7 Del. C. § 756

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§ Â 756. Diving or box trap; penalty.

Official statutory text

(a) No person shall take, capture or kill, at any time, within the State, any muskrat with a trap commonly known as a diving or box trap. The setting of any such trap in any muskrat den, lead, or runway shall be prima facie evidence of an offense against this section.

(b) Whoever violates this section shall be guilty of a class D environmental violation for each offense.

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