Pennsylvania § 2521 - Incident reports.
Full text of Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes § 2521 — Incident reports., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 2521. Incident reports.
(a) General rule.--Every person who causes or is involved in an incident in which a human being is injured by any firearm or bow and arrow while hunting or taking game, wildlife or furbearers or incurs a self-inflicted injury with any firearm or bow and arrow while hunting or taking game, wildlife or furbearers shall render a report to the commission at Harrisburg or deliver the report to any officer of the commission on duplicate forms provided for that purpose. The report shall be delivered within 72 hours after the injury. Each 24-hour period thereafter shall constitute a separate offense. If the person is physically incapable of making the required report, it shall be the duty of the person or persons involved in the incident to designate an agent to file the report within the specified time.
(b) Penalty.--
(1) A violation of this section involving a nonfatal incident is a summary offense of the fifth degree.
(2) A violation of this section involving a fatal incident is a summary offense of the fourth degree.
(Dec. 19, 1996, P.L.1442, No.184, eff. 60 days)
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Section 2521 ("Incident reports.") is part of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, the codified statutory law of Pennsylvania. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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