---
kind: "section"
citation: "50 C.F.R. § 20.40"
title: "50"
number: "20.40"
heading: "Gift of migratory game birds."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/50/20.40"
---

# §20.40. Gift of migratory game birds.


No person may receive, possess, or give to another, any freshly killed migratory game birds as a gift, except at the personal abodes of the donor or donee, unless such birds have a tag attached, signed by the hunter who took the birds, stating such hunter's address, the total number and species of birds and the date such birds were taken.


## Notes

### Amendments

[42 FR 39668, Aug. 5, 1977]

### Authority

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 703 et seq., and 16 U.S.C. 742a-j. Link to an amendment published at 91 FR 38558, June 26, 2026.

### Source

Source: 38 FR 22021, Aug. 15, 1973, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[42 FR 39668, Aug. 5, 1977]