Any person desiring to put out poison on lands belonging to such person for the purpose of poisoning predatory animals shall first obtain a permit from the department and publish the dates the poison will be put out and describe the areas where it will be placed by one notice in a newspaper published in the county in which the lands are situate. Poison may not be put out on lands in this State otherwise. Any person violating the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and is subject to a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars or imprisonment of not less than ten days nor more than thirty days.

HISTORY: [Derived from former Section 50-11-50 (1962 Code Section 28-305; 1952 (47) 2179)]; 1988 Act No. 561, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1262.