87-6-411. Tagging of game animal offenses. (1) Each license issued by the department authorizing the holder of the license to hunt game animals, whether issued to a resident or a nonresident, must provide any tags, coupons, or markers as the department prescribes. When a person kills a game animal under the license, the person shall immediately cut out from the tag, coupon, or other marker the date the animal was killed and attach the tag, coupon, or other marker to the animal, completely filled out with the name of the license holder, the license holder's address, and any other information requested on the tag, coupon, or other marker. The tag, coupon, or other marker must be kept attached to the carcass as long as any considerable portion of the carcass remains unconsumed. When a game animal has been lawfully killed and the proper tag, coupon, or other marker is attached to the game animal that was killed, the game animal becomes the property of the person who lawfully killed the animal and may be possessed, used, stored, donated to another or to a charity, or transported.
     (2) A person who kills any game animal by authority of any license issued for the killing of the game animal may not fail or neglect to cut out the day and month of the kill or provide any other information that is required and attach the tag, coupon, or other marker provided with the license issued to the carcass of the game animal or portion of the game animal.
     (3) A person may not fail to keep the tag, coupon, or other marker attached to the game animal or portion of the game animal while the animal is possessed by the person.
     (4) A person may not tag a game animal with a tag restricted to a hunting district other than the hunting district where the game animal was killed.
     (5) A person convicted of a violation of this section shall be fined not less than $50 or more than $1,000 or be imprisoned in the county detention center for not more than 6 months, or both. In addition, the person, upon conviction or forfeiture of bond or bail, may be subject to forfeiture of any current hunting, fishing, or trapping license issued by this state and the privilege to hunt, fish, or trap in this state or to use state lands, as defined in 77-1-101, for recreational purposes for a period of time set by the court.

     History: En. Sec. 40, Ch. 258, L. 2011.