Title 14, NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES

Sec. 3. The director may adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to require and issue the following: (1) A permit to possess a wild animal protected by statute or rule. (2) A permit to possess a wild animal that may be harmful or dangerous to people, domestic animals, or wild animals. [Pre-1…

Sec. 4. A permit issued under this chapter: (1) must be in the form prescribed by the director; (2) may not be issued unless the director is satisfied that the permit should be issued; (3) has an expiration date fixed by the director; and (4) subject to IC 14-22-2-10, has a minim…

Sec. 5. (a) If an emergency exists, the director may summarily suspend a permit issued under this chapter. The director may summarily seize and hold an animal for which a permit is required under this chapter, pending the outcome of the proceedings under this section, if either o…

Sec. 6. Rules adopted under this chapter must provide for the following: (1) The safety of the public. (2) The health of the animals. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-2-7-21(i).] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.15.

Sec. 1. The department may issue to a person a permit to stock fish in: (1) waters containing state owned fish; (2) waters of the state; or (3) boundary waters of the state; under rules adopted by the department. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-2-7-22 part.] As added by P.L…

Sec. 2. Subject to IC 14-22-2-10, the minimum fee for a permit under this chapter is three dollars ($3). [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-2-7-22 part.] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.15. Amended by P.L.195-2017, SEC.33.

Sec. 1. The director may issue to a person that owns or has an interest in property: (1) being damaged; (2) threatened with damage; or (3) on which a health or safety threat to persons or domestic animals is posed; by a wild animal protected by this article a permit to take the w…

Sec. 2. Notwithstanding any other prohibition or requirement of this article or the rules adopted under this article, the director shall prescribe the following: (1) The manner of taking the wild animal. (2) The expiration of the permit. (3) The rules the director considers neces…

Sec. 3. The conditions and rules prescribed under section 2 of this chapter shall be incorporated in or attached to the permit when issued. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-2-7-23(a) part.] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.15.

Sec. 4. (a) The director may have an investigation made of a complaint that wild animals are causing damage or posing a health or safety threat to persons or domestic animals. If it is found that: (1) the damage has not been caused by wild animals; or (2) the person did not compl…

Sec. 5. A protected wild animal killed, captured, or taken during the closed season shall be disposed of in the manner that the director considers necessary. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-2-7-23(c).] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.15.

Sec. 1. The director may issue to a person who is the owner of a private pond a free permit to: (1) possess on the person's premises; and (2) use in the person's private pond only; an otherwise illegal fishing device under the rules that the director considers necessary. [Pre-199…

Sec. 1. A person may not use, set, or discharge dynamite or other explosives in any of the waters of this state without having a permit from the director. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-2-7-26(a).] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.15.

Sec. 2. The director may issue to a person, upon application, a permit to use or discharge dynamite or other explosives in the waters of this state under the rules that the director prescribes for the protection of fish in the waters of the state. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citatio…

Sec. 0.5. This chapter does not apply to a hunting preserve licensed under IC 15-17-14.7. As added by P.L.89-2016, SEC.10.

Sec. 1. A person who: (1) owns; (2) holds; or (3) controls by lease for a term of not less than five (5) years; a contiguous tract of land containing an area of not less than one hundred (100) acres and not more than six hundred forty (640) acres, and who desires to establish a l…

Sec. 10. The licensee of a shooting preserve shall issue a bill of sale designating game birds or exotic mammals lawfully taken upon the shooting preserve. The bill of sale must accompany all game birds and exotic mammals removed from the shooting preserve. The licensee shall ret…

Sec. 11. (a) The licensee of a shooting preserve must keep a daily register to show the following: (1) The number of wild animals and the species released and taken from the shooting preserve each day. (2) The number of hunters participating. (b) An annual computation of the reco…

Sec. 12. (a) The following must be available to the department for inspection: (1) The daily records. (2) The pens. (3) The wild animals. (4) The shooting preserves. (b) An inspection of a shooting preserve shall be conducted under this chapter and rules adopted under IC 14-22-2-…

Sec. 13. (a) A licensee may not falsify a report that must be kept under this chapter. (b) A license may not be issued to a licensee who is convicted of violating subsection (a) or IC 14-2-7-10(i) (repealed). [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-2-7-10(i).] As added by P.L.1-199…

Sec. 14. (a) A licensee may not import or keep carnivores. (b) The license of a licensee who is convicted of violating subsection (a) shall be revoked. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-2-7-10(j).] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.15.

Sec. 2. Subject to IC 14-22-2-10, an application for a license under section 1 of this chapter must be accompanied by a minimum fee of one hundred dollars ($100) with the application. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-2-7-10(a) part.] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.15. Amended b…

Sec. 3. A shooting preserve may not be established within a distance of one (1) mile of a state owned game refuge or state public hunting ground. Duck shooting is not permitted if: (1) prohibited by a rule adopted under IC 14-22-2-6; or (2) wild ducks, geese, or other migratory g…

Sec. 4. Upon receipt of an application, the department shall do the following: (1) Inspect the following: (A) The proposed shooting preserve. (B) The facilities for propagating the game birds or exotic mammals. (C) The cover. (D) The capability of the applicant to maintain such a…

Sec. 5. A license issued under this chapter expires April 30 of each year. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-2-7-10(b) part.] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.15.

Sec. 7. A person issued a license under section 4 of this chapter may propagate and offer for hunting the following animals that are captive reared and released: (1) Pheasant, quail, chukar partridges, properly marked mallard ducks, and other game bird species that the department…

Sec. 8. (a) An individual may not take game birds and exotic mammals on a shooting preserve unless the individual has a hunting license required under this article, except nonresidents of Indiana, who must possess a special license issued by the department under this section to s…

Sec. 9. A person may take wild animals from a shooting preserve only during September, October, November, December, January, February, March, or April. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-2-7-10(f).] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.15.

Sec. 1. This chapter does not apply to the following: (1) Conservation officers or other law enforcement officers. (2) Game birds or exotic mammals in shooting preserves licensed under IC 14-22-31. (3) A person who takes a feral exotic mammal when the feral exotic mammal is causi…

Sec. 2. A person may not do any of the following: (1) Offer a game bird or an exotic mammal for hunting, trapping, or chasing by a person using a weapon or device that is not a shotgun, muzzle loading gun, handgun, or bow and arrow. (2) Hunt, trap, or chase a game bird or an exot…

Sec. 3. A person who knowingly or intentionally violates section 2 of this chapter commits a Class A misdemeanor. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-2-7-32(c).] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.15.

Sec. 4. A person who violates section 2(1) of this chapter may not be issued a license under IC 14-22-31. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-2-7-32(d).] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.15.

Sec. 5. If a person violates section 2(1) of this chapter, the department shall enter a recommended order to dispose of any game bird or exotic mammal the person owns, keeps, harbors, or otherwise possesses. Before the order becomes a final determination of the department, a hear…

Sec. 6. The department shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to properly administer this chapter consistent with any applicable federal statutes and regulations. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-2-7-32(f).] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.15.

Sec. 7. This chapter does not preclude the state or another person from bringing other actions under the Indiana Code. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-2-7-32(g).] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.15.

Sec. 1. (a) The: (1) laws of the United States; (2) migratory bird treaties of the United States with other countries; and (3) regulations issued and promulgated by a department of the United States government; concerning migratory birds in effect on January 1, 1979, have the for…

Sec. 2. Consent of Indiana is given to the acquisition by the United States, by purchase, gift, devise, or lease, of the areas of land and water in Indiana that the United States considers necessary for the establishment of migratory bird reservations in accordance with 16 U.S.C.…

Sec. 3. To promote fish culture and the increase of useful food and game fish in the lakes and streams of Indiana and notwithstanding Indiana fish or game law, full authority is granted to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to conduct fish hatching and all operations and…

Sec. 4. (a) Indiana hereby assents to 16 U.S.C. 669 et seq. (b) The director shall perform the acts that are necessary to the conduct and establishment of cooperative wildlife-restoration projects in compliance with 16 U.S.C. 669 et seq. and regulations promulgated by the United …

Sec. 5. (a) Indiana hereby assents to 16 U.S.C. 777 et seq. (b) The director shall perform the acts that are necessary to the conduct and establishment of cooperative fisheries-restoration projects in compliance with 16 U.S.C. 777 et seq. and regulations promulgated by the United…

Sec. 1. (a) As used in this chapter, "endangered species" means any species or subspecies of wildlife whose prospects of survival or recruitment within Indiana are in jeopardy or are likely within the foreseeable future to become so due to any of the following factors: (1) The de…

Sec. 10. On the basis of: (1) investigations on nongame species required by section 7 of this chapter; and (2) other available scientific and commercial data; and after consultation with other state wildlife agencies, appropriate federal agencies, and other interested persons and…

Sec. 11. The director: (1) shall conduct a review of the state list of endangered species at least every two (2) years; and (2) may amend the list by the additions or deletions that are considered appropriate by adopting rules under IC 4-22-2. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 1…

Sec. 12. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a person may not take, possess, transport, export, process, sell or offer for sale, or ship, and a common or contract carrier may not knowingly transport or receive for shipment a species or subspecies of wildlife appeari…

Sec. 13. If in the determination of the director a species: (1) should be designated endangered; and (2) has not been designated endangered by the federal government; the director may adopt rules to make the addition, whether or not a species or subspecies indigenous to Indiana i…

Sec. 14. (a) The director shall establish the programs, including acquisition of land or aquatic habitat, that are considered necessary for the management of nongame species. The director shall use all authority vested in the department to carry out the purposes of this section. …