R.C.S.A. § 26-67e-2
General requirements
Cite as Conn. Agencies Regs. § 26-67e-2
(a) No person shall engage in falconry or possess a raptor identified in 26-67e-13 of
the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies for the purpose of falconry in the state
of Connecticut without a valid falconry permit issued pursuant to section 26-67e of
the Connecticut General Statutes and a federal permit issued pursuant to 50 CFR 21.28
and 21.29.
(b) No person shall possess, import, or transport any raptor for falconry purposes in
the state of Connecticut without a permit issued pursuant to section 26-55 of the
Connecticut General Statutes.
(c) No person shall be issued a falconry permit if they have been convicted of violating
the falconry laws and regulations of any state or the federal government within a
5-year period preceding the date upon which a permit application is received by the
commissioner.
(d) No falconer shall take any raptor from the wild in Connecticut pursuant to section
26-92 of the Connecticut General Statutes except that a falconer may capture by use
of a bow net, mist-net, dho-ghazza net or bal-chatri trap a legally possessed captive-bred
or hybrid raptor that has escaped provided that the raptor has been banded with a
seamless band pursuant to subsection (b) of section 26-67e-15 of the Regulations of
Connecticut State Agencies and the raptor is wearing an item of falconry equipment.
(e) No person who holds a falconry permit shall propagate any raptor.