37-523 Wild mammal or wild bird; hunt or trap; unlawful in certain areas; violation; penalty. - Nebraska Statutes

37-523. Wild mammalor wild bird; hunt or trap; unlawful in certain areas; violation; penalty.(1) It shall be unlawful to hunt witha rifle within a two-hundred-yard radius of an inhabited dwelling or livestockfeedlot, to hunt without a rifle or trap any form of wild mammalor wild bird within a one-hundred-yard radius ofan inhabited dwelling or livestock feedlot, or to trap within a two-hundred-yardradius of any passage used by livestock to pass under any highway, road, orbridge.(2) This section shall not prohibit any owner, tenant, or operator orhis or her guests from hunting or trapping any form of wild mammal or wildbird within such radius if the area is under his or her ownership or control.This section shall not prohibit duly authorized personnel of any county, city,or village health or animal control department from trapping with a humanelive box trap or pursuing any form of wild mammal or wild bird, when conductingsuch activities within the scope of the authorization, within such radiusif the area is under the jurisdiction of the county, city, or village.(3) Any person violating this section shall be guilty of a Class IIImisdemeanor and shall be fined at least one hundred dollars upon conviction. SourceLaws 1967, c. 214, § 1, p. 575; Laws 1974, LB 779, § 2; Laws 1983, LB 24, § 1; R.S.1943, (1993), § 37-526; Laws 1998, LB 922, § 243; Laws 2009, LB105, § 32; Laws 2010, LB836, § 3.Effective Date: July 15, 2010