Title 14, TITLE 14. NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES

Sec. 6. With the approval of the governor and the budget agency, the money in the fund allocated under section 1(1) of this chapter may be used to augment and supplement the funds appropriated for the implementation of lake and river enhancement projects. As added by P.L.178-2019…

Sec. 1. (a) The department shall establish a course of instruction in hunter safety, principles of conservation, and sportsmanship. (b) To carry out subsection (a), the department may cooperate with a reputable association or organization having as an objective the promotion of h…

Sec. 2. The director shall designate a conservation officer to administer the program. The officer shall do the following: (1) Outline all phases of instruction. (2) Conduct general supervision of individual programs. (3) Distribute information on the programs. [Pre-1995 Recodifi…

Sec. 3. The department may construct, operate, and maintain public outdoor and indoor target ranges. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-2-10-1 part.] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.15.

Sec. 4. The department shall prepare the reports necessary to seek approval under 16 U.S.C. 669g for federal assistance in the program of hunter safety, conservation, and sportsmanship. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-2-10-1 part.] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.15.

Sec. 1. (a) The department shall establish a trapper training program, including a course of instruction in trapping wild animals, that emphasizes methods, laws, ethics, responsibilities, natural history, wildlife management, and other matters associated with trapping. (b) To car…

Sec. 2. The director shall designate one (1) of the divisions of the department to administer the trapper training program. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-2-10-2(c).] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.15.

Sec. 3. The department may prepare the reports that are necessary to obtain federal or other assistance for the trapper training program. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-2-10-2(d).] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.15.

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "game animal" means an animal that may be legally taken under this article. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-2-11-1.] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.15.

Sec. 2. (a) A person who knowingly or intentionally interferes with the legal taking of a game animal by another person with intent to prevent the taking commits a Class C misdemeanor. (b) A person who knowingly or intentionally: (1) disturbs a game animal; or (2) engages in an a…

Sec. 3. A person who fails to obey the order of a law enforcement officer to desist from conduct in violation of section 2 of this chapter commits a Class B misdemeanor if the law enforcement officer: (1) observed the person engaged in conduct that violates section 2 of this chap…

Sec. 1. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this article and subject to subsection (b), a person who violates this article commits a Class C infraction. (b) Except as otherwise provided in this article, a person who knowingly or intentionally violates this article commits a Class…

Sec. 2. The: (1) taking, catching, killing, possession, or transportation of each animal or part of an animal; or (2) possession of each fishing, hunting, or trapping apparatus, appliance, or device; in violation of this article constitutes a separate offense. Each day's possessi…

Sec. 3. A person who takes a deer or a wild turkey in violation of this article commits a Class B misdemeanor. However, the offense is a Class A misdemeanor if the person has a prior conviction under: (1) IC 14-2-3-8(c) (repealed); or (2) this section. [Pre-1995 Recodification Ci…

deer meat; use of silencers Sec. 4. (a) If a person commits an offense that involves: (1) unlawfully taking or possessing a deer or wild turkey; (2) taking or possessing a deer or wild turkey by illegal methods or with illegal devices; or (3) except as provided in subsection (c),…

Sec. 4.5. A person who recklessly, knowingly, or intentionally: (1) violates IC 14-22-10-1(1) by hunting on privately owned land without the consent of the owner or tenant; and (2) while committing the violation described in subdivision (1), uses or possesses: (A) a sound suppres…

Sec. 5. (a) A person who takes or possesses a wild animal, except a deer or turkey, in violation of this article shall reimburse the state as follows: (1) Twenty dollars ($20) for the first violation. (2) Thirty-five dollars ($35) for each subsequent violation. (b) The money shal…

unlawful guide services Sec. 6. (a) As used in this section, "guide services" means fishing or hunting guide or outfitter services that are offered or provided for money or other consideration. The term includes services by a person who for money or other consideration: (1) offer…

Sec. 7. (a) As used in this section, "hunter orange" means a daylight fluorescent orange with the dominant wavelength 595-605 nm, a purity of not less than eighty-five percent (85%), and a luminance factor of not less than forty percent (40%). (b) As used in this section, "wear h…

attorneys Sec. 1. The attorney general has concurrent power with prosecuting attorneys to enforce this article, including the power to approve and file an affidavit charging a violation of law under this article. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-2-3-7.] As added by P.L.1-199…

Sec. 2. (a) A conservation officer may issue a summons for a violation committed within the view of the conservation officer. (b) A defendant who fails to appear as commanded by the summons is in contempt of court. (c) Upon a failure to appear, the court shall issue a warrant for…

Sec. 3. (a) As used in this section, "public or private property" does not include dwellings. (b) The director and conservation officers may: (1) search a boat, a conveyance, a vehicle, an automobile, a fish box, a fish basket, a game bag, a game coat, or other receptacle in whic…

Sec. 4. (a) A court may issue a warrant to search a house or place for the following: (1) Seines, fishnets, fish traps, fish-spears, or any implement or device used or kept for use for taking wild animals illegally. (2) Wild animals or parts of wild animals whose possession is un…

Sec. 5. The director or a conservation officer may execute and serve any place in Indiana with the warrants and processes issued by a court having jurisdiction under a law that the director has the duty to enforce. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-2-9-3 part.] As added by P.…

Sec. 6. (a) Conservation officers and other police officers may seize: (1) wild animals; (2) remains of wild animals; or (3) hides or furs of furbearing animals; taken or attempted to be taken in violation of this article or IC 14-2 (before its repeal). Upon conviction, the items…

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "bow" means any device that is intended to shoot an arrow. The term includes a crossbow. As added by P.L.133-1996, SEC.7.

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "decoy" means a three-dimensional object that: (1) resembles; and (2) is intended to resemble; a game animal or other animal when placed in the animal's habitat. As added by P.L.133-1996, SEC.7.

Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "firearm" means any weapon that is designed to expel a projectile by means of an explosion. As added by P.L.133-1996, SEC.7.

Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "game animal" means an animal that may be legally taken under this article. As added by P.L.133-1996, SEC.7.

Sec. 5. As used in this chapter, "law enforcement officer" has the meaning set forth in IC 35-31.5-2-185. The term includes a conservation officer. As added by P.L.133-1996, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.26-2008, SEC.17; P.L.114-2012, SEC.37.

Sec. 6. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), a person who with a firearm or bow intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly: (1) shoots; or (2) shoots at; a decoy used by a law enforcement officer to enforce this article commits a Class C misdemeanor. (b) A person described in s…

Sec. 7. To compensate for harm caused to decoys, a person convicted of an offense under section 6 of this chapter shall reimburse the state one hundred dollars ($100) for each commission of the offense. The reimbursement required by this section is in addition to any penalty impo…

Sec. 8. The court that convicts a person of an offense under section 6 of this chapter shall collect the reimbursement required by section 7 of this chapter and transmit the reimbursement to the department. The department shall deposit the reimbursement in the conservation office…

Sec. 1. This compact may be referred to as the wildlife violator compact. As added by P.L.23-1999, SEC.2.

Sec. 10. ARTICLE VIII (a) This compact becomes effective when it is adopted in a substantially similar form by two (2) or more states. (b) Entry into the compact must be made by resolution of ratification executed by the authorized officials of the applying state and submitted to…

Sec. 11. ARTICLE IX (a) This compact may be amended from time to time. Amendments must be presented in resolution form to the chair of the board of compact administrators and be initiated by one (1) or more participating states. (b) Adoption of an amendment requires endorsement b…

Sec. 12. ARTICLE X This compact shall be liberally construed so as to effectuate the purposes stated herein. The provisions of this compact shall be severable and if any phrase, clause, sentence, or provision of this compact is declared to be contrary to the constitution of any p…

Sec. 2. Indiana adopts the wildlife violator compact with all other states that legally join in the compact in a form substantially the same as this chapter. As added by P.L.23-1999, SEC.2.

Sec. 3. ARTICLE I (a) The participating states find the following: (1) Wildlife resources are managed in trust by the respective states for the benefit of all residents and visitors. (2) The protection of the wildlife resources of a state is materially affected by the degree of c…

Sec. 4. ARTICLE II (a) "Citation" means any summons, complaint, summons and complaint, ticket, penalty assessment, or other official document issued to a person by a wildlife officer or other law enforcement officer for a wildlife violation that contains an order requiring the pe…

Sec. 5. ARTICLE III (a) When issuing a citation for a wildlife violation, a wildlife officer shall issue a citation to any person whose primary residence is in a participating state in the same manner as the officer would issue a citation to a resident of the issuing state and ma…

Sec. 6. ARTICLE IV (a) Upon receipt of a report from the licensing authority of the issuing state reporting the failure of a violator to comply with the terms of a citation, the licensing authority of the home state shall: (1) notify the violator; (2) initiate a suspension action…

Sec. 7. ARTICLE V (a) Each participating state shall recognize the suspension of license privileges of any person by any participating state as though the violation resulting in the suspension had occurred in their state and could have been the basis for suspension of license pri…

Sec. 8. ARTICLE VI Except as expressly required by provisions of this compact, nothing in this compact affects the right of any participating state to apply any of its laws relating to license privileges to any person or circumstance or to invalidate or prevent any agreement or o…

Sec. 1. (a) This chapter applies only to conservancy districts located wholly within a county having a population of more than twenty-three thousand (23,000) and less than twenty-three thousand three hundred seventy-five (23,375). (b) This article governs conservancy districts lo…

Sec. 2. (a) As used in this chapter, "relative" of a candidate or trustee means an individual who is related to the candidate or trustee, or to the spouse of the candidate or trustee, as one (1) of the following: (1) Son. (2) Daughter. (3) Grandson. (4) Granddaughter. (5) Great-g…

determination; challenge of determination Sec. 3.5. (a) If in the opinion of the secretary of the district a freehold has been divided into multiple freeholds for the sole purpose of increasing the number of freeholders eligible to cast a vote in an election under this chapter, t…

Sec. 4. (a) The auditor of each county shall, at least forty-five (45) days before the election of directors of the district, provide the district with a current list of freeholders that sets forth: (1) each parcel of real property that is: (A) located within the county and the d…

Sec. 5. (a) Two (2) observers may monitor the voting at each polling place on behalf of each candidate for director. The district must provide each observer with a copy of the list of freeholders provided to the district under section 4(a) of this chapter. (b) A candidate for dir…

Sec. 6. (a) A district must adopt a form for applications for absentee ballots. The form adopted by the district must elicit the following information from the applicant: (1) Name. (2) Location within the district of the real estate that is held by the applicant, making the appli…