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...ction 2909.08 of the Revised Code while hunting, or is convicted of a violation of any rule of the division of wildlife, the court or magistrate before whom the conviction is had, as an additional part of the penalty in each case, may suspend or revoke each license or permit issued to the person in accordance with any section of the Revised Code pertaining to the hunting, fishing, trapping, breeding, and sale of wild...

...Except as otherwise provided in this section, prosecution for violation of a division rule adopted as provided by the Revised Code relative to the taking, possession, protection, preservation, or propagation of wild animals or to the protection of state property or equipment owned, leased or controlled by the division of wildlife shall be under section 1531.02 of the Revised Code. The complaint charging the violation...

...thority of a license for a wild animal hunting preserve or a commercial bird shooting preserve. The division, when it appears that the application is made in good faith and the applicant is in compliance with division (B) of this section, if applicable, and upon the payment of the fee for each license, may issue to the applicant any of the following licenses that may be applied for: (1) "Commercial propagati...

...es of game birds are to be released for hunting in the preserve, a description of the lands that are to constitute the preserve, a description of the tag and symbol identifying the preserve required under division (D) of section 1533.73 of the Revised Code, and any other information required by the chief. (C) The chief, upon payment of the license fee, may issue to the applicant a commercial bird shooting preserve l...

...vision rule, no person shall offer for hunting or hunt any nonnative wildlife except in a licensed wild animal hunting preserve. No person shall operate a wild animal hunting preserve without first obtaining a wild animal hunting preserve license issued by the chief of the division of wildlife under this section. (B) Application for a wild animal hunting preserve license shall be made on a form prescribed by ...

...any division rule regarding wild animal hunting preserves. The chief shall levy the administrative penalty in accordance with procedures and in an amount established by rule.

...No game birds, game quadrupeds, or fur-bearing animals held under the authority of a license issued under section 1533.71, 1533.72, or 1533.721 of the Revised Code shall be sold for food unless the carcass of each game bird, game quadruped, or fur-bearing animal is tagged with a suitable tag or seal approved by the division of wildlife. Game birds, game quadrupeds, and fur-bearing animals so killed and tagged m...

...ld boar or feral swine or assist in the hunting, trapping, or killing of a wild boar or feral swine; (5) Profit from the releasing, hunting, trapping, or killing of wild boar or feral swine; (6) Fail to notify the division of wildlife in accordance with division (B) of section 1533.751 of the Revised Code. (B) No person shall purposely feed a wild boar or feral swine.

... the wild boar or feral swine without a hunting license required under section 1533.10 of the Revised Code if the person or agent does both of the following: (1) Notifies the division as soon as practicable, but not later than twenty-four hours after the eradication or attempted eradication of the wild boar or feral swine; (2) Follows the instructions provided by the division including the handling, preservation ...

...No licensee shall ship any live pheasants propagated in accordance with sections 1533.71 to 1533.79 of the Revised Code from this state until the licensee has first offered them to the division of wildlife at a reasonable price, which price shall not exceed the price at which the licensee offers them for sale at any place outside the state.

...(A) Each holder of a noncommercial or commercial propagating license issued under section 1533.71 of the Revised Code shall keep the license prominently displayed at the place of business specified in the license, and shall keep accurate written records that shall include the total number of game birds, game quadrupeds, or fur-bearing animals possessed on the date of application for the license, the number subs...

...(A) The chief of the division of wildlife may adopt, amend, and rescind such rules as the chief considers necessary to control or eradicate parasites and diseases of game birds, game quadrupeds other than captive white-tailed deer, fur-bearing animals, or nonnative wildlife on the lands subject to sections 1533.71 to 1533.79 of the Revised Code. (B) This chapter and Chapter 1531. of the Revised Code and divis...

...ion of wildlife prior to permitting the hunting or taking of waterfowl on that land or water. The annual permit entitles the permittee to possess or control blinds, pits, or similar legal devices of concealment on the lands and waters described in the application for a permit. This permit shall be designated as a "waterfowl hunting area permit" and shall be displayed openly at the address of the area indicated on the...

...(A) On receipt of a notice pursuant to section 3123.43 of the Revised Code, the chief of the division of wildlife shall comply with sections 3123.41 to 3123.50 of the Revised Code and any applicable rules adopted under section 3123.63 of the Revised Code with respect to a license, permit, or certificate issued pursuant to section 1533.23, 1533.34, 1533.342, 1533.40, 1533.51, 1533.631, 1533.71, 1533.72, 1533.81, 1533...

...ird shooting preserves and wild animal hunting preserves established pursuant to this chapter. "Shooting range" does not include a facility owned or operated by a municipal corporation, county, township police district, or joint police district. (C) "Harm" means injury, death, or loss to person or property. (D) "The chief's noise rules" means the rules of the chief of the division of wildlife that are adopted...

...ply with all existing local ordinances, regulations, or laws. The chief of the division of wildlife shall consult with a representative sample of persons and organizations that own, operate, or use shooting ranges and persons and organizations that represent counties, townships, municipal corporations, and holders of real property adjoining shooting ranges prior to filing or amending the rules required or authorized...

...(A)(1) The owner, operator, or user of a shooting range is not liable in damages in a civil action to any person for harm that allegedly is caused by the creation of noise at the shooting range or the failure to limit or suppress noise at the shooting range if the owner, operator, or user substantially complies with the chief's noise rules. (2)(a) Division (A) of this section does not create a new cause of action or...

...As used in sections 1533.86 to 1533.90 of the Revised Code: (A) "Ginseng" means the plant Panax quinquefolius L., also known as Panax quinquefolium L., commonly known as American ginseng. (B) "Wild ginseng" means ginseng that grows in an uncultivated state and in its natural habitat whether the plant occurs naturally from that habitat or was introduced or increased in abundance by sowing ginseng seed or transplanti...

...There is hereby established in the department of natural resources the Ohio ginseng management program, which shall be administered by the chief of the division of wildlife. The program shall be administered to achieve and maintain a sustained yield of ginseng so that harvesting of the plant is not detrimental to the survival of the species. The chief shall do all things necessary to regulate the harvesting of wild g...

...The chief of the division of wildlife shall adopt rules under section 1531.10 of the Revised Code as necessary to carry out the purposes of sections 1533.86 to 1533.90 of the Revised Code, including, but not limited to: (A) Establishing a harvest season for wild ginseng; (B) Establishing a certification program for all legally harvested ginseng, including setting a certification fee; (C) Establishing a buying seas...

...No person shall buy or otherwise acquire or convey ginseng for resale or export without a registration permit issued annually by the chief of the division of wildlife in accordance with rules adopted pursuant to section 1533.88 of the Revised Code. In addition to any other penalty, the chief may refuse to issue a permit to or suspend the permit of any person who fails to comply with sections 1533.86 to 1533.90 of the...

...No person shall do any of the following: (A) Without written authorization from the chief of the division of wildlife, harvest wild ginseng except during the harvesting season as established by rule adopted pursuant to section 1533.88 of the Revised Code; (B) Without first obtaining written permission from the person entitled to the ginseng, willfully destroy, injure, or harvest ginseng that is the property of that...

...Any sheriff, deputy sheriff, marshal, deputy marshal, municipal police officer, township constable, natural resources officer, conservancy district police officer, or other law enforcement officer, within the limits of the officer's jurisdiction, may enforce sections 1533.86 to 1533.90 of the Revised Code and rules adopted pursuant to section 1533.88 of the Revised Code, and any wildlife officer may enforce those sec...

...The chief of the division of wildlife shall seize any ginseng harvested or acquired in violation of any provision of sections 1533.86 to 1533.90 of the Revised Code or rules adopted pursuant to section 1533.88 of the Revised Code. Ginseng so seized is forfeited to the state, to be disposed of as directed by the chief.

...Unless otherwise directed by the director of natural resources, all fees, fines, penalties, and forfeitures arising from prosecutions, convictions, confiscations, or other actions taken under sections 1533.86 to 1533.90 of the Revised Code shall be paid into the state treasury to the credit of the wildlife fund created under section 1531.17 of the Revised Code, to be used for the administration of sections 1533.86 to...