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[Title R058. Table of Contents]
R58-14-1 Authority.
A. Promulgated under authority of Subsection 4-2-2 (1)(j) and Section 4-23-11.
B. Scope: It is the intent of this rule to protect the health and safety of individuals by prohibiting the holding of a raccoon or coyote in captivity except as provided by this rule.
R58-14-2 Definitions.
For the purpose of this rule the following definitions apply:
A. Division means the Division of Wildlife Resources.
B. Department means the Utah State Department of Health or the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food.
C. Person means an individual, association, partnership, government agency, or corporation, or any agent of the foregoing.
D. Possession means actual and constructive possession.
E. Raccoon means a depredating animal.
F. Coyote means a predatory animal.
G. Animal means raccoon or coyote.
H. Captivity means possession.
R58-14-3 General.
The Division of Wildlife Resources, with the cooperation of the Department of Agriculture and Food and the Department of Health shall enforce this rule.
A. The Agricultural and Wildlife Damage Prevention Board, by authority granted under Section 4-23, declares it unlawful to engage in the possession of live raccoons or coyotes except as provided by this rule.
B. Upon filing an application for registration with the Department of Agriculture and Food, upon forms provided by the Department, permission may be granted to the applicant to hold in live captivity raccoons or coyotes for research, educational, zoos, circuses, or other purposes authorized by the Department of Agriculture and Food.
C. Nuisance raccoons may be captured, but may not be relocated. No rabies vaccine is licensed for use in wild animals, therefore it is prohibited to import, distribute, relocate or keep raccoons or coyotes.
R58-14-4 Penalty.
Any violation of this section is a Class B Misdemeanor.
[Indexing]
KEY: administrative procedure, enforcement
January 16, 1996
[Editor's note: Below are references
to the Utah Code that are listed by the
agency making this rule as authority
for the rule.]
4-2-2
(1)(j)
4-23-11
Notice of Continuation April 7, 1997
