Law Help? (pennsylvania)

contact the Penn. Taxidermy Association. there should be a link here on this site.

 

PA Dept of Agriculture for your license to do the work. PA and locale business permits and tax ID # (can be your ss#). Registration of your businesses name or DBA paperwork. The FED FISH and Game license if doing ducks or any Federale regulated work or imported stuff.

As for the PA game commission keep good records. Name, address, phone and license and permits. Tag all your stuff in the freezer (feds have their own regs and info requirements on specimen).

If a VET, you have a lot of resources on starting up a business and most counties have a Small Business Association with a lot of free resources.

At least you don't have to take a TEST anymore. good luck.

 

The thing that stands out the most. You have to give wildlife officials permission to go into your freezers or horns and hides at any given time. They ussually only come once a year, I'm pretty sure this is nationally.

 

Far from the truth.
They need a search warrant to do that,look up showers versus Spangler . In general if they ask for a certain name or look at log book and everything is marked and accounted for

 

Agreed at no time was the law able to come and search your shop without a warrant. You could let them if you would like but that is up to you and they could only search shop freezers only.
Now that the PA ag took over they need to contact them first then come to your shop but I’ve had them come and pick up someone’s mess up and they only ask for that and nothing else so I work with them than being an ass to them as their not being an ass back. The person calls me says they’re coming for such and such lol and I’ll have it ready for them some coffee and we laugh at the fool for breaking the law. Never had a issue with them.

 

You need a state taxidermy license for fur barriors and federal license for waterfowl. If you don’t plan on doing water fowl you don’t need the license.

 

Im in NY , you dont need one in the past you did

 

nope....no you dont.