Authority: Natural Resources Article, §§10-205, 10-206, 10-301, 10-404—10-409, 10-412, 10-415,
10-418, 10-902, and 10-903, Annotated Code of Maryland; Ch. 427, Acts of 2013

Effective date:

Regulations .01—.09 were previously codified as Regulations .12, .15, .17, .45, .48, .56, .08, .27, and .32, respectively, under COMAR 08.03.01 Wildlife Conservation. 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 on the pages following COMAR 08.03.01.

Regulation .06 repealed effective August 8, 1988 (15:16 Md. R. 1913)

Regulation .07B amended effective May 18, 1987 (14:10 Md. R. 1169)

Regulation .08 amended effective June 3, 1985 (12:11 Md. R. 1047)

Regulation .08 repealed and new Regulation .08 adopted effective June 30, 1986 (13:13 Md. R. 1488)

Regulation .08D adopted effective May 18, 1987 (14:10 Md. R. 1169)

Regulation .08G adopted as an emergency provision effective October 7, 1988 (15:22 Md. R. 2547); emergency status expired February 4, 1989

Regulation .09 amended effective June 30, 1986 (13:13 Md. R. 1488)

Regulation .09A amended effective May 18, 1987 (14:10 Md. R. 1169)

Regulation .10 adopted effective May 18, 1987 (14:10 Md. R. 1169)

Annotation: COMAR 08.03.01.08 (formerly 08.03.01.27) requires all persons who assist hunters for compensation to have a commercial hunting guide license. Attorney General Opinion No. 84-022 (September 18, 1984)

Regulations .01—.10 under COMAR 08.03.01 recodified to COMAR 08.03.10, with amendments to Regulations .08A and .09, and the adoption of Regulation.11, effective June 26, 1989 (16:12 Md. R. 1333)

Regulation .01 amended effective August 18, 2003 (30:16 Md. R. 1074); August 30, 2004 (31:17 Md. R. 1311)

Regulation .01 repealed effective August 23, 2010 (37:17 Md. R. 1184)

Regulation .01A amended effective July 17, 2008 (35:14 Md. R. 1245)

Regulation .02 amended effective June 3, 1996 (23:11 Md. R. 809)

Regulation .02 repealed and new Regulation .02 adopted effective August 19, 2002 (29:16 Md. R. 1287)

Regulation .02A amended effective August 15, 2016 (43:16 Md. R. 899)

Regulation .02B amended effective May 7, 2018 (45:9 Md. R. 461)

Regulation .04 amended effective July 23, 1990 (17:14 Md. R. 1756)

Regulation .04 repealed as an emergency provision effective July 19, 1996 (23:16 Md. R. 1166); repealed permanently effective January 13, 1997 (24:1 Md. R. 29)

Regulation .07 amended as an emergency provision effective October 1, 1989 (16:21 Md. R. 2256); emergency status expired March 29, 1990; amended permanently effective June 11, 1990 (17:11 Md. R. 1341)

Regulation .07A amended effective October 1, 2015 (42:19 Md. R. 1228)

Regulation .07B, C amended as an emergency provision effective June 29, 1999 (26:15 Md. R. 1145); amended permanently effective October 4, 1999 (26:20 Md. R. 1544)

Regulation .08 repealed effective April 11, 2005 (32:7 Md. R. 676)

Regulation .08D amended effective September 2, 1991 (18:17 Md. R. 1917)

Regulation .09 amended as an emergency provision effective November 4, 1991 (18:23 Md. R. 2481); amended permanently effective March 2, 1992 (19:4 Md. R. 472)

Regulation .09 amended effective March 14, 2016 (43:5 Md. R. 384)

Regulation .11 repealed effective January 2, 2017 (43:26 Md. R. 1443)

Regulation .12 adopted effective August 15, 1994 (21:16 Md. R. 1382)

Regulation .12 repealed and new Regulation .12 adopted effective August 19, 2002 (29:16 Md. R. 1287)

Regulation .13 adopted effective August 28, 1995 (22:17 Md. R. 1317)

Regulation .13 repealed as an emergency provision effective September 15, 1998 (25:21 Md. R. 1571); repealed permanently effective December 28, 1998 (25:16 Md. R. 1920)

Regulation .13 adopted effective September 4, 2000 (27:17 Md. R. 1618)

Regulation .13 amended effective June 25, 2001 (28:12 Md. R. 1105)

Regulation .14 adopted effective August 11, 2008 (35:16 Md. R. 1390)

Regulation .14B amended effective October 8, 2018 (45:20 Md. R. 918)

Regulation .14C amended effective August 23, 2010 (37:17 Md. R. 1184); May 7, 2018 (45:9 Md. R. 461)

Regulation .14D amended effective October 8, 2018 (45:20 Md. R. 918)

Regulation .15 adopted effective August 23, 2010 (37:17 Md. R. 1184)

Regulation .15A amended effective May 7, 2018 (45:9 Md. R. 461)

Regulation .16 adopted as an emergency provision effective October 1, 2013 (40:21 Md. R. 1771); adopted permanently effective November 25, 2013 (40:23 Md. R. 1933)