Michigan Where you need a fishing license in order to take them from the wild. Indiana Where you need a Class III permit for crocodilians longer than 5 feet which costs only $10 and you must follow strict rules outlining the requirements for the alligator’s enclosure.Texas Where you need a special permit from Department of Parks and Wildlife, though we believe it’s just for alligator farmers and not private owners.Tennessee Where you need a Class I permit which costs $150 per animal and must be over 21 years old.Florida Where you need a Class II annual license which costs $140 and requires “1,000 hours logged experience in care, feeding, handling, and husbandry.”.Some state require a permit in order to privately own an alligator. Regardless, it’s possible to forgo the goldfish in these states and take home your very own swamp monster. It is legal to own an alligator, no questions asked, in Alaska, Massachusetts, Utah, and Virginia – though there may be limits on how many. Where is it legal to own an alligator as a pet? Today, though, there are people across the U.S. Whether or not he owned an alligator may remain a mystery. The story was first written 60 years after Adams’ presidency. It created a bit of a cult pub-quiz fact, even inspiring children’s books about the story, but there is no contemporary proof. In fact, there are unproven rumors of President John Quincy Adams keeping a pet alligator in the East Room’s bathroom in the White house. Scratch that – Audrey Hepburn had a deer, Dali had an ocelot, and Queen Victoria had Tibetan goats.įor centuries people have kept more than just cats and dogs. In the modern age you hear of all these celebrities owning exotic pets.