§ 29-5-410. Hawks, falcons, owls, eagles.

A.  Except as otherwise provided, no person may knowingly and willfully, by means of any device, molest, injure or kill any species of hawk, falcon, owl or eagle, their nests, eggs or young.

B.  Birds exempt from this provision are:

1.  Any species of hawk or owl in the act of destroying domestic birds or fowl;

2.  Any species of hawk, falcon, owl or eagle, except those species prohibited by federal law, when taken by a licensed falconer for use in the practice of falconry, as provided in Section 5-206 of this Code.

Laws 1974, c. 17, § 5-410, emerg. eff. April 8, 1974; Laws 1975, c. 16, § 2, emerg. eff. March 4, 1975.