Quote Originally Posted by JoshSloane View Post
You still do not have a functional understanding of incrimination in a legal setting. Being from out of state and having a lacey act species does NOT incriminate you. These are CRIMINAL charges, not civil. They would have to prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that you actively transported banned species across state lines. That means EVIDENCE directly showing you PHYSICALLY crossing the state line with species in hand. Showing up at a reptile show from out of state with banned species doesn't prove a thing. You could have picked them up ten feet across the border.
You're thinking about the wrong end of the transaction. Buying one from out of state and being caught on dash-cam leaving the state with it in your car would be the problem.