Wildlife Violator Compact

Miss. Code Ann. tit. 49, ch. 10
in effect

Miss. Code Ann. § 49-10-1 Enactment; provisions of compact.

The Wildlife Violator Compact is enacted into law and entered into by the State of Mississippi with any and all states legally joining therein in accordance with its terms. The compact is substantially as follows:

Miss. Code Ann. § 49-10-3 Penalties for violations by person whose hunting privileges are suspended under compact.

It is unlawful for any person whose license, privilege, or right to hunt, fish, trap, possess, or transport wildlife, having been suspended or revoked pursuant to this article, to exercise that right or privilege within this state or to purchase or possess such a license which grants such right or privilege. Any person who hunts, fishes, traps, possesses, or transports wildlife in this state or who purchases or possesses a license to hunt, fish, trap, possess, or transport wildlife in this state in violation of such suspension or revocation pursuant to this compact shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not less than One Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($1,500.00) nor more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) or imprisonment for a period not exceeding twelve (12) months or both.

Miss. Code Ann. § 49-10-5 Rules and regulations to be made and published by Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks.

The Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks shall make and publish such rules and regulations, not inconsistent with law, as it deems necessary to carry out the purposes of the Wildlife Violator Compact.

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