50 CFR § 20.37 - Custody of birds of another.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t50/s20.37"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "50 CFR § 20.37 - Custody of birds of another."
title_number: 50
title_name: "Wildlife and Fisheries"
section_number: "20.37"
section_name: "Custody of birds of another."
chapter_name: "UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "TAKING, POSSESSION, TRANSPORTATION, SALE, PURCHASE, BARTER, EXPORTATION, AND IMPORTATION OF WILDLIFE AND PLANTS"
part_number: "20"
part_name: "MIGRATORY BIRD HUNTING"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "16 U.S.C. 703  and 16 U.S.C. 742a-j."
regulatory_source: "38 FR 22021, Aug. 15, 1973, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "20"
---


# 20.37 Custody of birds of another.

No person shall receive or have in custody any migratory game birds belonging to another person unless such birds are tagged as required by § 20.36.