50 CFR § 20.65 - Processing requirement.
---
identifier: "/us/cfr/t50/s20.65"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "50 CFR § 20.65 - Processing requirement."
title_number: 50
title_name: "Wildlife and Fisheries"
section_number: "20.65"
section_name: "Processing requirement."
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"
---
# 20.65 Processing requirement.
No person shall import migratory game birds killed in any foreign country, except Canada, unless such birds are dressed (except as required in § 20.63), drawn, and the head and feet are removed: *Provided,* That this shall not prohibit the importation of legally taken, fully feathered migratory game birds consigned for mounting purposes to a taxidermist who holds a current taxidermist permit issued to him pursuant to § 21.63 of this chapter and who is also licensed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to decontaminate such birds.
[38 FR 22021, Aug. 15, 1973, as amended at 87 FR 880, Jan. 7, 2022]