(2)__Check each killer-type trap or drowning set at least once in every 5 calendar days.

This subsection does not apply to under-ice drowning sets for beaver and muskrat.__For the purposes of this subsection, "check" means to visit or cause to be visited.

2.__Failure to remove animal from trap.__A person may not fail to remove or cause to be removed from that person's trap an animal found caught in that trap.

3.__Carrying a firearm while trapping.__Notwithstanding section 11205, subsection 1, paragraph A and section 11206, subsection 1, paragraphs A and B, a person who holds a valid trapping license may carry a firearm at any time during the open trapping season for the sole purpose of dispatching trapped animals.

§12256.__Disturbing traps of another

A person may not disturb or take a trap or a wild animal from a trap, other than that person's own trap, without the consent of the owner of the trap, except that a landowner or occupant of land that the landowner or occupant is legally entitled to possess may remove any trap found on the land if permission has not been granted under section 12253, subsection 1 or 2 or the person has not obtained a written permit from the landowner to trap on that landowner's land with cage-type live traps within 1/2 mile of a built-up portion of a city or village.

A person who violates this section commits a Class E crime.

§12257.__Trapping by certain department employees

A department biologist or warden may not trap wild animals for profit while on duty within the district to which that person is assigned.__A person who violates this section commits a civil violation for which a forfeiture of not less than $100 nor more than $500 may be adjudged.

§12258.__Eel permit for licensed trappers

1.__Issuance. The commissioner may issue a permit to any licensed trapper to take eels for baiting traps.