# 50 C.F.R. § 17.7 (2026): Raptor exemption

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/CFR_T50_P17_S17_7

## Section

- **Citation:** 50 C.F.R. § 17.7 (2026)
- **Heading:** Raptor exemption
- **Jurisdiction:** Federal
- **Kind:** Regulations
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Title 50 CFR: Wildlife and Fisheries / Chapter I: UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR / Part 17: ENDANGERED AND THREATENED WILDLIFE AND PLANTS / Subpart A: Introduction and General Provisions / § 17.7: § 17.7   Raptor exemption.

## Text

(a) The prohibitions found in §§ 17.21 and 17.31 do not apply to any raptor [a live migratory bird of the Order
Falconiformes
or the Order
Strigiformes,
other than a bald eagle (
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
) or a golden eagle (
Aquila chrysaetos
)] legally held in captivity or in a controlled environment on November 10, 1978, or to any of its progeny, which is:
(1) Possessed and banded in compliance with the terms of a valid permit issued under part 21 of this chapter; and
(2) Identified in the earliest applicable annual report required to be filed by a permittee under part 21 of this chapter as in a permittee's possession on November 10, 1978, or as the progeny of such a raptor.
(b) This section does not apply to any raptor intentionally returned to the wild.
[48 FR 31607, July 8, 1983]

## Nearby sections

- [50 C.F.R. § 17.1 (2026) § 17.1   Purpose of regulations.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/CFR_T50_P17_S17_1.md)
- [50 C.F.R. § 17.2 (2026) § 17.2   Scope of regulations.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/CFR_T50_P17_S17_2.md)
- [50 C.F.R. § 17.3 (2026) § 17.3   Definitions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/CFR_T50_P17_S17_3.md)
- [50 C.F.R. § 17.4 (2026) § 17.4   Pre-Act wildlife.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/CFR_T50_P17_S17_4.md)
- [50 C.F.R. § 17.5 (2026) § 17.5   Alaska natives.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/CFR_T50_P17_S17_5.md)
- [50 C.F.R. § 17.7 (2026) § 17.7   Raptor exemption.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/CFR_T50_P17_S17_7.md)
- [50 C.F.R. § 17.8 (2026) § 17.8   Import exemption for threatened, CITES Appendix-II wildlife.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/CFR_T50_P17_S17_8.md)
- [50 C.F.R. § 17.9 (2026) § 17.9   Permit applications and information collection requirements.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/CFR_T50_P17_S17_9.md)

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