50 CFR § 20.72 - Violation of State law.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t50/s20.72"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "50 CFR § 20.72 - Violation of State law."
title_number: 50
title_name: "Wildlife and Fisheries"
section_number: "20.72"
section_name: "Violation of State law."
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"
---


# 20.72 Violation of State law.

No person shall at any time, by any means or in any manner, take, possess, transport, or export any migratory bird, or any part, nest, or egg of any such bird, in violation of any applicable law or regulation of any State.