Links about State laws

In many states box turtles are endangered. Individual states may have law regarding owning, breeding and/or selling. It is highly advisable to personally check with your local Fish and Wildlife Division to be absolutely sure you are legally keeping Box Turtles. The following are links to the laws or other information on the legalities.

For information on the 4" law: http://aboxturtle.com/four_inch_law.htm

• Alabama
  Page 75 to 78

• California
  http://www.dfg.ca.gov/

• Colorado
  HerpReport.pdf

• Florida
  http://myfwc.com/wildlifehabitats/managed/freshwater-turtles/

• Georgia
  http://www.georgiawildlife.com/node/1201

• Illinois
  http://dnr.state.il.us/legal/adopted/880.htm
  http://www.dnr.state.il.us/about/officeadd.htm

• Iowa
  http://www.state.ia.us/dnr/organiza/fwb/fish/regs/turtle.htm
  http://www.in.gov/dnr/fishwild/endangered/turtle.htm

• Indiana
  http://www.in.gov/dnr/fishwild/endangered/reptile.htm

• Kentucky
  http://www.lrc.state.ky.us/kar/301/002/081.htm

• Kansas
  http://ipl.unm.edu/cwl/statbook/kansas.html
  http://www.animallaw.info/statutes/stusks32_957.htm
  http://www.ku.edu/~khs/ksherps.html
  http://www.kdwp.state.ks.us/PDF/EnvSrvs/docs/te00lst.pdf

• Maryland
  http://www.dnr.state.md.us/wildlife/captive.html

• Massachusetts
  http://www.state.ma.us/dfwele/dfw/nhesp/nhrare.htm/a>

• Minnesota
  http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/ets/amphibians.html

• New Jersey
  http://www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw/tandespp.htm
  http://www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw/pdf/xoticapp.pdf
  From Julie Maguire, Turtle Rescue of Long Island, http://www.turtlerescues.com/
              "Julie,
           As per the NJ Board of Health, no Turtle or Tortoise can be bought,
           to be kept as pets, if obtained form a legal source (Bought out of state
           from a permitted seller) all that is required is a bill of sale. No
           turtle or tortoise can be collected from the wild at anytime for any
           reason in NJ (Poaching carries fines up to $5000 dollars per animal and
           we prosecute aggressively those who we catch). If you have more
           questions you can contact my office 908-735-5450.
             -Steve McCaughey
  
  
               Steven McCaughey
               Zoologist
               Exotic Permits
               Northern Region Office
               Office of Permit Management
               26 Rte. 173 West
               Hampton NJ 08827
               (908)735-5450"
   

• New York
  http://www.dec.state.ny.us/website/regs/part182.html
  http://www.dec.state.ny.us/website/dfwmr/speclic/lic_to_collect.html

• North Carolina
  http://www.ncwildlife.org/
  The Turtle Law
  Permit Application

• Ohio
  http://www.ohiodnr.com/wildlife/resources/reptiles/reptiles.htm

• Pennsylvania
  http://www.fish.state.pa.us/fishpub/summary/repamp.html

• South Carolina
  http://www.dnr.state.sc.us/etc/rulesregs/rulesregs.html

• Tennessee
  http://www.state.tn.us/twra/nong001.html

• Texas
  Texas Administrative Code

  W Virginia
  http://www.dnr.state.wv.us/wvwildlife/vertebrates.pdf

• Wisconsin
   http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/land/er/working_list/taxalists/TandE.htm

• Virginia
  http://www.dgif.state.va.us/regulations/VAC.html#4%20VAC%2015-360
  http://www.dgif.state.va.us/wildlife/scp.html

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