We are busy collating data from the site both for our response and to make it available for members of our community and in the process could use a hand gathering data from some off site resources.

What we need to know is this. What restrictions, if any, does your state have on the ownership of boas & pythons.

The answers would need to fall into the following 3 options:


What I need to know is, specifically, if your state has the following:

No Restrictions at all (Not addressed by state law)
Restrictions (State requires permits on some boas or pythons)
Prohibited (state prohibits ownership/possession of some boas & pythons)

If you know the answer for your state for certain, please reply here with the state name and one of the 3 answers above.

We still need information on the following states:

Arkansas
Delaware
Georgia
Idaho
Iowa
Kentucky
Maine
Massachusetts
Montana
Nebraska
North Dakota
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennesee
Washington
West Virginia


We don't need to know about your city or county laws, just your state laws. Please note that rosy and rubber boas are not included in this survey.

Also, if you know where on the net the text of the states law can be located, please include a link.

Edited on April 15, 2008 at 12:19:19 by jeffb.

Edited on April 17, 2008 at 12:46:41 by jeffb.

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• State Law Survey - 0nly 17 states left - jeffb, Mon Apr 14 21:04:04 2008
• NC - CCS, Mon Apr 14 21:29:33 2008
• RE: Boa Python State Law Survey - WolfenWarrior, Mon Apr 14 21:37:17 2008
• RE: Wisconsin? - jeffb, Mon Apr 14 22:09:25 2008
• RE: Wisconsin? - PHFaust, Tue Apr 15 00:13:09 2008
• RE: Wisconsin? - wireptile, Tue Apr 15 12:00:22 2008
• Arizona - jluman, Mon Apr 14 21:58:23 2008
• NJ - bznj1, Mon Apr 14 22:10:24 2008
• Thanks! - jeffb, Mon Apr 14 22:16:09 2008
• Oklahoma - bryan OKC, Mon Apr 14 22:17:36 2008
• RE: Boa Python State Law Survey - Lavenderalbino, Mon Apr 14 23:08:43 2008
• RE: Boa Python State Law Survey - jeffb, Mon Apr 14 23:21:50 2008
• RE: Boa Python State Law Survey - jeffb, Mon Apr 14 23:29:35 2008
• RE: NY State Boa Python State Law Survey - ajfreptiles, Tue Apr 15 08:24:17 2008
• 21 states so far - jeffb, Tue Apr 15 09:39:33 2008
• Wyoming - keown, Tue Apr 15 09:55:54 2008
• RE: Boa Python State Law Survey - daveb, Tue Apr 15 09:57:51 2008
• MO - rhodostom, Tue Apr 15 11:36:10 2008
• Here is Missouri's State Law - jeffb, Tue Apr 29 09:21:47 2008
• Maryland - DrPepper, Tue Apr 15 12:12:28 2008
• Montana - daneby, Tue Apr 15 14:26:23 2008
• RE: Boa Python State Law Survey - doutinker, Tue Apr 15 17:01:52 2008
• RE: Boa Python State Law Survey - gwood267, Tue Apr 15 17:45:06 2008
• RE: Boa Python State Law Survey - gwood267, Tue Apr 15 17:47:10 2008
• RE: Boa Python State Law Survey - gwood267, Tue Apr 15 18:08:25 2008
• NJ - RinL, Tue Apr 15 17:59:52 2008
• RE: Boa Python State Law Survey - mouhotiifan, Tue Apr 15 19:37:15 2008
• Indiana - mouhotiifan, Tue Apr 15 19:39:01 2008
• RE: Boa Python State Law Survey - CBH, Wed Apr 16 10:45:22 2008
• Utah - Ryan Hoyer, Wed Apr 16 13:51:39 2008
• New Mexico - rphinson, Wed Apr 16 17:02:51 2008
• RE: New Mexico - danielsmn1, Tue Apr 29 21:55:54 2008
• RE: Boa Python State Law Survey - sobek13, Wed Apr 16 18:44:14 2008
• RE: Boa Python State Law Survey - juank6, Wed Apr 16 19:30:10 2008
• RE: Boa Python State Law Survey - Gibbaman, Wed Apr 16 21:45:57 2008
• RE: Boa Python State Law Survey - nekomi, Thu Apr 17 10:12:01 2008
• S.C. - LemonViper, Thu Apr 17 15:31:10 2008
• RE: State Law Survey - 0nly 17 states left - daneby, Thu Apr 17 21:06:37 2008
• RE: State Law Survey - 0nly 17 states left - TexasReptiles, Fri Apr 18 17:52:30 2008
• RE: State Law Survey - 0nly 17 states left - MichelleRogers, Mon Apr 21 14:05:44 2008
• Maine - kmmurphy, Wed Apr 23 15:19:33 2008
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