Authority: Natural Resource Article, §§1-104, 10-2A-03, 10-205, 10-206, 10-211, 10-301, 10-401,
10-404—10-409, 10-413, 10-415, 10-418, 10-902, 10-903, 10-907, 10-909, and 10-911;
State Government Article, §10-206; Annotated Code of Maryland

Effective date:

Regulations .01—.08 were previously codified as Regulations .07,.54, .63, .06, .10, .44, .25, and .66, respectively, under COMAR 08.03.01 Wildlife Conservation. In addition, Regulation .01I—K was previously codified as Regulation .20A—C under COMAR 08.03.01 and Regulation .02D was previously codified as Regulation .19 under COMAR 08.03.01. This recodification was effective June 3, 1985 (12:11 Md. R. 1047)

For the history of these regulations before June 3, 1985, see the Administrative History which follows COMAR 08.03.01.

Regulation .01 amended as an emergency provision effective December 14, 1988 (15:27 Md. R. 3123); emergency status expired March 31, 1989

Regulation .01 amended as an emergency provision effective October 1, 1989 (16:21 Md. R. 2255); emergency status expired March 29, 1990; amended permanently effective June 11, 1990 (17:11 Md. R. 1341)

Regulation .01 amended as an emergency provision effective August 31, 1991 (18:19 Md. R. 2094); emergency status expired effective December 31, 1991

Regulation .01 amended as an emergency provision effective October 1, 1994 (21:21 Md. R. 1811); amended permanently effective January 2, 1995 (21:26 Md. R. 2185)

Regulation .01 amended as an emergency provision effective September 1, 2001 (28:19 Md. R. 1676); emergency status expired February 27, 2002

Regulation .01A amended effective December 23, 1991 (18:25 Md. R. 2749); August 31, 1992 (19:17 Md. R. 1607)

Regulation .01B amended effective August 31, 1992 (19:17 Md. R. 1607)

Regulation .01D, E, I, and J amended effective November 3, 1986 (13:22 Md. R. 2396)

Regulation .01F amended effective April 15, 1991 (18:7 Md. R. 772); August 31, 1992 (19:17 Md. R. 1607)

Regulation .01G amended effective September 2, 1991 (18:17 Md. R. 1917)

Regulation .01J and K amended effective January 7, 1991 (17:26 Md. R. 2974); December 23, 1991 (18:25 Md. R. 2749)

Regulation .01 repealed effective October 14, 2002 (29:20 Md. R. 1587)

Regulation .02A amended effective July 25, 1988 (15:15 Md. R. 1809)

Regulation .02 amended effective September 2, 1991 (18:17 Md. R. 1917)

Regulation .03 amended effective June 3, 1985 (12:11 Md. R. 1047); July 29, 1985 (12:15 Md. R. 1515)

Regulation .03C amended effective June 30, 1986 (13:13 Md. R. 1490); February 13, 1995 (22:3 Md. R. 151); July 12, 1998 (25:14 Md. R. 1131)

Regulation .03D adopted effective May 25, 1992 (19:10 Md. R. 929)

Regulation .03D amended as an emergency provision effective December 17, 2002 (30:1 Md. R. 21); amended permanently effective March 3, 2003 (30:4 Md. R. 315)

Regulation .05 amended effective November 12, 2001 (28:22 Md. R. 1936)

Regulation .05 repealed effective August 25, 2008 (35:17 Md. R. 1485)

Regulation .07 repealed and new Regulation .07 adopted effective August 5, 2013 (40:15 Md. R. 1228)

Regulation .07B amended effective September 26, 2016 (43:19 Md. R. 1071)

Regulation .07F amended effective July 25, 1988 (15:15 Md. R. 1809)

Regulation .09 adopted effective September 2, 1991 (18:17 Md. R. 1917)

Regulation .09 amended effective August 11, 2008 (35:16 Md. R. 1390)

Regulation .10 adopted as an emergency provision effective May 9, 1994 (21:11 Md. R. 948); adopted permanently effective August 1, 1994 (21:15 Md. R. 1303)

Regulation .10 repealed effective August 25, 2008 (35:17 Md. R. 1485)

Regulation .11 adopted effective December 24, 2001 (28:25 Md. R. 2189)

Regulation .11 amended effective April 5, 2010 (37:7 Md. R. 569)

Regulation .11 repealed and new Regulation .11 adopted effective May 15, 2023 (50:9 Md. R. 378)

Regulation .11C amended effective December 22, 2014 (41:25 Md. R. 1478); August 31, 2015 (42:17 Md. R. 1111)

Regulation .11Q repealed effective October 27, 2025 (52:21 Md. R. 1024)

Regulation .12 adopted as an emergency provision effective December 17, 2002 (30:1 Md. R. 21); adopted permanently effective March 3, 2003 (30:4 Md. R. 315)

Regulation .12B amended effective August 23, 2010 (37:17 Md. R. 1184)

Regulation .12E adopted effective August 23, 2010 (37:17 Md. R. 1184)

Regulation .13 adopted effective August 11, 2008 (35:16 Md. R. 1390)

Regulation .14 adopted as an emergency provision effective August 1, 2009 (36:17 Md. R. 1309); emergency status expired October 21, 2009

Regulation .14 adopted effective November 2, 2009 (36:22 Md. R. 1723)

Regulation .14D amended effective September 26, 2016 (43:19 Md. R. 1071)