Connecticut Code — 26
Browse 389 sections in division 26 of the Connecticut code. Each section page includes the full statutory text, official source links, and citation guidance.
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- § 26-1. Definitions.
- § 26-2. Members. Appointment. Compensation.
- § 26-3. Powers and duties of commissioner.
- § 26-3a. Acquisition of easements for maintenance of dams.
- § 26-3b. Rental, sale, exchange or transfer of real property and buildings in the custody or control of the commissioner. Right of first refusal.
- § 26-3c. Procedures and processes for use of Internet and other means for issuance of hunting, fishing and trapping licenses, permits, stamps and tags. Schedule of retainage by agents.
- § 26-4. Appointment and duties of director.
- § 26-5. Appointment of conservation officers, special conservation officers and patrolmen.
- § 26-6. Powers and duties of conservation officers and patrolmen.
- § 26-6a. Constables for fish and game protection.
- § 26-6b. Search of containers by conservation officers.
- § 26-6c. Immunity from attachments.
- § 26-7. Volunteer assistants.
- § 26-8. Ordinances controlling use of waters not applicable to department or employees.
- § 26-9. Annual exhibition.
- § 26-14. Federal aid for fish restoration projects.
- § 26-15. Fish and wildlife restoration projects. Funds for programs and functions of Bureau of Natural Resources.
- § 26-15a. Appropriations to Bureau of Natural Resources. Federal aid. Annual report.
- § 26-15b. Annual report re license, permit, stamp and tag fees and expenditures for fish and wildlife programs.
- § 26-16. Public hunting and fishing lands and waters.
- § 26-17. Release of fishing or hunting rights.
- § 26-17a. Acquisition and preservation of tidal wetlands.
- § 26-18. Fish or game for propagation.
- § 26-19. Motor boats in Bantam River.
- § 26-20. Signs on rights-of-way to state ponds or streams.
- § 26-21. Notice not to be destroyed.
- § 26-22. Control of aquatic plants and animals.
- § 26-23. Abandoned or discarded fishing or hunting implements. Derelict lobster gear.
- § 26-24. Use or disposal of seized articles.
- § 26-25. Commissioner may declare closed season or extend open season.
- § 26-25a. Regulation of feeding of wildlife on state-owned property. Intentional feeding of potentially dangerous animals on private property. Prohibition. Regulations. More restrictive municipal ordinances.
- § 26-25b. Disclosure of stocking schedules.
- § 26-25c. Release of lighter-than-air balloons restricted. Penalty.
- § 26-26. Enforcement in state boundary waters of boating or fish and game laws.
- § 26-26a. Northeast Conservation Law Enforcement Compact.
- § 26-26b. Interstate Wildlife Violator Compact.
- § 26-27. Licenses required for hunting, trapping and fishing. Exceptions.
- § 26-27a. Junior licenses.
- § 26-27b. Stamps required for hunting or taking of migratory birds, resident birds or resident game birds. Connecticut Migratory Bird Conservation Stamp. Connecticut Resident Game Bird Conservation Stamp.
- § 26-27c. Reproduction and marketing of stamps as artwork. Migratory bird and resident game bird conservation account. Subaccount. Restricted uses of funds.
- § 26-27d. Citizens' Advisory Board for the Connecticut Migratory Bird and Resident Game Bird Conservation Stamps program.
- § 26-27e. Sport fishing licenses. Statement re discarding of fishing line or other litter.
- § 26-27f. Three-day out-of-state bird hunting license. Fee. Regulations.
- § 26-27g. Lifetime hunting and fishing licenses. Authorization. Regulations.
- § 26-28. Hunting, trapping and sport fishing license fees.
- § 26-28a. Combination licenses for servicemen. Fee.
- § 26-28b. Marine waters fishing license. Exemptions.
- § 26-28c. Marine waters fishing license fees.
- § 26-29. Free lifetime fishing license for person who is blind.
- § 26-29a. Free lifetime fishing licenses for persons with intellectual disability.
- § 26-29b. Free lifetime hunting, sport fishing or trapping license for person with physical disability.
- § 26-29c. Free private land deer permit for certain farmers.
- § 26-30. Applications. Issuance of licenses.
- § 26-31. Instruction in handling and use of hunting weapons. Required education course for reinstatement of suspended license.
- § 26-31a. Instruction in fishing techniques.
- § 26-31b. Hunting and fishing guide services. Licenses. Fee.
- § 26-31c. Hunting or fishing guide services. Registration. Fee. Exception. Limit on customers in vessel. Regulations. Fine.
- § 26-31d. Printed fishing guides for 2023 season. Public availability.
- § 26-32. Permanent license.
- § 26-33. Issuance of complimentary licenses to nonresidents.
- § 26-34. License for nonresident servicemen.
- § 26-34a. License for nonresident servicemen.
- § 26-35. Expiration date. License not transferable. Restrictions. Wildlife management study area.
- § 26-36. Record of licenses. Remittance of fees by town clerks.
- § 26-37. Duplicate licenses.
- § 26-38. Hunting by minors.
- § 26-39. Hunting licenses for owners of packs of dogs.
- § 26-40. Game breeders license. Possession of skunks or raccoons.
- § 26-40a. Possession of potentially dangerous animal. Exemptions. Seizure, relocation and disposal. Penalties.
- § 26-40b. Animals, the skin or body of which is not to be sold.
- § 26-40c. Search and seizure.
- § 26-40d. Exceptions.
- § 26-40e. Killing, possession and sale of endangered and threatened species.
- § 26-40f. Penalty.
- § 26-41. Sec
- § 26-42. Licensing of raw fur dealers. Inspection. Regulations.
- § 26-43. Sale of raw furs to unlicensed nonresident dealer.
- § 26-44. Licensing of ferrets.
- § 26-45. Bait dealer's license.
- § 26-46. Reciprocal fishing privileges.
- § 26-47. Permits to take wildlife damaging crops. License to control nuisance wildlife. Permits to take wildlife damaging agricultural crops, livestock or apiaries. Conditions. Means. Methods. Times. Disposal of wildlife taken.
- § 26-47a. Use of noise-making devices to repel marauding birds and wildlife.
- § 26-48. Private shooting preserves; permits; regulations.
- § 26-48a. Management of salmon, trout and turkey. Issuance of permits, tags or stamps.
- § 26-49. Training of hunting dogs. Permits for liberation of artificially propagated birds.
- § 26-50. Permits for training hunting dogs using liberated pheasants.
- § 26-51. Permits for field dog trials. Fee.
- § 26-52. Permits for shooting birds liberated at field dog trials. Fees.
- § 26-53. Hunting licenses not required at field trials.
- § 26-54. Permits for custodians of protected birds and quadrupeds.
- § 26-55. Permit for importing, introducing into state, possessing or liberating live fish, wild birds, wild mammals, reptiles, amphibians and invertebrates. Regulations. Exemptions. Seizure, relocation and disposal. Penalties.
- § 26-55a. Possession of diploid grass carp.
- § 26-56. Permits for importation of wild hares or rabbits.
- § 26-57. Permits for transportation and exportation of fish, birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians and invertebrates.
- § 26-57a. Regulations for the establishment of in-state captive herds of cervids. Pilot program for businesses to maintain reindeer. Importation of reindeer into state from Thanksgiving Day to New Year's Day.
- § 26-58. Taxidermist's license.
- § 26-59. Regulation of tanning, curing and mounting; permits.
- § 26-60. Permits to collect certain wildlife for scientific and educational purposes. Fee.
- § 26-61. Suspension of license, registration or permit. Restoration. Fines.
- § 26-62. Hunting accidents; suspension of license or privilege to hunt.
- § 26-63. Notice of action on license.
- § 26-64. Fine for violations. Exception.
- § 26-65. Commissioner authorized to regulate hunting. Landowner permission required for hunting on private land.
- § 26-65a. Prohibition re reduction of state land where hunting is permitted.
- § 26-66. Scope of regulations.
- § 26-66a. Posting of warning signs by the department. Fees.
- § 26-66b. Hunting field guides produced by the department to include regulations for hunting in proximity to buildings.
- § 26-67. Regulations.
- § 26-67a. Confidentiality of reports.
- § 26-67b. Commissioner to advise law enforcement authorities re fish and game laws.
- § 26-67c. Complaints re hunting in proximity to certain areas. Hearing. Records to be kept by law enforcement officials. Report to General Assembly.
- § 26-67d. Falconry: Definitions.
- § 26-67e. Falconry: Applicable federal regulations. Commissioner authorized to adopt regulations. Fee reciprocity.
- § 26-68. Emergency declaration of closed seasons.
- § 26-69. Wildlife management practices.
- § 26-70. Regulation of hunting of wild birds, wild mammals, reptiles, amphibians and invertebrates. Permit for administration of chemical or biological substance to free-ranging wildlife. Requirements.
- § 26-71. Penalty.
- § 26-72. Regulation of trapping of fur-bearing animals.
- § 26-73. Hunting on Sunday. Bow and arrow hunting of deer on private property.
- § 26-74. Use of motor vehicles, snowmobiles and all-terrain vehicles in hunting.
- § 26-75. Silencer on firearms.
- § 26-76. Possession limit of game birds, wild quadrupeds, reptiles and amphibians.
- § 26-77. Taking of waterfowl in open coastal waters.
- § 26-78. Sale of birds, quadrupeds, reptiles or amphibians.
- § 26-78a. Donation of game to charitable organizations.
- § 26-79. Hunting in Putnam Memorial Camp grounds.
- § 26-80. Disposition of birds, quadrupeds, reptiles or amphibians illegally taken.
- § 26-80a. Illegal taking of moose or bear. Suspension of hunting license. Penalties. Use of deadly force to kill a bear. Authorization. Requirements.
- § 26-80b. Sale or use of computer software or service to remotely hunt animals or birds prohibited. Penalty.
- § 26-81. Penalty.
- § 26-82. Killing of deer regulated. Damage permit. Jacklight permit. Penalties. Plan by homeowner association, municipality or nonprofit land-holding organization to take deer.
- § 26-82a. Private land revolver permit to hunt deer. Requirements.
- § 26-85. Jacklighting for deer. Forfeiture and disposal of weapons.
- § 26-86. Deer, moose or black bear killed or wounded by motor vehicle.
- § 26-86a. Game management. Deer hunting; permitted weapons, locations, bag limits. Consent forms; permits, selection process.
- § 26-86b. Tags. Report of kill.
- § 26-86c. Permits to hunt deer and small game with bow and arrow. Fees. Applications. Education course requirement.
- § 26-86d. Penalty.
- § 26-86e. Regulation of hunting of doe deer.
- § 26-86f. Hunting of fawn deer prohibited.
- § 26-87. Taking rabbits by use of ferrets. Authorization. Penalties.
- § 26-88. Use of explosives.
- § 26-89. Cutting trees or using fire to take raccoon.
- § 26-90. False statement, penalty. General penalty.
- § 26-91. Taking of migratory game birds. Plan by municipality, homeowner association or nonprofit land-holding organization to take Canada geese.
- § 26-92. Wild birds other than game birds protected, exception. Game birds defined.
- § 26-92a. State purchase of game birds.
- § 26-93. Hunting of bald eagle prohibited. Disturbance of nest prohibited. Fine. No access area for bald eagle. Violation and fine or imprisonment.
- § 26-94. Hunting of swan prohibited.
- § 26-95. Trapping of birds.
- § 26-96. Trap shooting.
- § 26-97. Killing game birds in Westport Fire District prohibited. Penalty.
- § 26-98. Penalty.
- § 26-99. Establishment of fish and game refuges.
- § 26-100. Posting notices.
- § 26-101. Wildlife refuges and closed areas.
- § 26-102. Fish spawning areas and refuges.
- § 26-103. Management and preservation of islands in and marshes in or bordering the Housatonic River.
- § 26-104. Bantam Lake sanctuary.
- § 26-105. Lake Wononscopomuc sanctuary. Limited hunting.
- § 26-106. Milford refuge.
- § 26-107. Hunting and trapping on wildlife refuge or closed area.
- § 26-107f. Program for the conservation of nonharvested wildlife.
- § 26-107g. Citizen's Advisory Board for Nonharvested Wildlife. Membership. Duties.
- § 26-107h. Annual report.
- § 26-107i. Sale of wildlife stamps, prints, publications and other items. Allocation of revenue.
- § 26-108. Inland waters and marine district defined.
- § 26-109. Dividing lines between inland and marine waters in Groton, Stonington, the Niantic River and the Housatonic River.
- § 26-110. Demarcation lines.
- § 26-111. Regulation of fishing.
- § 26-112. Scope of regulations.
- § 26-113. Hearings.
- § 26-114. Prohibited acts.
- § 26-114a. Purchase or sale of snakehead fish prohibited.
- § 26-115. Fisheries management practices of commissioner.
- § 26-116. Exceptions.
- § 26-117. Fine for violation.
- § 26-118. Fishing in reservoir.
- § 26-119. Use of explosives or poisons.
- § 26-120. Striped bass.
- § 26-121. Taking of tomcod or frost fish in Saugatuck River.
- § 26-122. Fishing through ice in Cranberry Pond, Cream Hill Lake and Lake Quonnipaug.
- § 26-123. Fishing through ice in Long Meadow Pond.
- § 26-124. Indian Pond.
- § 26-125. Beach Pond and Killingly Pond.
- § 26-126. Disposition of fish illegally taken.
- § 26-127. Conservation of bait species. Daily limit.
- § 26-128. Carp and goldfish.
- § 26-128a. Taking of glass eels, elver eels and silver eels prohibited. Penalty.
- § 26-128b. Trout. Elimination of closed season.
- § 26-129. Forfeiture of fishing tackle.
- § 26-130. Sale of fish for stocking; sale of fish management commodities; sale of trout eggs.
- § 26-131. Registration of private waters. Taking of fish without license.
- § 26-132. Privately stocked waters.
- § 26-133. Stocking with different species of fish.
- § 26-134. Obstructing streams.
- § 26-135. Pond weirs and nets.
- § 26-136. Fishways.
- § 26-137. Fishing near fishways.
- § 26-138. Draining for taking fish.
- § 26-139. Responsibility for draining. Penalty.
- § 26-140. Fishing rights in stream crossing highway.
- § 26-141. Fine for violation.
- § 26-141a. Standards for flow of water in rivers or streams.
- § 26-141b. Adoption of regulations establishing flow standards for rivers and streams. Procedure.
- § 26-141c. Violation of regulations.
- § 26-142. Registration of nets. Permits to tend or operate.
- § 26-142a. Definitions. Licenses, permits, registrations and endorsements. Regulations. Prohibitions. Nonresident licenses. Fees. Commissioner authority. Revocation. Violations. Penalties. Limited access licenses.
- § 26-142b. Resident-held and nonresident-held principal commercial fishing license, general commercial fishing license and commercial lobster pot fishing license. Restrictions on reissuance, transfer and renewal.
- § 26-142c. Vessel permit exemption for taking lobsters or fish for personal use.
- § 26-142d. Dual-landing agreements for Winter I Summer Flounder.
- § 26-143. Nets to be marked.
- § 26-143a. Nets to be buoyed and marked. Boats to display license or registration flag.
- § 26-149. Commercial hatcheries. Fees.
- § 26-154. Restricted waters near mouth of stream or estuary. Use of otter trawls in estuaries.
- § 26-154a. Use of purse seines in Long Island Sound.
- § 26-155. Fish oil or fertilizer.
- § 26-157a. Lobster management program.
- § 26-157b. Reports. Penalty.
- § 26-157c. Regulations governing the taking and possession of lobsters. Regulations implementing the lobster trap allocation buy-back program.
- § 26-157d. Lobster restoration program. Regulations.
- § 26-157e. Commissioner to pursue lobster restoration funds. Administration of funds. Entering into contracts.
- § 26-157f. Lobster Restoration Advisory Committee. Establishment. Membership. Appointment, procedure and compensation.
- § 26-157g. Lobster v-notch restoration program.
- § 26-157h. Lobster trap allocation buy-back program.
- § 26-157i. Economic assistance program for resident commercial lobster fishermen. Establishment. Regulations.
- § 26-157j. Seafood dealer, wholesaler or shipper possession and sale of undersized lobsters. Conditions. Documentation.
- § 26-158. Sale of lobsters.
- § 26-159. Sea sturgeon.
- § 26-159a. Regulations concerning certain sport and commercial fishing in the marine district and possession of certain species. Penalty.
- § 26-159b. Taking and selling of sea sturgeon prohibited.
- § 26-159c. Commissioner to conduct public hearings in coastal areas.
- § 26-160. Extension zones.
- § 26-164. Inspection of license.
- § 26-165. Reports.
- § 26-166. Obstructions.
- § 26-167. Stealing fish, lobsters or equipment. Penalty.
- § 26-168. Sale or taking of salt water fish.
- § 26-169. Nets and seines prohibited in Darien, Stamford and Greenwich.
- § 26-170. Use of seine in Norwalk Harbor.
- § 26-171. Taking smelt in Greenwich.
- § 26-174. Pawcatuck River.
- § 26-175. Long Beach and Penfield Reef.
- § 26-176. Restrictions on type of fishing at certain points on Connecticut, Mystic and Thames Rivers, Niantic Bay and North Cove in Old Saybrook.
- § 26-177. Mystic River.
- § 26-178. Thames River.
- § 26-179. Taking smelt in Groton.
- § 26-180. Milford Harbor.
- § 26-181. Chester Cove.
- § 26-182. Wright's Cove.
- § 26-183. Use of nets in Long Island Sound adjacent to Stratford.
- § 26-184. Use of nets in Keney Cove.
- § 26-185. Use of trawls in the Poquonock River.
- § 26-186. Penalties.
- § 26-186a. Effect of license suspension on other licenses, permits or registrations and on right to obtain them.
- § 26-192. Exclusive jurisdiction of state.
- § 26-192a. Lead agency.
- § 26-192b. Standards for shellfish testing.
- § 26-192c. (Formerly Sec. 19a-96). Inspection and regulations concerning shellfish. License.
- § 26-192d. (Formerly Sec. 19a-97). Appeals from orders, suspension or revocation of a license.
- § 26-192e. (Formerly Sec. 19a-98). Classification of coastal waters, shores and tidal flats for the taking of shellfish.
- § 26-192f. (Formerly Sec. 19a-99). Penalties.
- § 26-192g. (Formerly Sec. 19a-100). Enforcement.
- § 26-192h. (Formerly Sec. 19a-101). License for the taking of shellfish from closed areas for certain purposes.
- § 26-192i. (Formerly Sec. 19a-95). Shellfish; definition.
- § 26-192j. Pollution which affects shellfish grounds. Liability to municipal shellfish commission.
- § 26-192k. Shellfish relay from restricted relay grounds. Tag identification information confidential. Code re harvest location.
- § 26-192l. l . Department of Agriculture's shellfish research and survey vessel.
- § 26-192m. Aquaculture Advisory Council. Membership. Duties. Annual report.
- § 26-193. Natural oyster beds: Map on file.
- § 26-194. Leasing of shellfish grounds. Fee. Utility lines and public use structures. Shellfish removal or relocation costs. Annual host payments for Long Island Sound crossings. Deposit of fee proceeds. Designation of shellfish areas to regional agricultural science and technology education centers. Leases for small-scale aquaculture operations.
- § 26-194a. Lease of a state shellfish bed to a municipality for recreational shellfishing. Fees.
- § 26-194b. Lease of shellfish parcels for use by nonprofit education or conservation organizations.
- § 26-195. State ground; determination of disputed boundaries.
- § 26-196. Determination of disputed boundaries in other cases.
- § 26-197. Commissioners' fees on hearings.
- § 26-198. Fees for recording or copying.
- § 26-199. Recording of transfers.
- § 26-200. Survey and staking; maps; fee.
- § 26-201. Release to the state.
- § 26-202. Leasing beacon ground.
- § 26-203. Buoying of certain natural beds.
- § 26-204. Grant of right to plant or cultivate shellfish which interferes with established fishing right void.
- § 26-205. Wardens; appointment, duties and powers.
- § 26-206. Shellfish police.
- § 26-207. Taxation of shellfish grounds.
- § 26-208. Laying of tax.
- § 26-209. Appeal.
- § 26-210. Collection of tax.
- § 26-211. Taxes unpaid five years; reversion.
- § 26-212. Licensing and numbering of shellfish vessels. Fee.
- § 26-213. License to work on natural beds.
- § 26-214. Nonresident oystermen. Foreign vessels prohibited.
- § 26-215. Power dredges. Local shellfish commissions. Use of power dredges to restore shellfish beds.
- § 26-216. Penalty.
- § 26-217. Use of chain bags on natural oyster beds.
- § 26-218. License forfeited on conviction.
- § 26-219. License to take conchs.
- § 26-220. Shellfish spawning beds.
- § 26-224. Deposit of injurious substances in tidal waters or on oyster ground. Penalty.