Section effective July 1, 2024. See, also, Section 50-16-25 effective until July 1, 2024.

1. (A) It is unlawful to possess, buy, sell, offer for sale, transfer, release, or transport for the purpose of release a member of the family Suidae (pig) into the wild. A person who holds a valid permit, issued by the Department of Natural Resources, for the taking, transporting, and releasing of a pig from a free roaming population or his agent may capture and release a free roaming pig so long as: (1) the permit holder has express permission from the landowner to capture and transport free roaming pigs from the tract on which the free roaming pig is to be captured, (2) the free roaming pig is captured, transported, and released pursuant to a permit issued by the Department of Natural Resources, and (3) the pig is released on the same tract on which the pig was captured or into a permitted pig enclosure utilized for hunting purposes. Under no circumstances may a free roaming pig be released in a county other than the county in which the pig was captured.
2. (B) All free roaming pigs captured pursuant to a permit must be tagged at the point of capture as prescribed by the department and the tags must remain affixed to the pigs. Pig hunting enclosures must be permitted by the department at a cost of fifty dollars annually.
3. (C) It is unlawful to transport a live pig captured in the wild except as permitted by this section.

HISTORY: 2005 Act No. 13, Section 1; 2010 Act No. 211, Section 1, eff upon approval (became law without the Governor's signature on June 8, 2010); 2021 Act No. 71 (H.3539), Section 2, eff May 17, 2021; 2021 Act No. 71 (H.3539), Section 4, eff July 1, 2024.

Editor's Note

2021 Act No. 71, Section 4, provides as follows:

"SECTION 4. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor and is repealed on July 1, 2024."

Effect of Amendment

The 2010 amendment rewrote the section.

2021 Act No. 71, Section 2, rewrote the section.