Ohio Code § 1533.07
Ohio Code § 1533.07. Reproduced from the official Ohio Revised Code, with a citation summary, verification link, and related provisions.
§ 1533.07.
No person shall catch, kill, injure, pursue, or have in the person's possession, either
dead or alive, or purchase, expose for sale, transport, or ship to a point within
or without the state, or receive or deliver for transportation any bird other than
a game bird, or have in the person's possession any part of the plumage, skin, or
body of any bird other than a game bird, except as permitted in Chapter 1531. and
this chapter of the Revised Code, or disturb or destroy the eggs, nest, or young of
such a bird. This section does not prohibit the lawful taking, killing, pursuing, or possession
of any game bird during the open season for the bird. Bald or golden eagles and ospreys shall not be killed or possessed at any time,
except that eagles or ospreys may be possessed for educational purposes by governmental
or municipal zoological parks, museums, and scientific or educational institutions. European starlings, English sparrows, and common pigeons, other than homing pigeons,
may be killed at any time and their nests or eggs may be destroyed at any time. Blackbirds may be killed at any time when doing damage to grain or other property
or when they become a nuisance. Each bird or any part thereof taken or had in possession contrary to this section
constitutes a separate offense.
Source: official Ohio text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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- Citation: Ohio Revised Code § 1533.07
- Jurisdiction: Ohio
- Code: Ohio Revised Code
- Text: transcribed from the official source (verify below)
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