<section number="4-25-303"><effdate>5/7/2025</effdate><histories><history>Amended by Chapter <modchap sess="2025GS">173</modchap>, 2025 General Session</history><modyear>2025</modyear></histories><catchline>Feral swine detrimental to state's interests -- Seizure, capture, or destruction of feral swine.</catchline><subsection number="4-25-303(1)">Feral swine are detrimental to the state's interests in agriculture and wildlife.</subsection><subsection number="4-25-303(2)">Feral swine may be seized, captured, or destroyed at any time, in any place, and in any manner by:<subsection number="4-25-303(2)(a)">the department and the department's authorized agents;</subsection><subsection number="4-25-303(2)(b)">the Division of Wildlife Resources and the Division of Wildlife Resources' authorized agents; or</subsection><subsection number="4-25-303(2)(c)">a certified peace officer.</subsection></subsection><subsection number="4-25-303(3)"><subsection number="4-25-303(3)(a)">Notwithstanding Section <xref refnumber="76-13-202" depth="4">76-13-202</xref>, <xref refnumber="76-13-203" depth="4">76-13-203</xref>, or <xref refnumber="76-13-204" depth="4">76-13-204</xref>, and subject to the requirements of this section, an individual may kill a feral swine roaming on private or public land.</subsection><subsection number="4-25-303(3)(b)">An individual shall obtain the consent of the landowner before killing a feral swine on private land.</subsection><subsection number="4-25-303(3)(c)">Feral swine may be killed:<subsection number="4-25-303(3)(c)(i)">year-round;</subsection><subsection number="4-25-303(3)(c)(ii)">in any number; and</subsection><subsection number="4-25-303(3)(c)(iii)">with a firearm, bow and arrow, or crossbow.</subsection></subsection></subsection><subsection number="4-25-303(4)">Feral swine may not be hunted or killed under Subsection <xref depth="4" refnumber="4-25-303(3)(c)" start="0">(3)(c)</xref>:<subsection number="4-25-303(4)(a)">with the use of artificial light or night vision equipment, except as authorized by county ordinance; or</subsection><subsection number="4-25-303(4)(b)">from or with any airborne vehicle or device, except as provided in Section <xref depth="3" refnumber="4-23-106" start="0">4-23-106</xref>.</subsection></subsection><subsection number="4-25-303(5)">An individual may not receive compensation, or attempt to receive compensation, from hunting feral swine.</subsection><subsection number="4-25-303(6)">An authorized individual who kills a swine under this section is not liable to the owner for the loss of the swine, unless:<subsection number="4-25-303(6)(a)">the swine is conspicuously identified by an ear tag or other form of visual identification; and</subsection><subsection number="4-25-303(6)(b)">the individual who killed the swine knew the swine was identified by an ear tag or other form of usual identification.</subsection></subsection></section>