New Hampshire Revised Statutes 217-A:9 – Prohibited Acts
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I. It shall be a violation of this chapter for any person, other than the owner of private property on which the species listed under N.H. Rev. Stat. § 217-A:5 is located to:
(a) Export any protected species from the state.
(b) Import any protected species into the state.
(c) Transport any protected species within the state.
(d) Take, possess, sell, offer for sale, deliver, carry, transport or ship, by any means, any protected species from public highways, public property, waters of the state or from property of another without required and valid state or federal permits.
(e) Otherwise violate any rule adopted under N.H. Rev. Stat. § 217-A:8, relative to the conservation or protection of any species listed under N.H. Rev. Stat. § 217-A:5.
II. Nothing in this section shall limit the rights of private property owners to take state protected species or exemplary natural communities on their own lands.
III. The natural heritage bureau, except as provided in N.H. Rev. Stat. § 217-A:9, I shall act as an information resource program to assist and advise state and local agencies, and private sector development projects upon request.
(a) Export any protected species from the state.
Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 217-A:9
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies corporate and politic as well as to individuals. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:9
- state: when applied to different parts of the United States, may extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall include said district and territories. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:4
(b) Import any protected species into the state.
(c) Transport any protected species within the state.
(d) Take, possess, sell, offer for sale, deliver, carry, transport or ship, by any means, any protected species from public highways, public property, waters of the state or from property of another without required and valid state or federal permits.
(e) Otherwise violate any rule adopted under N.H. Rev. Stat. § 217-A:8, relative to the conservation or protection of any species listed under N.H. Rev. Stat. § 217-A:5.
II. Nothing in this section shall limit the rights of private property owners to take state protected species or exemplary natural communities on their own lands.
III. The natural heritage bureau, except as provided in N.H. Rev. Stat. § 217-A:9, I shall act as an information resource program to assist and advise state and local agencies, and private sector development projects upon request.