Current through the 2024 Regular Session
Section 49-7-140 - Importation, release and transportation of wild hogs prohibited; penalty(1) No person may import into the state or release into the wild, any live feral hog, wild swine or Russian Boar.(2) No person may transport on public roads or off of the property of record where captured or relocate within the state any live feral hog, wild swine or Russian Boar.(3) For the purposes of this section, "feral hogs, wild swine or Russian Boar" are defined as any hog that is not a domesticated pet or livestock.(4) A violation of this section is a Class I violation punishable as provided in Section 49-7-141.(5) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the lawful transport of domestic swine for customary and ordinary purposes of intrastate or interstate commerce, or agricultural practices.Laws, 1994, ch. 412, § 1; Laws, 2005, ch. 384, § 1; Laws, 2010, ch. 521, § 1, eff. 7/1/2010.Amended by Laws, 2022, ch. 410, HB 1065,§ 2, eff. 7/1/2022.Amended by Laws, 2016, ch. 454, HB 487, 1, eff. 7/1/2016.Amended by Laws, 2014, ch. 510, HB 864, 2, eff. 7/1/2014.