the animal in accordance with subsection 1.\n2.  Penalty.  A person who violates this section commits a Class E crime.","path":["TITLE 12: CONSERVATION","PART 13: INLAND FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE","CHAPTER 919: REGISTRATION AND TRANSPORT OF HARVESTED ANIMALS","SUBCHAPTER 1: REGISTRATION"],"source_url":"https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/12/title12sec12303-A.html","current_through":"October 1, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:12:25Z","sha256":"9c38f11855ba9478a9d55457912723556da08768e26ff67f547213f78ada851c","source_id":"us-me","stale":false,"prev":"us-me/12-m.r.s.-12303","next":"us-me/12-m.r.s.-12304"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}