Search and Seizure - Creatures Illegally Possessed - Massachusetts

(22) Seizure of Diseased Fish and Wildlife. Any fish, viable eggs thereof, amphibians, reptiles, birds, or mammals and including any parts thereof, which are brought into Massachusetts in violation of 321 CMR 2.15, or which are so brought in under authority of a permit issued thereunder and are subsequently found to be diseased, shall be confiscated by any officer empowered to enforce M.G.L. c. 131 and shall be forfeited to the commonwealth and disposed of by the director of the Office of Law Enforcement to the best interests of the Commonwealth.

Citation:  Mass. Gen. Laws Ann Ch 321 § 2.15.22.