Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 38, September 20, 2024
A. A person may
import mammals, birds, amphibians, and reptiles not listed as restricted
wildlife under R12-4-406 without a special license required under this Article,
provided the animals are:
1. Lawfully
possessed under a:
a. Lawful exemption;
or
b. Valid license, permit, or
other form of authorization from another state, the United States, or another
country; and
2.
Accompanied by the health certificate required under 3 A.A.C. 2, Article 6, and
this Article, when applicable.
B. A person may import live aquatic wildlife
not listed as restricted wildlife under R12-4-406 without a special license
under the following conditions:
1. The
aquatic wildlife is lawfully possessed under a lawful exemption, valid license,
permit, or other form of authorization from another state, the United States,
or another country; and
2. The
aquatic wildlife is used only for restaurants or markets that are licensed to
sell food to the public and the wildlife is killed before it is transported
from the restaurant or market, or, if transported alive from the market, is
conveyed directly to its final destination for preparation as food;
or
3. The aquatic wildlife is used
only for the aquarium trade or a fish farm and is accompanied by a valid
license or permit issued by another state or the United States that allows the
wildlife to be transported into this state.
a. A person in the aquarium trade shall:
i. Only use aquatic wildlife used in the
aquarium trade as a pet or in an educational display, and
ii. Keep aquatic wildlife used in the
aquarium trade in an aquarium or enclosed pond that does not allow the wildlife
to leave the aquarium or pond and does not allow other live aquatic wildlife to
enter the aquarium or pond.
b. A person in the aquarium trade shall not
use or possess aquatic wildlife listed as restricted live wildlife under
R12-4-406.
C.
A person shall obtain the appropriate special license listed under R12-4-409(A)
before importing aquatic live wildlife for any purpose not stated under
subsection (B), unless exempt under this Chapter.
D. A person may purchase, possess, exhibit,
transport, propagate, trade, rent, lease, give away, sell, offer for sale,
export, or kill wildlife or aquatic wildlife or its offspring without an
Arizona license or permit if the wildlife is lawfully imported and possessed as
prescribed under subsections (A) or (B).
