§12255.__Tending traps

1.__Failure to visit traps.__A person may not:

A.__While trapping in an organized or incorporated place fail to:

(1)__Check each trap, except killer-type traps, at least once in every calendar day; and

(2)__Check each killer-type trap at least once in every 3 calendar days; and

B.__While trapping in an unorganized place fail to:

(1)__Check each trap, except killer-type traps and drowning sets, at least once in every calendar day; and

(2)__Check each killer-type trap or drowning set at least once in every 5 calendar days.

This subsection does not apply to under-ice drowning sets for beaver and muskrat.__For the purposes of this subsection, "check" means to visit or cause to be visited.

2.__Failure to remove animal from trap.__A person may not fail to remove or cause to be removed from that person's trap an animal found caught in that trap.

3.__Carrying a firearm while trapping.__Notwithstanding section 11205, subsection 1, paragraph A and section 11206, subsection 1, paragraphs A and B, a person who holds a valid trapping license may carry a firearm at any time during the open trapping season for the sole purpose of dispatching trapped animals.

§12256.__Disturbing traps of another

A person may not disturb or take a trap or a wild animal from a trap, other than that person's own trap, without the consent of the owner of the trap, except that a landowner or occupant of land that the landowner or occupant is legally entitled to possess may remove any trap found on the land if permission has not been granted under section 12253, subsection 1 or 2 or the person has not obtained a written permit from the landowner to trap on that landowner's land with cage-type live