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W. Va. Code § 20-2-17

Hunting fur-bearing animals; possession of fur; disturbing traps of another

West Virginia · West Virginia Code Chapter 20 — Natural Resources · Status: effective

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W. Va. Code § 20-2-17, Hunting fur-bearing animals; possession of fur; disturbing traps of another, West Virginia, version 1 as recorded 2026-10-03, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/2374022
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No person shall hunt, capture, trap, take or kill fur-bearing animals except as authorized by regulation of the director. Except as authorized by the director, no person shall have in his possession the fresh skin, or part thereof, of any fur-bearing animal, except beaver, within the period beginning ten days after the end of the open season on such fur-bearing animal and ending with the first day of the next succeeding open season. No person shall disturb properly marked traps of another person, kill, remove or take a fur-bearing animal from the trap of another person without specific authorization of the owner of the trap, except upon land where the owner of such trap may have placed it without right or permission.