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Section 481A.1 - Definitions. - 481A.1 Definitions. Words and phrases as used in this chapter...
Section 481A.2 - State ownership and title — exceptions. - 481A.2 State ownership and title — exceptions. The title and...
Section 481A.3 - Conclusive presumption. - 481A.3 Conclusive presumption. Any person catching, taking, killing, or having...
Section 481A.4 - Fish hatcheries — game farms. - 481A.4 Fish hatcheries — game farms. The commission may establish...
Section 481A.5 - State game refuges. - 481A.5 State game refuges. 1. The commission may establish state...
Section 481A.6 - Game management area. - 481A.6 Game management area. The commission may establish a game...
Section 481A.6A - Pen-reared pheasants — release by landowners and tenants. - 481A.6A Pen-reared pheasants — release by landowners and tenants. 1....
Section 481A.6B - Pheasant population studies — reports. - 481A.6B Pheasant population studies — reports. Repealed by its own...
Section 481A.7 - Hunting on game refuges. - 481A.7 Hunting on game refuges. 1. It shall be unlawful...
Section 481A.8 - Notice of establishment. - 481A.8 Notice of establishment. When any such refuge or preserve...
Section 481A.9 - Spawning grounds. - 481A.9 Spawning grounds. To effect sound wildlife management and maintain...
Section 481A.10 - Reports and accounting. - 481A.10 Reports and accounting. At the time provided by law,...
Section 481A.10A - Farmer advisory committee. - 481A.10A Farmer advisory committee. 1. The director shall establish a...
Section 481A.11 - Seized or accidentally killed game — disposition. - 481A.11 Seized or accidentally killed game — disposition. Except as...
Section 481A.12 - Seizure of wildlife taken or handled illegally. - 481A.12 Seizure of wildlife taken or handled illegally. The director...
Section 481A.13 - Search warrants. - 481A.13 Search warrants. 1. Any court having jurisdiction of the...
Section 481A.13A - Conviction required for property confiscation — return of property. - 481A.13A Conviction required for property confiscation — return of property....
Section 481A.14 - Dams — fishways. - 481A.14 Dams — fishways. It shall be unlawful for any...
Section 481A.15 - Destruction or alteration of dam. - 481A.15 Destruction or alteration of dam. It is unlawful for...
Section 481A.16 - Taking by director for stocking and exchange. - 481A.16 Taking by director for stocking and exchange. The director...
Section 481A.17 - Target shooting sports program. - 481A.17 Target shooting sports program. The department shall establish a...
Section 481A.18 - Hunting incidents — mandatory reporting. - 481A.18 Hunting incidents — mandatory reporting. This section applies to...
Section 481A.19 - Reciprocity of states. - 481A.19 Reciprocity of states. 1. a. Any person licensed by...
Section 481A.20 - Parrots and canaries. - 481A.20 Parrots and canaries. This chapter shall not be construed...
Section 481A.21 - Birds as targets. - 481A.21 Birds as targets. A person shall not keep or...
Section 481A.22 - Field and retriever meets — permits and tags required. - 481A.22 Field and retriever meets — permits and tags required....
Section 481A.23 - Transportation for sale prohibited. - 481A.23 Transportation for sale prohibited. It shall be unlawful for...
Section 481A.24 - Use of mobile radio transmitter prohibited — exceptions. - 481A.24 Use of mobile radio transmitter prohibited — exceptions. 1....
Section 481A.26 - Unlawful transportation. - 481A.26 Unlawful transportation. No person, except as otherwise provided, shall...
Section 481A.30 - Entire shipment contraband. - 481A.30 Entire shipment contraband. In the shipping of fish, game,...
Section 481A.31 - Game brought into the state. - 481A.31 Game brought into the state. It shall be lawful...
Section 481A.32 - Violations — penalties. - 481A.32 Violations — penalties. 1. A person who does any...
Section 481A.33 - Violations relating to dams. - 481A.33 Violations relating to dams. 1. A person who erects...
Section 481A.34 - Violations by common carrier. - 481A.34 Violations by common carrier. A common carrier which violates...
Section 481A.35 - Attorney general and county attorneys. - 481A.35 Attorney general and county attorneys. It shall be the...
Section 481A.36 - Information — venue. - 481A.36 Information — venue. 1. In all prosecutions under this...
Section 481A.37 - Presumptive evidence. - 481A.37 Presumptive evidence. It shall be presumptive evidence of a...
Section 481A.38 - Prohibited acts — restrictions on the taking of wildlife — special licenses. - 481A.38 Prohibited acts — restrictions on the taking of wildlife...
Section 481A.39 - Biological balance maintained. - 481A.39 Biological balance maintained. The commission is designated the sole...
Section 481A.40 - Use of drugs on wildlife — penalty. - 481A.40 Use of drugs on wildlife — penalty. 1. For...
Section 481A.42 - Nongame protected — exclusion. - 481A.42 Nongame protected — exclusion. Protected nongame species include wild...
Section 481A.47 - Importing fish and game — permits. - 481A.47 Importing fish and game — permits. 1. Unless application...
Section 481A.48 - Restrictions on game birds and animals. - 481A.48 Restrictions on game birds and animals. 1. A person,...
Section 481A.50 - Selling birds. - 481A.50 Selling birds. No part of the plumage, skin, or...
Section 481A.51 - Hunting license not trapping license. - 481A.51 Hunting license not trapping license. A hunting license shall...
Section 481A.52 - Exhibiting catch to officer. - 481A.52 Exhibiting catch to officer. A person who has in...
Section 481A.53 - Chasing from dens. - 481A.53 Chasing from dens. It is unlawful to have in...
Section 481A.54 - Shooting rifle, shotgun, pistol, or revolver over water, highway, or railroad right-of-way. - 481A.54 Shooting rifle, shotgun, pistol, or revolver over water, highway,...
Section 481A.55 - Selling game. - 481A.55 Selling game. 1. Except as otherwise provided, a person...
Section 481A.56 - Training dogs. - 481A.56 Training dogs. 1. a. A person having a valid...
Section 481A.56A - Retrieval of wounded deer by leashed dogs. - 481A.56A Retrieval of wounded deer by leashed dogs. A person...
Section 481A.57 - Possession and storage. - 481A.57 Possession and storage. A person having lawful possession of...
Section 481A.58 - Trapping birds or poisoning animals. - 481A.58 Trapping birds or poisoning animals. No person except those...
Section 481A.59 - Pigeons — interference prohibited. - 481A.59 Pigeons — interference prohibited. 1. It shall be unlawful...
Section 481A.60 - Raising game — rulemaking authority. - 481A.60 Raising game — rulemaking authority. A person shall not...
Section 481A.61 - Licensed game breeders — marketing game — penalty. - 481A.61 Licensed game breeders — marketing game — penalty. 1....
Section 481A.62 - Records — reports — inspection. - 481A.62 Records — reports — inspection. 1. A holder of...
Section 481A.63 - Sale of bait — license. - 481A.63 Sale of bait — license. Repealed by 93 Acts,...
Section 481A.65 - Licenses. - 481A.65 Licenses. The director, after investigation, may issue to any...
Section 481A.66 - Banding or marking. - 481A.66 Banding or marking. It shall be unlawful for any...
Section 481A.67 - Seasons and limits — turtle harvesting restrictions. - 481A.67 Seasons and limits — turtle harvesting restrictions. 1. It...
Section 481A.68 - Tip-up fishing device. - 481A.68 Tip-up fishing device. 1. As used in this section,...
Section 481A.69 - Fish designated. - 481A.69 Fish designated. The commission may adopt rules designating game...
Section 481A.71 - Releasing unlawful catch. - 481A.71 Releasing unlawful catch. Any fish caught that is less...
Section 481A.72 - Hooks and lines. - 481A.72 Hooks and lines. 1. Except as otherwise provided in...
Section 481A.73 - Trotlines and tagged lines. - 481A.73 Trotlines and tagged lines. In the waters of the...
Section 481A.74 - Where permitted. - 481A.74 Where permitted. Trotlines and throw lines may be used...
Section 481A.76 - Unlawful means — exception. - 481A.76 Unlawful means — exception. It is unlawful, except as...
Section 481A.78 - Stocking private water. - 481A.78 Stocking private water. No private water may be stocked...
Section 481A.80 - 481A.80 Repealed by 93 Acts, ch 99, §6 . See...
Section 481A.81 - 481A.81 Repealed by 93 Acts, ch 99, §6. See §481A.1,...
Section 481A.82 - 481A.82 Repealed by 93 Acts, ch 99, §6. See §481A.1,...
Section 481A.83 - Prohibited stocking. - 481A.83 Prohibited stocking. A person shall not stock or introduce...
Section 481A.84 - Frogs — catching — selling. - 481A.84 Frogs — catching — selling. 1. Frogs may be...
Section 481A.85 - Prohibited areas. - 481A.85 Prohibited areas. It shall be unlawful for any person...
Section 481A.86 - Federal employees excepted. - 481A.86 Federal employees excepted. Authorized employees of the United States...
Section 481A.87 - Open seasons. - 481A.87 Open seasons. Except as otherwise provided, a person shall...
Section 481A.89 - Permit to hold hides. - 481A.89 Permit to hold hides. Upon application, which shall be...
Section 481A.90 - Disturbing dens. - 481A.90 Disturbing dens. 1. A person shall not molest or...
Section 481A.91 - Shooting or spearing. - 481A.91 Shooting or spearing. A person shall not kill a...
Section 481A.92 - Traps — disturbing dens — tags for traps. - 481A.92 Traps — disturbing dens — tags for traps. 1....
Section 481A.93 - Hunting by artificial light. - 481A.93 Hunting by artificial light. 1. A person shall not...
Section 481A.94 - Definition. - 481A.94 Definition. The term “fur dealer” as used in this...
Section 481A.95 - License — reciprocity. - 481A.95 License — reciprocity. 1. A license shall be required...
Section 481A.96 - Possession by dealer. - 481A.96 Possession by dealer. A licensed fur dealer may have...
Section 481A.97 - Reports. - 481A.97 Reports. Fur dealers shall keep accurate, current records of...
Section 481A.98 - Reporting violations. - 481A.98 Reporting violations. Each fur dealer shall report to the...
Section 481A.120 - Hunting from aircraft or snowmobiles prohibited. - 481A.120 Hunting from aircraft or snowmobiles prohibited. A person, either...
Section 481A.121 - Turtles and crayfish — taking by nonresidents or aliens. - 481A.121 Turtles and crayfish — taking by nonresidents or aliens....
Section 481A.122 - Hunters’ orange apparel. - 481A.122 Hunters’ orange apparel. 1. A person shall not hunt...
Section 481A.123 - Prohibited hunting near buildings, feedlots. - 481A.123 Prohibited hunting near buildings, feedlots. 1. A person shall...
Section 481A.124 - Taking predominantly white deer of the whitetail species prohibited. - 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. - 481A.125 Intentional interference with lawful hunting, fishing, or fur-harvesting activities...
Section 481A.125A - Remote control or internet hunting — criminal and civil penalties. - 481A.125A Remote control or internet hunting — criminal and civil...
Section 481A.126 - Taxidermy. - 481A.126 Taxidermy. 1. “Taxidermist” as used in this section means...
Section 481A.130 - Damages in addition to penalty — animals — ginseng. - 481A.130 Damages in addition to penalty — animals — ginseng....
Section 481A.131 - Judgment — execution. - 481A.131 Judgment — execution. 1. In each case of conviction...
Section 481A.132 - Service of process or arrest — pendency of damage claim. - 481A.132 Service of process or arrest — pendency of damage...
Section 481A.133 - Suspension of licenses, certificates, and permits. - 481A.133 Suspension of licenses, certificates, and permits. A person who...
Section 481A.134 - Authority to cancel, suspend, or revoke license — point system. - 481A.134 Authority to cancel, suspend, or revoke license — point...
Section 481A.135 - Repeat offender — records, enforcement, and penalties. - 481A.135 Repeat offender — records, enforcement, and penalties. 1. The...
Section 481A.136 - Unlawful commercialization of wildlife — penalty. - 481A.136 Unlawful commercialization of wildlife — penalty. 1. A person...
Section 481A.137 - Abandonment of dead or injured wildlife. - 481A.137 Abandonment of dead or injured wildlife. 1. While taking...
Section 481A.141 - Aquaculture — license required. - 481A.141 Aquaculture — license required. 1. A person shall not...
Section 481A.142 - Licensed aquaculture units — activities allowed. - 481A.142 Licensed aquaculture units — activities allowed. A holder of...
Section 481A.143 - Licensed aquaculture units — requirements. - 481A.143 Licensed aquaculture units — requirements. 1. Each licensed aquaculture...
Section 481A.144 - Licensed bait dealers — requirements. - 481A.144 Licensed bait dealers — requirements. 1. A person shall...
Section 481A.145 - Taking and selling of minnows and other bait — regulations. - 481A.145 Taking and selling of minnows and other bait —...
Section 481A.146 - Authority of the director. - 481A.146 Authority of the director. The director may take any...
Section 481A.147 - Theft of fish. - 481A.147 Theft of fish. All fish in an aquaculture unit...
Section 481A.151 - Restitution for pollution causing injury to wild animals. - 481A.151 Restitution for pollution causing injury to wild animals. 1....