An Act To Allow a Hunter To Retrieve a Dog from Posted Property
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 17-A MRSA §402, sub-§4, ¶A-1 is enacted to read:
A-1. Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, a hunter who is hunting under the guidelines of Title 12, chapter 915 may retrieve a dog if the dog is the hunter's dog and has crossed onto posted property. While retrieving the straying dog, the hunter may not shoot at any time on posted property.
summary
This bill amends the trespass laws to allow an exemption for a hunter to go on posted land to retrieve the hunter's dog if the dog has crossed onto property that is posted.