Alabama vs. the Bear: The Felony Nobody Saw Coming
Alabama · Code of Alabama § 13A-12-5 (enacted 1996, repealed 2015) · ~543 words
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Alabama · Code of Alabama § 13A-12-5 (enacted 1996, repealed 2015) · ~543 words
Arizona · None found · ~501 words
California · Cal. Fish & Game Code § 6883 · ~534 words
Connecticut · None — no bounce law exists · ~520 words
Florida · None found · ~498 words
Georgia · Gainesville city ordinance (1961) · ~540 words
Indiana · None — House Bill 246 (1897), passed the House, never enacted · ~680 words
Kentucky · None found · ~636 words
Massachusetts · None found · ~538 words
Minnesota · Minn. Stat. §343.36 · ~567 words
New York · None found · ~547 words
Oklahoma · None found — no Oklahoma law mentions whales · ~547 words
Pennsylvania · 18 Pa.C.S. § 7104 · ~642 words
South Carolina · Ban upheld in State v. White, 348 S.C. 532 (2002); legalized by Act 250 of 2004, codified at S.C. Code § 44-34-10 et seq. · ~477 words
Texas · Tex. Penal Code § 48.02 · ~490 words
Wyoming · None found · ~526 words
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