I would check with the state's department of agriculture or equivalent and ask about livestock importation laws/regulations...and also ask for a contact to, uh, contact regarding pet laws/regulations. Then I would try to talk to someone at the city/local level for the desired area.

I would ask for a link to the pertinent regulations WITHOUT mentioning snakes specifically, just that you want to read all the regs yourself. If they ask what animals you have, just say you have a variety of nontraditional pets, i.e. other than cats and dogs. That way, you can look at regs for hamsters, birds, fish, chinchillas, and reptiles.

I think that if you say you want to know what the laws are concerning keeping snakes, you're "setting the tone of the conversation" a certain way, and depending who's on the other end of the phone, they might have preconceived notions and steer you in the wrong direction, or worst-case, may use that call as the basis for a "we need a law prohibiting snakes" movement.

This is just my own opinion.
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Chris McMartin
www.mcmartinville.com
I'm Not a Herpetologist, but I Play One on the Internet

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• Keeping snakes in Alaska - deathstalker, Wed Oct 6 01:37:08 2010
• RE: Keeping snakes in Alaska - Chris_McMartin, Wed Oct 6 08:33:36 2010
• RE: Keeping snakes in Alaska - Chris_McMartin, Wed Oct 6 08:39:59 2010
• RE: Keeping snakes in Alaska - TimCole, Wed Oct 6 11:21:40 2010
• RE: Keeping snakes in Alaska - deathstalker, Wed Oct 6 14:00:02 2010
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• RE: Keeping snakes in Alaska - deathstalker, Wed Oct 6 14:08:29 2010
• RE: Keeping snakes in Alaska - daneby, Wed Oct 6 12:25:50 2010
• RE: Keeping snakes in Alaska - deathstalker, Wed Oct 6 14:18:49 2010
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