This amendment moves the fee for a Resident Trapping Permit to 3 CSR 10-5.950, and removes groundhogs from the species that are allowed to be taken by a trapping permit to align with Chapter 8 Trapping: Seasons, Methods.
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Title 3 – Department of Conservation
Division 10 – Conservation Commission
Chapter 5—Wildlife Code: Permits
Proposed Amendment
Proposed Amendment
Resident Trapping Permit. To attempt to take or take by trap only and to possess and transport furbearers[,] and rabbits, [and groundhogs,] and to sell all these except rabbits. [Fee: eleven dollars ($11).]
AUTHORITY: sections 40 and 45 of Art. IV, Mo. Const. This rule was previously filed as 3 CSR 10-5.290. This version of rule filed July 22, 1974, effective Dec. 31, 1974. For intervening history, please consult the Code of State Regulations. Amended: Filed May 16, 2025.
PUBLIC ENTITY COST: This proposed amendment will not cost state agencies or political subdivisions more than five hundred dollars ($500) in the aggregate.
PRIVATE ENTITY COST: This proposed amendment will not cost private entities more than five hundred dollars ($500) in the aggregate.
NOTICE TO SUBMIT COMMENTS: Anyone may file a statement in support of or in opposition to this proposed amendment with Regulations Committee Chairman, Department of Conservation, P.O. Box 180, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0180, or via the department’s website at https://short.mdc.mo.gov/Z49. To be considered, comments must be received within thirty (30) days after publication of this notice in the Missouri Register. No public hearing is scheduled.