https://forums.kingsnake.com/forum.php?catid=13 Welcome to kingsnake.com's Reptile Law Support Center and Forum. kingsnake.com has partnered with the Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council (PIJAC) and the National Reptile Amphibian Advisory Council (NRAAC) to help keep you up to date with reptile and amphibian laws and regulations. This center is designed to help pet owners, businesses, clubs, rescues, and other people interested in laws that impact reptiles as pets or in the wild, stay abreast of current regulatory efforts. Not all reptile laws are bad. Not all reptile laws are good. We want to give you the information to decide for yourself, and the tools to take positive action and help to determine the fate of these regulatory efforts. Please Note: We are not offering legal advice, and we are not going to tell you how to think. Our role is simply to facilitate the flow of information and create a web of communication between pet owners, businesses and organizations, make sure they are informed of pending regulations and the methods of response, and make sure that they have a voice in decisions, laws and regulations that impact reptiles and amphibians. If you are a new user to this forum, please take the time to review the rules first before posting: Terms of Service. https://forums.kingsnake.com/view.php?id=2116283,2116283 UPDATE 4/8/26: The Assembly Committee on Environment will hold a public hearing on the WI DNR’s new herp regulation on Wednesday, April 22, 2026, at 10:00 AM Central. We will post more details when available. Read the announcement at https://usark.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/26-WI-herp-rule-leg... https://forums.kingsnake.com/view.php?id=2116166,2116166 UPDATE 11/28/25: The Department has released a draft. Some will impact herpetoculture. Some of the biggest impacts are: Ban on possession of wild-type native species (“color variants” are allowed but defined to include only albinos and completely melanistic morphs), Specifically: Beginning on J... https://forums.kingsnake.com/view.php?id=2115775,2115775 Hello all, I figured it is high time to stop lurking this forum and register. My reason for addressing you all is I seek advise from any out there who has been granted a license or permit in the State of Georgia for Wild Animal/Wildlife Exhibition under the Special Permit subsection. I have reviewe... https://forums.kingsnake.com/view.php?id=2115516,2115516 Hi everyone I want to keep a hognose snake and some people said that they are illegal to keep. I live in Missouri. Please can anyone advise me, I've searched online but can't find a proper answer Thank you Scott https://forums.kingsnake.com/view.php?id=2115227,2115227 đâsdas https://forums.kingsnake.com/view.php?id=2111994,2111994 Arlington County Virginia-limiting pet ownership-your opinion Hi all! Arlington County Virginia is attempting to pass legislation to make pet ownership of exotics like sugar gliders, hedgehogs, tarantulas, and snakes over 4 feet long ILLEGAL. Please voice your opinion of this attempt to contro... https://forums.kingsnake.com/view.php?id=2111033,2111033 Just wondering if it is legal to ship ultramel corn snake morph combos to New Jersey? I am aware that they do not normally allow corn snakes with dark pupils, but ultramels have darker or ruby colored pupils only due to a trait that was borrowed from the black rat snake, and I'm not sure if ultramel... https://forums.kingsnake.com/view.php?id=2110571,2110571 im writing this as a warning to the industry.. and im sure it will be met with the usual enthusiasm and gratitude that all my other warnings have received.. the usark lawsuit has two parts the arbitrary and capricious and the interstate commerce challenge... the first part is pretty self explanatory... https://forums.kingsnake.com/view.php?id=2027670,2027670 At long last, the data have been analyzed and the report is now available. It can be downloaded at www.mountainboomer.com/2013_Fall_Herpers_Survey_Report.pdf. The file is 7.03MB.-----Chris McMartin www.mcmartinville.com I'm Not a Herpetologist, but I Play One on the Internet https://forums.kingsnake.com/view.php?id=2027473,2027473 We have been informed that the ordinance will be an ongoing process and that the department is open to alternative language. USARK and exotic pet owners will be presenting information and working with officials. A tri-county consortium committee discussion between Sauk, Adams, and Juneau counties he... https://forums.kingsnake.com/view.php?id=2027464,2027464 what would it mean for Anolis.... allisoni, bartschi, krugi, sagrei, and porcatus.... can i get them now?? https://forums.kingsnake.com/view.php?id=2027354,2027354 A rule that bans Minneapolis residents from keeping lizards, snakes, turtles and other reptiles as pets could be lifted next year. The City of Minneapolis has confirmed that its wild animal code will be among the ordinances it will be reviewing next year, amid growing calls to loosen a rule some say... https://forums.kingsnake.com/view.php?id=2024503,2024503 Article is absurd, I won't even comment on the mistaken first word in it. I had no idea that dolphins or whales in pools had ever been a problem here. Who knew? As for putting sugar gliders on the list... sheer idiocy. I am so embarrassed for my state! Now I know why WV is considered to have t... https://forums.kingsnake.com/view.php?id=2023513,2023513 I have some questions about the class iii permit for Florida, hopefully there are some holders on this forum I'd like to get the permit so that when I breed I can legally sell my animals to my local pet shop so I know they will go to a decent home and I won't get the craigslist crazies at my door. ... https://forums.kingsnake.com/view.php?id=2022481,2022481 I heard in some forums that tiger salamanders are illegal to keep as Pets in Pennsylvania. While in other forums they are perfectly legal as long as they are not the eastern subspecies.Which is true? https://forums.kingsnake.com/view.php?id=2022410,2022410 "At the very start of what turned into a high profile, but drawn out prosecution of reptile expert Terry Cullen, police shot and killed two of his dogs, rare Tibetan mastiffs named Kong and Pogo. Now, 17 months after the case against Cullen ended in a fizzle, his friend and associate -- wh... https://forums.kingsnake.com/view.php?id=2021656,2021656 Reposted from the New England Herpetological Society's website and Facebook page. www.neherp.com https://www.facebook.com/NEHerpSociety Massachusetts Reptile Keepers: On January 3rd, 2014, the following species and one family of reptiles were de-regulated (became legal to possess and sell) in Ma... https://forums.kingsnake.com/view.php?id=2021443,2021443 Cottonwood Heights passes ordinance on exotic pets Twenty-five. That’s the maximum number of “exotic animals” that can be kept on a residential property in Cottonwood Heights with proper permitting. In a move that makes it the only city in Utah to restrict the number of exotic pets allowed i... https://forums.kingsnake.com/view.php?id=2021248,2021248 Wisconsin bill AB 703: This bill makes changes to the laws relating to the possession of certain wild animals. View it at https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2013/related/proposals/ab703. Wisconsin bill AB 703: View it at https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2013/related/proposals/ab703. First Public Hear... https://forums.kingsnake.com/view.php?id=2021015,2021015 Scroll down to page 20 on the link to see list of banned animals and reptiles on this proposed new ordinance. http://www.houstontx.gov/barc/chapter6draft.pdfDraft Animal Ordinance