Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies
(a) Any person in possession of a lawfully acquired raptor prior to the effective date of Connecticut's falconry regulations who receives a notice of violation from the commissioner regarding any provision of Connecticut's falconry regulation shall have 60 days to achieve compliance. If compliance is not achieved within 60 days, the raptor shall be transferred to another person or organization having a valid federal falconry permit and a valid falconry permit from Connecticut or another state, or the raptor shall be released to the wild in accordance with section 26-67e-14 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.
(b) Any person who is issued a falconry permit may retain and exchange feathers for imping purposes only providing the feathers have molted or come from birds held in captivity that have died.
(Adopted effective March 1, 2004)