HF 290: Relating to trespass and making penalties applicable

What it does

This bill relates to trespass. The bill provides that trespass does not include the unarmed pursuit on foot of game or fur-bearing animals by a person who lawfully injured or killed the game or fur-bearing animal which comes to rest on or escapes to the property of another. The bill provides that trespass includes the free casting of a dog or dogs from the road right-of-way or from an adjacent property onto adjoining property without the permission of the adjoining property landowner or tenant in the pursuit of coyote. “Free casting” means the intentional release of an unleashed dog to trail or track game. A person who commits trespass commits a simple misdemeanor, aggravated misdemeanor, serious misdemeanor, or class “D” felony depending on the circumstances of the offense.

In plain words

1. January 28, 2021Filed in the House and sent to the Natural Resources committee