Iowa Code
Chapter 481A - WILDLIFE CONSERVATION
Section 481A.57 - Possession and storage.

481A.57 Possession and storage.
A person having lawful possession of game or fur-bearing animals or their pelts lawfully taken by that person with a valid hunting or trapping license, may hold, possess, or store the game or fur-bearing animals or their pelts in an amount that does not exceed the possession limit for the game or fur-bearing animal, from the date of taking until the day before the first day of the next open season for that game or fur-bearing animal. Any person may possess up to twenty-five pounds of deer venison if the deer was obtained from a lawful source.
[C39, §1794.020; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §109.57]
88 Acts, ch 1216, §18
C93, §481A.57
2002 Acts, ch 1147, §2; 2016 Acts, ch 1021, §1
Referred to in §805.8B(3)(e)
For applicable scheduled fine, see §805.8B, subsection 3, paragraph e

Structure Iowa Code

Iowa Code

Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES

Chapter 481A - WILDLIFE CONSERVATION

Section 481A.1 - Definitions.

Section 481A.2 - State ownership and title — exceptions.

Section 481A.3 - Conclusive presumption.

Section 481A.4 - Fish hatcheries — game farms.

Section 481A.5 - State game refuges.

Section 481A.6 - Game management area.

Section 481A.6A - Pen-reared pheasants — release by landowners and tenants.

Section 481A.6B - Pheasant population studies — reports.

Section 481A.7 - Hunting on game refuges.

Section 481A.8 - Notice of establishment.

Section 481A.9 - Spawning grounds.

Section 481A.10 - Reports and accounting.

Section 481A.10A - Farmer advisory committee.

Section 481A.11 - Seized or accidentally killed game — disposition.

Section 481A.12 - Seizure of wildlife taken or handled illegally.

Section 481A.13 - Search warrants.

Section 481A.13A - Conviction required for property confiscation — return of property.

Section 481A.14 - Dams — fishways.

Section 481A.15 - Destruction or alteration of dam.

Section 481A.16 - Taking by director for stocking and exchange.

Section 481A.17 - Target shooting sports program.

Section 481A.18 - Hunting incidents — mandatory reporting.

Section 481A.19 - Reciprocity of states.

Section 481A.20 - Parrots and canaries.

Section 481A.21 - Birds as targets.

Section 481A.22 - Field and retriever meets — permits and tags required.

Section 481A.23 - Transportation for sale prohibited.

Section 481A.24 - Use of mobile radio transmitter prohibited — exceptions.

Section 481A.26 - Unlawful transportation.

Section 481A.30 - Entire shipment contraband.

Section 481A.31 - Game brought into the state.

Section 481A.32 - Violations — penalties.

Section 481A.33 - Violations relating to dams.

Section 481A.34 - Violations by common carrier.

Section 481A.35 - Attorney general and county attorneys.

Section 481A.36 - Information — venue.

Section 481A.37 - Presumptive evidence.

Section 481A.38 - Prohibited acts — restrictions on the taking of wildlife — special licenses.

Section 481A.39 - Biological balance maintained.

Section 481A.40 - Use of drugs on wildlife — penalty.

Section 481A.42 - Nongame protected — exclusion.

Section 481A.47 - Importing fish and game — permits.

Section 481A.48 - Restrictions on game birds and animals.

Section 481A.50 - Selling birds.

Section 481A.51 - Hunting license not trapping license.

Section 481A.52 - Exhibiting catch to officer.

Section 481A.53 - Chasing from dens.

Section 481A.54 - Shooting rifle, shotgun, pistol, or revolver over water, highway, or railroad right-of-way.

Section 481A.55 - Selling game.

Section 481A.56 - Training dogs.

Section 481A.56A - Retrieval of wounded deer by leashed dogs.

Section 481A.57 - Possession and storage.

Section 481A.58 - Trapping birds or poisoning animals.

Section 481A.59 - Pigeons — interference prohibited.

Section 481A.60 - Raising game — rulemaking authority.

Section 481A.61 - Licensed game breeders — marketing game — penalty.

Section 481A.62 - Records — reports — inspection.

Section 481A.63 - Sale of bait — license.

Section 481A.65 - Licenses.

Section 481A.66 - Banding or marking.

Section 481A.67 - Seasons and limits — turtle harvesting restrictions.

Section 481A.68 - Tip-up fishing device.

Section 481A.69 - Fish designated.

Section 481A.71 - Releasing unlawful catch.

Section 481A.72 - Hooks and lines.

Section 481A.73 - Trotlines and tagged lines.

Section 481A.74 - Where permitted.

Section 481A.76 - Unlawful means — exception.

Section 481A.78 - Stocking private water.

Section 481A.80

Section 481A.81

Section 481A.82

Section 481A.83 - Prohibited stocking.

Section 481A.84 - Frogs — catching — selling.

Section 481A.85 - Prohibited areas.

Section 481A.86 - Federal employees excepted.

Section 481A.87 - Open seasons.

Section 481A.89 - Permit to hold hides.

Section 481A.90 - Disturbing dens.

Section 481A.91 - Shooting or spearing.

Section 481A.92 - Traps — disturbing dens — tags for traps.

Section 481A.93 - Hunting by artificial light.

Section 481A.94 - Definition.

Section 481A.95 - License — reciprocity.

Section 481A.96 - Possession by dealer.

Section 481A.97 - Reports.

Section 481A.98 - Reporting violations.

Section 481A.120 - Hunting from aircraft or snowmobiles prohibited.

Section 481A.121 - Turtles and crayfish — taking by nonresidents or aliens.

Section 481A.122 - Hunters’ orange apparel.

Section 481A.123 - Prohibited hunting near buildings, feedlots.

Section 481A.124 - Taking predominantly white deer of the whitetail species prohibited.

Section 481A.125 - Intentional interference with lawful hunting, fishing, or fur-harvesting activities — penalties.

Section 481A.125A - Remote control or internet hunting — criminal and civil penalties.

Section 481A.126 - Taxidermy.

Section 481A.130 - Damages in addition to penalty — animals — ginseng.

Section 481A.131 - Judgment — execution.

Section 481A.132 - Service of process or arrest — pendency of damage claim.

Section 481A.133 - Suspension of licenses, certificates, and permits.

Section 481A.134 - Authority to cancel, suspend, or revoke license — point system.

Section 481A.135 - Repeat offender — records, enforcement, and penalties.

Section 481A.136 - Unlawful commercialization of wildlife — penalty.

Section 481A.137 - Abandonment of dead or injured wildlife.

Section 481A.141 - Aquaculture — license required.

Section 481A.142 - Licensed aquaculture units — activities allowed.

Section 481A.143 - Licensed aquaculture units — requirements.

Section 481A.144 - Licensed bait dealers — requirements.

Section 481A.145 - Taking and selling of minnows and other bait — regulations.

Section 481A.146 - Authority of the director.

Section 481A.147 - Theft of fish.

Section 481A.151 - Restitution for pollution causing injury to wild animals.