The ownership of and the title to all wild animals in this state, not legally confined or held by private ownership legally acquired, is in the state, which holds such title in trust for the benefit of all the people. Individual possession shall be obtained only in accordance with the Revised Code or division rules. No person at any time of the year shall take in any manner or possess any number or quantity of wild animals, except wild animals that the Revised Code or division rules permit to be taken, hunted, killed, or had in possession, and only at the time and place and in the manner that the Revised Code or division rules prescribe. No person shall buy, sell, or offer any part of wild animals for sale, or transport any part of wild animals, except as permitted by the Revised Code or division rules. No person shall possess or transport a wild animal that has been taken or possessed unlawfully outside the state.
A person doing anything prohibited or neglecting to do anything required by this chapter or Chapter 1533. of the Revised Code or contrary to any division rule violates this section. A person who counsels, aids, shields, or harbors an offender under those chapters or any division rule, or who knowingly shares in the proceeds of such a violation, or receives or possesses any wild animal in violation of the Revised Code or division rule, violates this section.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 29
cases (4 in the last 5 years), 1962–2026 · leading case: State v. Coll, 2017 Ohio 7270 (Ohio Ct. App. 2017).
State v. Coll, 2017 Ohio 7270 (Ohio Ct. App. 2017). · cites it 13דOn March 28, 2016, appellant and two other individuals were cited under R.C. 1531.02. The three men were also cited under Ohio Adm.”
State v. Musick, 695 N.E.2d 317 (Ohio Ct. App. 1997). · cites it 5דOn March 18, 1996, appellee was cited for failing to comply -with the provisions of his deer-hunting permit in violation of R.C. 1531.02 and Ohio Adm. Code 1531:31 — 9—01(T).”
State v. Adams, 664 N.E.2d 588 (Ohio Ct. App. 1995). · cites it 7דFinally, Adams contends that by failing to bring the forfeiture pursuant to R.C. 1531.02, the state is barred pursuant to R.”
Ohio Div. of Wildlife v. Kendrick, 906 N.E.2d 1174 (Ohio Ct. App. 2009). · cites it 7דFacts {¶ 2} On January 25, 1993, the Ohio Division of Wildlife (“Wildlife Division”) charged Kendrick with committing 42 violations of the Revised Code: 24 counts of taking or possessing deer, in violation of R.C. 1531.02; three counts of taking wild turkey, in violation of R.”
Johnson v. Wolgemuth, 257 F. Supp. 2d 1013 (S.D. Ohio 2003). · cites it 4ד) 7 The affidavit for the search warrant stated that the legal violation being investigated was the illegal taking of a deer, under Ohio Rev.Code § 1531.02. Under the caption, “Property to be searched for and seized,” it described 10240 SR 123 as follows: “A 2-story brown brick…”
In Def. of Deer v. Cleveland Metroparks, 740 N.E.2d 714 (Ohio Ct. App. 2000). · cites it 2דCode 1501:31-15-08], it is exercising the authority explicitly conferred at R.C. 1531.02 to allow wild animals to be 'taken, hunted, killed, or had in possession.”
State v. Coburn, 2009 Ohio 834 (Ohio 2009). · cites it 2דBased on this observation, the officer suspected that the appellants were baiting migratory game birds in violation of R.C. 1531.02 and Ohio Adm.Code 1501:31-7-02(A)(9).”
State v. McKenna, 2017 Ohio 6986 (Ohio Ct. App. 2017). · cites it 2דProcedural Background {¶2} On December 29, 2015, McKenna pled guilty to a violation of R.C. 1531.02, a third-degree misdemeanor, for the illegal taking of more than one antlered white-tailed deer per license year.”
Johnson v. Weaver, 248 F. App'x 694 (6th Cir. 2007). “Suspecting an out- of-season kill, Ohio Rev. Code §§ 1531.02, 1531.99, Weaver and fellow officer Erryl Wolgemuth thought it a prudent first investigatory step to visit the hunter responsible—conspicuously identified on the deer’s tag as Jeremy MacIntosh, living at 10240 Carlisle…”
State v. Bontrager, 683 N.E.2d 126 (Ohio Ct. App. 1996). “It occurs only according to legislative grant, see R.C. 1531.02 (wild animals are owned by the state in trust for the benefit of all persons and such animals may be taken only upon legislative permission), and is a privilege for which the legislature, upon granting, may…”
State v. Chambers, 903 N.E.2d 709 (Ohio Ct. App. 2008). · cites it 7דCode 1501:31-15-11 and R.C. 1531.02, a third-degree misdemeanor.”
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