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

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. “Commercial fish helper” means a person who is licensed by the state to assist a commercial fisher or a commercial roe har…

It is unlawful to use commercial gear in the taking of commercial fish, turtles, and mussels from the waters of the state, except as otherwise provided by statute or administrative rules of the commission. 86 Acts, ch 1141, §3 C87, §109B.3 C93, §482.3 Referred to in §805.8B(3)(e)…

1. A person shall not use or operate commercial gear unless an individual is at the site where the commercial gear is being operated who possesses an appropriate valid commercial license. A commercial license is valid from the date of issue to January 10 of the succeeding calenda…

It is lawful for a person who is legally licensed to harvest commercial fish or commercial turtles to use commercial gear of a design, construction, size, season, and all other criteria established by the commission for taking those species of fish and turtles designated by the c…

Each trotline shall have the tags affixed to one end. Each hoop net, slat net, trap net, and turtle trap shall have the appropriate tag affixed to the end nearest the pot. Each gill net and each trammel net shall have the tags affixed to the float line nearest the shore stake, bu…

1. A commercial fisher, commercial turtle harvester, or commercial roe harvester licensee must be present when commercial gear is operated. A commercial fish helper or commercial turtle helper shall not operate commercial gear except under the direct supervision of a commercial f…

1. It is lawful for licensed commercial fishers, commercial turtle harvesters, and commercial roe harvesters to pursue, take, possess, and transport any commercial fish or their parts, bait fish, turtles, frogs, salamanders, leeches, crayfish, or any other aquatic invertebrates f…

It is unlawful: 1. To use commercial gear which is not in accordance with this chapter or the rules of the commission. 2. To use commercial gear within nine hundred feet from a navigation dam on the boundary waters. 3. To use commercial gear within three hundred feet from the mou…

1. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter , a person shall not fish, trap, hunt, pursue, catch, kill, take in any manner, use, have possession of, sell, or transport all or a part of any wild animal, bird, game, turtle, or fish, the protection and regulation of which is des…

1. The licenses and combination packages of licenses issued pursuant to this chapter shall be issued by the department or the license agents as specified by rules of the commission. A county recorder may issue licenses or combination packages of licenses subject to the rules of t…

The director may designate license agents for the sale of licenses, but in so doing the interest of the state shall be fully protected. [C31, §1724-c1; C35, §1794-e4; C39, § 1794.085; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §110.4; C79, 81, §110.11 ] 84 Acts, ch 1260, §6 C93, §4…

1. The license agent shall be responsible for all fees for the issuance of hunting, fishing, and fur harvester licenses and combination packages of licenses sold by the license agent. All unused license blanks shall be surrendered to the department upon the department’s demand. 2…

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…