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33-6.110. Division action to recover possession and value of wildlife unlaw- fully taken. (I) The division may bring and maintain a civil action against any person, in the name of the people of the state, to recover possession or value or both possession and value of any wildlife taken in violation of articles Ito 6 of this title. A writ of replevin may issue in such an action ` without bond. No previous demand (or possession shall be necessary. If costs or damages are adjudged in favor of the defendant, the same shall be paid out of the wildlife cash fund. Neither the pendency of such civil action nor a criminal prosecution for the same taking shall be a bar to the other; nor shall anything in this section affect the right of seizure under other provisions of articles I to 6 of this title. The following shall be considered the minimum value of the wildlife unlawfully taken or possessed and may be recovered in addition to recovery of possession of the wildlife: (a) For each eagle, member of an endangered species. rocky mountain goat, moose, rocky mountain bighorn sheep, or lynx .......................................................... $1.000 (b) For each elk or member of a threatened species or subspecies ........................................................... b 700 (c) For each antelope, deer, black bear, or mountain lion ........................................................................ 5 500 (d) For each raptor not covered by paragraph (a) or (b) of this subsection (I) and each wild turkey ................ 5 200 (e) For each member of nongame or small game spe- cies or subspecies not covered by paragraph (a) or (b) of this subsection (1) ...................................................... b 100 (f) For each game fish not covered by paragraph la) or (b) of this subsection (f) ......................................... 5 35 (2) No verdict or judgment recovered by the state in such an action shall be for a sum less than the sum fixed in this section but may be for such greater sum as the evidence ma}• show the value of the wildlife to have been when living and uninjured. 311-102. Defutitiaas. As used in this title, unless the context otherwise requires: • . (43) "Take" or "hunt" means to pursue, shoot, wound, kill, trap, pos- sess, capture, collect, attract, stalk, or tie in wait or to attempt any of the foregoing for the propose of taking wildlife, whether or not such wildlife is then or subsequent)}• taken: but such terms shall not include stalking, a[tract- ing, or searching (or or lying in wait for wildlife by an unarmed person solely for the purpose of watching wildlife or taking pictures thereof or accidental wounding or killing by a motor vehicle, locomotive, or train.