Connecticut § 26-86b - Tags. Report of kill.
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§ 26-86b. Tags. Report of kill.
Sec. 26-86b. Tags. Report of kill. The commissioner shall issue tags to be attached to the carcass of any deer killed under the provisions of sections 26-82 and 26-86a to 26-86c, inclusive, which tag shall be immediately attached to such deer and remain affixed until such carcass is dressed and butchered and packaged for consumption. Each person so taking deer shall, within twenty-four hours, report such kill to the commissioner on a form furnished by him.
(1959, P.A. 227, S. 3; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 277; P.A. 74-151, S. 4, 7.)
History: 1971 act replaced references to board of fisheries and game with references to environmental protection commissioner; P.A. 74-151 added reference to Sec. 26-86 and required that tags remain affixed until carcass is packaged for consumption; (Revisor's note: In 1993 an obsolete reference to repealed Sec. 26-86d was replaced editorially by the Revisors with reference to Sec. 26-86c).
Source: official Connecticut text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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