SECTION .1300 – REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS

15A NCAC 10H .1301      Sale of native turtles

(a)  Buying or selling any native turtle species is prohibited except for snapping turtles (Chelydra serpentina) with a curved carapace length of 13 inches or greater as authorized by 15A NCAC 10B .0119.

(b)  Violators shall be subject to a replacement cost per individual turtle that shall equal the replacement cost for "species with no open season" as set forth in 15A NCAC 10B .0117(c).

History Note:        Authority G.S. 113-333(a)(6);

Eff. May 1, 2007;

Pursuant to G.S. 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without substantive public interest Eff. December 6, 2016;

Amended Eff. August 1, 2022; November 1, 2019.