Resident Falconry Permit

3 CSR 10-9.440 Resident Falconry Permit PURPOSE: This rule establishes a permit for residents of the state to engage in falconry. Resident Falconry Permit. To take, possess alive, care for, and train birds of prey (raptors) and to use birds of prey to take other wildlife in accordance with -9.442 and federal falconry regulations. This permit shall remain valid for three (3) years. AUTHORITY: sections 40 and 45 of Art. IV, Mo. Const., and section 252.040, RSMo 2016.* This rule previously filed as -5.295. Original rule filed Aug. 15, 1973, effective Dec. 31, 1973. Amended: Filed Aug. 3, 1984, effective Jan. 1, 1985. Changed to -9.440, effective Jan. 1, 1994. Amended: Filed April 25, 1996, effective March 1, 1997. Amended: Filed Sept. 29, 2004, effective Feb. 28, 2005. Amended: Filed Sept. 30, 2010, effective March 1, 2011. Amended: Filed Aug. 29, 2016, effective March 1, 2017. Amended: Filed May 25, 2023, effective Feb. 29, 2024. Amended: Filed May 16, 2025, effective Jan. 1, 2026. *Original authority: 252.040, RSMo 1945, amended 1989.