§ 17-301 Times when wildlife may be taken; exceptions; methods of taking
§ 17-301.01 Protection from wildlife
§ 17-302 Taking of bear or mountain lion for protection of property; report
§ 17-302.01 Taking of wolves for protection of life or property
§ 17-303 Taking or driving wildlife from closed areas or while trespassing
§ 17-304 Prohibition by landowner on hunting, fishing, trapping or guiding; trespassing; posting; requirements
§ 17-305 Possession of other weapons while hunting; violation; classification
§ 17-306 Importation, transportation, release or possession of live wildlife; violations; classification
§ 17-307 Possession, storage, sale and gift of the carcass or parts thereof of wildlife
§ 17-308 Unlawful camping
§ 17-309 Violations; classification
§ 17-310 Agreement to appear in court
§ 17-311 Duty to report shooting accident resulting in injury or death; duty to give assistance; authority of officers
§ 17-312 Misuse of firearms
§ 17-313 Disposition of fines, forfeitures and penalties; reports
§ 17-314 Illegally taking, wounding, killing or possessing wildlife; civil penalty; enforcement
§ 17-315 Wildlife theft prevention fund; authorized expenditures
§ 17-316 Interference with rights of hunters; classification; civil action; exceptions
§ 17-317 Possession and containment of white amur; determination of closed aquatic system
§ 17-318 Disease assessment and treatment before importing wildlife and transporting big game
§ 17-319 Big game animals; carcasses; possession and transportation; salvage permit; requirements; violation; classification
§ 17-320 Jaguar; protection; violations; classification; civil liability; exceptions

Terms Used In Arizona Laws > Title 17 > Chapter 3 > Article 1 - General Regulations

  • Action: includes any matter or proceeding in a court, civil or criminal. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Angling: means taking fish by one line and not more than two hooks, by one line and one artificial lure, which may have attached more than one hook, or by one line and not more than two artificial flies or lures. See Arizona Laws 17-101
  • Aquatic wildlife: means fish, amphibians, mollusks, crustaceans and soft-shelled turtles. See Arizona Laws 17-101
  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • Bag limit: means the maximum limit, in number or amount, of wildlife that any one person may lawfully take during a specified period of time. See Arizona Laws 17-101
  • Big game: means wild turkey, deer, elk, pronghorn (antelope), bighorn sheep, bison (buffalo), peccary (javelina), bear and mountain lion. See Arizona Laws 17-101
  • Closed season: means the time during which wildlife may not be lawfully taken. See Arizona Laws 17-101
  • Commission: means the Arizona game and fish commission. See Arizona Laws 17-101
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Department: means the Arizona game and fish department. See Arizona Laws 17-101
  • Device: means any net, trap, snare, salt lick, scaffold, deadfall, pit, explosive, poison or stupefying substance, crossbow, firearm, bow and arrow, or other implement used for taking wildlife. See Arizona Laws 17-101
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Falconry: means the sport of hunting or taking quarry with a trained raptor. See Arizona Laws 17-101
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Fur-bearing animals: means muskrats, raccoons, otters, weasels, bobcats, beavers, badgers and ringtail cats. See Arizona Laws 17-101
  • Game fish: means trout of all species, bass of all species, catfish of all species, sunfish of all species, northern pike, walleye and yellow perch. See Arizona Laws 17-101
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • including: means not limited to and is not a term of exclusion. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Magistrate: means an officer having power to issue a warrant for the arrest of a person charged with a public offense and includes the chief justice and justices of the supreme court, judges of the superior court, judges of the court of appeals, justices of the peace and judges of a municipal court. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Peace officers: means sheriffs of counties, constables, marshals, policemen of cities and towns, commissioned personnel of the department of public safety, personnel who are employed by the state department of corrections and the department of juvenile corrections and who have received a certificate from the Arizona peace officer standards and training board, peace officers who are appointed by a multicounty water conservation district and who have received a certificate from the Arizona peace officer standards and training board, police officers who are appointed by community college district governing boards and who have received a certificate from the Arizona peace officer standards and training board, police officers who are appointed by the Arizona board of regents and who have received a certificate from the Arizona peace officer standards and training board, police officers who are appointed by the governing body of a public airport pursuant to section 28-8426 and who have received a certificate from the Arizona peace officer standards and training board, peace officers who are appointed by a private postsecondary institution pursuant to section 15-1897 and who have received a certificate from the Arizona peace officer standards and training board and special agents from the office of the attorney general, or of a county attorney, and who have received a certificate from the Arizona peace officer standards and training board. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association or society, as well as a natural person. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Personal property: includes money, goods, chattels, things in action and evidences of debt. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Possession limit: means the maximum limit, in number or amount of wildlife, that any one person may possess at one time. See Arizona Laws 17-101
  • Property: includes both real and personal property. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Road: means any maintained right-of-way for public conveyance. See Arizona Laws 17-101
  • Small game: means cottontail rabbits, tree squirrels, upland game birds and migratory game birds. See Arizona Laws 17-101
  • Statewide: means all lands except those areas lying within the boundaries of state and federal refuges, parks and monuments, unless specifically provided differently by commission order. See Arizona Laws 17-101
  • Take: means pursuing, shooting, hunting, fishing, trapping, killing, capturing, snaring or netting wildlife or placing or using any net or other device or trap in a manner that may result in capturing or killing wildlife. See Arizona Laws 17-101
  • trapping: means taking wildlife in any manner except with a gun or other implement in hand. See Arizona Laws 17-101
  • United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Verdict: The decision of a petit jury or a judge.
  • Wild: means , in reference to mammals and birds, those species that are normally found in a state of nature. See Arizona Laws 17-101
  • Wildlife: means all wild mammals, wild birds and the nests or eggs thereof, reptiles, amphibians, mollusks, crustaceans and fish, including their eggs or spawn. See Arizona Laws 17-101
  • Writing: includes printing. See Arizona Laws 1-215