Delaware General Assembly


CHAPTER 85

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 741, TITLE 7, DELAWARE CODE, BY PERMITTING THE KILLING OF CERTAIN NON-GAME BIRDS.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Delaware:

Section 1. Section 741, Title 7, Delaware Code, is amended to read as follows:

§ 741. Prohibitions respecting wild birds other than game birds; birds not protected

No person shall catch, kill, have in possession (living or dead), purchase, sell or expose for sale, transport or ship any wild bird other than a game bird, or any part of the plumage, skin, or body of any such bird, or any game bird, except as expressly permitted by law; but common crows, house sparrows, and starlings may be killed, sold, or shipped by any person in any manner and at any time.

Approved May 20, 1969.