Massachusetts Code — 131
Browse 129 sections in division 131 of the Massachusetts code. Each section page includes the full statutory text, official source links, and citation guidance.
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- § 1. Definitions; rules of construction
- § 1A. Division of fisheries and wildlife; board; members
- § 1B. Removal of board members
- § 1C. Conflicts of interest
- § 1D. Reimbursement
- § 1E. Meetings
- § 1F. Director
- § 1G. Director; powers and duties
- § 1H. Bureau of wildlife research and management
- § 1I. Damage by moose or deer
- § 2A. Wildland acquisition account
- § 2B. Deposit of revenues; interest
- § 2C. George L. Darey Inland Fisheries and Game Fund; funding sources; appropriations
- § 3. Disposition of fines, penalties and forfeitures
- § 4. Powers of director
- § 5. Open seasons; rules and regulations
- § 5B. Natural heritage and endangered species program; administration; advisory committee
- § 5C. Obstruction or interference with lawful taking of fish or wildlife; remedies
- § 6. Acquisition of rights, privileges, lands and properties
- § 7. Wildlife sanctuaries; trusts
- § 8. Use of wildlife sanctuaries and preserves; rules and regulations
- § 9. Publication of order establishing wildlife sanctuary; posting
- § 10. Hunting or trapping within wildlife sanctuary; borders posted; adoption of regulations
- § 10A. Nature preserves; designation
- § 10B. Nature preserve council
- § 10C. Release of nature preserves
- § 10D. Consultation; rules and regulations
- § 11. Licenses; requirements; fees; trapper training courses
- § 12. Licenses; issuance; form; display
- § 13. Construction of licensing laws; archery or primitive firearm season on deer; migratory waterfowl season; certificates for veterans hospitals and schools for persons with intellectual disabilities
- § 13A. Wildlands conservation stamps
- § 14. Hunter education programs; issuance of licenses to minors; target practice; confiscation of firearms
- § 15. Issuance of special complimentary certificate to officials of other states
- § 16. Loss or destruction of license; duplicates
- § 17. Retention of part of license fee by issuing officer or person
- § 17A. Municipal processing fee for sale of licenses
- § 17B. Notice of intent not to sell licenses
- § 18. License record books; payment of monies by issuing officer to director; surety bonds
- § 19. License to put fish or spawn into inland waters; permit to import live fish or viable eggs, certification, inspection for disease, and disposition
- § 19A. Permit to import live birds or mammals; rules and regulations; inspection and testing for disease; certification; disposition
- § 19B. Transporting mammals for purpose of euthanasia; putting animal to death by drowning prohibited
- § 19C. Traveling animal exhibits and shows; animals covered; exceptions; penalties; enforcement; adoption of rules
- § 20. Field trials for retriever or bird dogs
- § 21. Training of hunting dogs; field trials
- § 21A. Unfair hunting practices prohibited
- § 22. Sale of fish and game
- § 22A. Disposition of deer; rules and regulations; permits; fees
- § 23. Propagation, dealing, etc., in fish, birds, mammals, reptiles or amphibians; rules and regulations; licenses; fees
- § 24. Dealers' licenses; sale for food purposes
- § 25. Possession of live birds, mammals, reptiles or amphibians; sale; tags; labels; accounts
- § 25A. Quarantine of diseased fish, birds, mammals, etc.; order or notice; procedures; liability for expenses
- § 25B. Quarantined animals; destruction and disposal
- § 25C. Quarantined animals; prohibited acts; penalties
- § 26. Importation of fish, birds, mammals, reptiles or amphibians; shipments; tags; violations; seizure and disposition
- § 27. Taxidermists' licenses; permits; accounts; shipments
- § 28. Fur buyers' licenses; shipments; accounts
- § 29. Natural history associations and museums, zoos
- § 30. Permits for netting of carp and suckers
- § 31. Commercial shooting preserves; permits; licenses
- § 32. Licenses; expiration; loan or transfer; production for examination; suspension or revocation
- § 33. Prohibited acts; licenses, permits, applications, certificates, tags or seals
- § 34. Conviction for violations; surrender of license, permit or certificate
- § 35. Failure to carry license and wear it visibly; exception under automated licensing system
- § 36. Fishing, hunting, or trapping on private, posted land
- § 37. Killing of game by owner or tenant of land; reports
- § 38. Farmers; permit to trap and kill birds
- § 39A. Berkshire county; watershed resources; natural scenic qualities
- § 40. Removal, fill, dredging or altering of land bordering waters
- § 40A. Orders protecting inland wetlands
- § 40B. Farmland advisory board; meetings; advisory duties
- § 41. Protection of fisheries from discharge of waste materials into inland waters
- § 42. Protection of fish in inland waters; pollution; alteration of flows or water levels; application of section; damages
- § 43. Poisons
- § 44. Deposit of garbage or trash on property while hunting, fishing or trapping
- § 45. Great ponds; public use; rules and regulations
- § 46. Measurement of ponds
- § 47. Riparian proprietors; enclosure of waters
- § 48. Draining of pond, reservoir or other body of water
- § 49. Ponds on state boundary; fishing
- § 50. Methods of taking fish; angling, nets and seines, pots, spearing, bow and arrow
- § 51. Taking of trout in coastal waters
- § 52. Taking of certain fish for bait
- § 52A. Commercial taking of eels in inland waters; penalties
- § 53. Fishing with floats; toggle fishing
- § 54. Fish traps, nets and seines, hooks
- § 55. Forfeiture of net, seine, or other device; forfeiture of fish
- § 56. Special statutes relating to fisheries; alewife fisheries
- § 57. Sundays
- § 58. Shooting upon or across highway; hunting near dwelling
- § 59. Reservations, parks, public lands; hunting; state forests
- § 60. Weapons; careless or negligent use causing injury or death to another; report
- § 61. Weapons; careless or negligent use causing damage to property or livestock; tort liability
- § 62. Weapons; intoxicating liquor or drugs
- § 63. Loaded shotgun or rifle in motor vehicle, aircraft or motorboat
- § 64. Automatic firearms, machine guns or bows; use of tracer ammunition
- § 65. Hunting from motor vehicle, snowmobile, aircraft or watercraft
- § 65A. Online shooting or spearing
- § 66. Shotgun shells, load
- § 67. Rifles, revolvers and pistols; caliber
- § 68. Hunting with artificial light; swivel or pivot gun
- § 69. Bows and arrows for hunting
- § 70. Hunting with rifle, revolver or pistol, or by the aid of a dog; primitive firearms
- § 71. Orange clothing while hunting
- § 72. Deer tags
- § 73. Hunting moose
- § 74. Bird nests and eggs
- § 75. Wild turkey
- § 75A. Birds of prey
- § 76. Removal of mammal from hole, or from under ledge, stone or log
- § 77. Ferrets; possession and use
- § 77A. Wild canid and felid hybrids
- § 78. Protection of property by owner or tenant; transportation of firearms to or from range
- § 79. Trap, net or snare; use restricted
- § 80. Registration and identification of traps
- § 80A. Leghold traps and certain other devices restricted; punishment
- § 81. Suspension of open seasons because of fire hazard
- § 82. Dogs, running at large; protection of deer
- § 83. Sparrows and starlings
- § 84. Pigeons
- § 85. Transportation of fish or other animals into or out of commonwealth
- § 86. Property used for scientific experiments or investigations or for propagation
- § 87. Arrest without warrant; seizures; forfeitures
- § 88. Display of fish, game, and equipment for inspection
- § 89. Search warrants; seizures and forfeitures
- § 90. Penalties
- § 90A. Suspended or revoked foreign licenses; penalties for hunting, trapping or fishing or failing to return license upon suspension or revocation of license
- § 90B. Penalties for subsequent violations
- § 91. Limitation of actions and prosecutions
- § 92. Severability