Section 11-0915. Disposal of deer, moose and bear killed unintentionally by collision  


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  • The owner of a motor vehicle which has been damaged  by  unintentional
      collision  with  a deer, moose or bear shall be entitled to possess such
      deer, moose or bear under the following conditions:
        1. The accident is reported to an environmental conservation  officer,
      a  member  of  the State Police, a member of the sheriff's department in
      which the accident occurred or, if the accident occurred on lands  under
      the  jurisdiction  of  the  office  of  parks,  recreation  and historic
      preservation, to an officer of  the  regional  park  police  having  law
      enforcement  responsibilities on such lands, or to any police officer of
      a city, town or village located in the county of such accident within 24
      hours thereafter.
        2. The officer shall investigate and, if he finds the deer,  moose  or
      bear  has  been killed or so injured as to require that it be killed and
      the damage has been done as alleged, he shall  issue  a  permit  to  the
      owner  of the motor vehicle entitling such owner to possess the carcass.
      Such permit shall authorize the owner of the motor vehicle  to  transfer
      the carcass to a designated person.
        3.  Whenever  the  owner  of  such  damaged  motor vehicle declines to
      possess such deer, moose or bear, the officer  may  in  his  discretion,
      issue a permit to possess the carcass to any other party requesting such
      possession.