# 50 CFR § 17.7: Raptor exemption

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-50-17.7

## Section

- **Citation:** 50 CFR § 17.7
- **Heading:** Raptor exemption
- **Jurisdiction:** Federal
- **Kind:** Regulations
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** September 22, 2026
- **Source:** Publisher's official text
- **Location:** Title 50—Wildlife and Fisheries > CHAPTER I—UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR > SUBCHAPTER B—TAKING, POSSESSION, TRANSPORTATION, SALE, PURCHASE, BARTER, EXPORTATION, AND IMPORTATION OF WILDLIFE AND PLANTS > PART 17—ENDANGERED AND THREATENED WILDLIFE AND PLANTS > Subpart A—Introduction and General Provisions

## 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 CFR § 17.1 § 17.1 Purpose of regulations.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-50-17.1.md)
- [50 CFR § 17.2 § 17.2 Scope of regulations.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-50-17.2.md)
- [50 CFR § 17.3 § 17.3 Definitions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-50-17.3.md)
- [50 CFR § 17.4 § 17.4 Pre-Act wildlife.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-50-17.4.md)
- [50 CFR § 17.5 § 17.5 Alaska natives.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-50-17.5.md)
- [50 CFR § 17.7 § 17.7 Raptor exemption.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-50-17.7.md)
- [50 CFR § 17.8 § 17.8 Import exemption for threatened, CITES Appendix-II wildlife.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-50-17.8.md)
- [50 CFR § 17.9 § 17.9 Permit applications and information collection requirements.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-50-17.9.md)
- [50 CFR § 17.11 § 17.11 Endangered and threatened wildlife.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-50-17.11.md)
- [50 CFR § 17.12 § 17.12 Endangered and threatened plants.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-50-17.12.md)
- [50 CFR § 17.21 § 17.21 Prohibitions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-50-17.21.md)
- [50 CFR § 17.22 § 17.22 Permits for endangered species.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-50-17.22.md)
- [50 CFR § 17.23 § 17.23 Economic hardship permits.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-50-17.23.md)
- [50 CFR § 17.31 § 17.31 Prohibitions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-50-17.31.md)

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