Title XI, NATURAL RESOURCES (Ch. 455 - 485)

When license blanks in the possession of a license agent are accidentally destroyed, the holder of the blanks shall only be relieved from accountability upon the presentation of satisfactory explanation and the filing of a bond to the director that the blanks have actually been s…

When any license for which a fee has been set has been lost, destroyed, or stolen, the director or a license agent may issue a replacement license, if evidence is available to demonstrate issuance of the original license and a fee of two dollars is paid, to be placed in the fish …

The director shall establish, by rule, specific requirements for remittance of funds, and the necessary accounting and reporting for all types of licenses issued based on the manner and location of the issuance. [SS15, §2563-a4; C24, 27, 31, §1725; C35, §1794-e7; C39, § 1794.089;…

Every license, except as otherwise provided in this chapter , is valid from the date issued to January 10 of the succeeding calendar year for which it is issued. A license shall not be issued prior to December 15 for the subsequent calendar year except for a multi-year fishing li…

1. All hunting, fishing, and fur harvester licenses shall contain a general description of the licensee. Such licenses shall be upon such forms as the commission shall adopt. The address and the signature of the applicant and all signatures and other required information shall be…

Every person shall, while fishing, hunting, or fur harvesting, show the person’s license document to any peace officer or the owner or person in lawful control of the land or water upon which licensee may be hunting, fishing, or fur harvesting when requested by the persons to do …

As used in this chapter unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Boundary waters” means the waters of the Mississippi, Missouri, and Big Sioux rivers. 2. “Commission” means the natural resource commission created under section 455A.5 . 3. “Department” means the department of na…

A resident license shall be limited to persons who do not claim any resident privileges, except as defined in section 483A.1A, subsection 10 , paragraphs “b” , “c” , “d” , and “e” , in another state or country. A person shall not purchase or apply for any resident license or perm…

Licenses for bait dealers or for fishing, hunting, or fur harvesting shall not be issued to residents of states that do not sell similar licenses or certificates to residents of Iowa. However, this requirement is not applicable to the licensing of nonresident wholesale bait deale…

1. Upon the conviction of a licensee of any violation of chapter 481A , or of this chapter , or of any administrative order adopted and published by the commission, the magistrate may, as a part of the judgment, revoke one or more license privileges of the licensee, or suspend th…

When a license is revoked, the date, cause, and tenure of such revocation shall be kept on file with the license records of the commission. The commission may refuse the issuance of a new license to any person whose license has been revoked. [S13, §2563-a7; C24, 27, 31, §1726; C3…

The department may establish, by rule, fees for lists of licensees. Notwithstanding section 22.3 , the fee for a list of licensees may exceed the cost of preparing the list and providing the copying service. 98 Acts, ch 1199, §18, 27 ; 98 Acts, ch 1223, §30

Any person may possess not more than two game birds or fur-bearing animals confined as pets without being required to purchase a license as a game breeder, but the person shall not be allowed to increase the person’s stock beyond the original number nor shall the person be allowe…

1. Owners or tenants of land, and their minor children, may hunt, fish or trap upon such lands and may shoot by lawful means ground squirrels, gophers, or woodchucks upon adjacent roads without securing a license so to do; except, special licenses to hunt deer and wild turkey sha…

Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter to the contrary, a service member deployed for military service, as defined in section 29A.1, subsection 3 , shall receive a refund of that portion of any license fee paid by the service member representing the service member’s period…

1. The commission may establish a special season deer hunt for antlerless deer in those counties where paid antlerless only deer hunting licenses remain available for issuance. 2. Antlerless deer may be taken by shotgun, muzzleloading rifle, muzzleloading pistol, handgun, or bow …

A nonresident shall not obtain a resident license by falsely claiming residency in the state. The use of a license by a person other than the person to whom the license is issued is unlawful and nullifies the license. [ 82 Acts, ch 1013, §1 ] C83, §110.26 84 Acts, ch 1260, §11 ; …

1. A person born after January 1, 1972, shall not obtain a hunting license unless the person has satisfactorily completed a hunter education course approved by the commission. A person who is eleven years of age or more may enroll in an approved hunter education course, but a per…

1. Notwithstanding section 483A.27 , a person who is sixteen years of age or older may purchase a hunting license with an apprentice hunter designation on the license without first completing a hunter education course if the person meets all the requirements of this section . 2. …

1. A boundary waters sport trotline license entitles the licensee to use a maximum of four trotlines with two hundred hooks in the aggregate and only on boundary waters. All boundary waters sport trotlines shall be tagged with the name and address of the licensee on a weather-res…

1. a. A resident or nonresident person required to have a hunting or fur harvester license shall not hunt or trap unless the person purchases a hunting or fur harvester license that includes the wildlife habitat fee, in an amount established by rules adopted by the commission pur…

1. Reciprocal fishing, hunting, or trapping privileges are contingent upon a grant of similar privileges by another state to residents of this state. 2. The commission may negotiate fishing, hunting, or trapping reciprocity agreements with other states. 3. When another state conf…

1. Subject to subsection 2 , any device, contrivance, or material used to violate a rule adopted by the commission, or any other provision of this chapter or chapter 481A , 481B , 482 , 484A , or 484B , is a public nuisance and may be condemned by the state. The director, the dir…

The disposition of property seized pursuant to section 483A.32 shall be conducted as follows: 1. The officer taking possession of property seized as a public nuisance shall make a written inventory of the property and deliver a copy of the inventory to the person from whom the pr…

An appeal from a denial of an application for return of condemnable property, or from an order for return of condemnable property, shall be made within ten days after the entry of a judgment order and shall be conducted in the same manner as an appeal in a small claims action. Th…

The word “gun” as used in this chapter shall include every kind of a gun or rifle, except a revolver or pistol, and shall include those provided with pistol mountings which are designed to shoot shot cartridges. [C31, §1772-c1; C35, §1794-e20; C39, § 1794.103; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62…

No person shall use a swivel gun, nor any other firearm, except such as is commonly shot from the shoulder or hand in the hunting, killing, or pursuit of game, and no such gun shall be larger than number 10 gauge. [C97, §2558; C24, 27, 31, §1771; C35, §1794-e22; C39, § 1794.105; …

The commission may designate one period of the year of not more than three days as free fishing days and during that period the residents may fish and lawfully possess fish without a license. 86 Acts, ch 1240, §11 C87, §110.38 C93, §483A.38

1. a. For the purposes of this section , “bass fishing tournament” means an organized fishing event, except for a fishing event sponsored by the department for educational purposes, involving all of the following: (1) An organized event occurring on public water for the purpose o…

Three dollars from each resident and nonresident annual and seven-day fishing license and nine dollars from each resident multi-year fishing license sold shall be deposited in the state fish and game protection fund and shall be used within this state for fish habitat development…

1. Allocation of revenue — accounts. All revenue collected from wildlife habitat fees as provided in section 483A.3, subsection 1 , paragraph “d” , that is deposited in the state fish and game protection fund and that is allocated pursuant to this section shall be allocated as fo…

For the purpose of obtaining a license, a person has a “permanent disability” if any of the following apply: 1. The person has been found under the provisions of the federal Social Security Act, Tit. II, or any other public or private pension system to have a total, permanent phy…

A person who violates this chapter is guilty of a simple misdemeanor punishable as a scheduled violation under section 805.8B, subsection 3 , paragraph “e” . However, the scheduled fine specified in section 805.8B, subsection 3 , paragraph “e” , does not apply to a violation of t…

A fur harvester license is required to hunt and to trap any fur-bearing animal. A hunting license is not required when hunting furbearers with a fur harvester license. However, coyote and groundhog may be hunted with a hunting or a fur harvester license. 84 Acts, ch 1260, §12 C85…

When used in this subchapter , unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Bonds” means negotiable wildlife habitat bonds of the commission issued pursuant to this subchapter and includes all bonds, notes, and other obligations issued in anticipation of these bonds or as refunding…

1. The commission may issue its negotiable bonds in principal amounts as, in the opinion of the commission, are necessary to provide funds for the acquisition of real property for the development and enhancement of wildlife lands and habitat areas, the payment of interest on its …

In connection with the issuance of the bonds or in order to secure the payment of the bonds and interest on the bonds, the commission may by resolution: 1. Provide that the bonds be secured by a first lien on the revenues and receipts received or to be received into the wildlife …

A wildlife habitat bond fund is created in the state treasury. At the direction of the commission as provided in the bond proceedings or pursuant to section 483A.52, subsection 1 or 2 , and as certified by the director, the treasurer of state shall credit to the wildlife habitat …

1. Bonds issued are special limited obligations of the commission and are not a debt or liability of the state or any other political subdivision within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory debt limitation and are not a pledge of the state’s credit or taxing power withi…

Bonds are securities in which all public officers and bodies of the state and all municipalities and political subdivisions of this state, all insurance companies and associations and other persons carrying on an insurance business, all banks, bankers, trust companies, and saving…

The bond proceedings may provide that a holder of bonds or a trustee under the bond proceedings, except to the extent that the holder’s rights are restricted by the bond proceedings, may by legal proceedings, protect and enforce any rights under the laws of this state or granted …

Any person required to have a fishing license shall not fish for or possess trout unless that person has paid the trout fishing fee. The proceeds from the fee shall be used exclusively for the trout program designated by the commission. The commission may grant a permit to a comm…

1. A resident fishing for paddlefish on the Missouri or Big Sioux river who is required to have a fishing license must purchase a paddlefish fishing license, in addition to a resident fishing license. 2. A nonresident fishing for paddlefish on the Missouri or Big Sioux river is r…

1. A resident hunting wild turkey who is required to have a license must purchase a resident hunting license that includes the wildlife habitat fee in addition to the wild turkey hunting license. Upon application and payment of the required fees for archery-only licenses, a resid…

1. A resident hunting deer who is required to have a hunting license must purchase a resident hunting license that includes the wildlife habitat fee, in addition to the deer hunting license. In addition, a resident who purchases a deer hunting license shall pay a one dollar fee t…

1. The commission shall provide, by rule, for the establishment of a deer and wild turkey harvest reporting system for the purpose of collecting information from hunters concerning the deer and wild turkey population in this state. Each person who is issued a deer or wild turkey …