Chapter 32 — WILDLIFE, PARKS AND RECREATION

32-998. Wildlife and parks nonrestricted fund; purpose; interest earnings; expenditures. (a) All moneys received by the Kansas department of wildlife and parks from sources other than those identified and restricted in K.S.A. 32-990, 32-991, 32-992, 32-993, 32-994 and 32-1173, an…

32-999. Cabin fees; authorization and limitations. (a) The secretary of wildlife and parks is authorized, with the approval of the Kansas wildlife and parks commission, to establish fees for the public use of cabins owned or operated by the department. At a public meeting, the se…

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32-1001. Licenses, permits, stamps and other issues of the department; unlawful acts; requirements for prosecutions; penalties for violations. (a) It is unlawful for any person to: (1) Participate or engage in any activity for which such person is required to have obtained a lice…

32-1002. Unlawful taking or dealing in wildlife; penalties; exceptions; carrying a handgun; use of suppressing devices. (a) Unless and except as permitted by law or rules and regulations adopted by the secretary in accordance with K.S.A. 32-805, and amendments thereto, it is unla…

32-1003. Unlawful methods of taking wildlife; penalties. (a) It is unlawful for any person, unless authorized by law or rules and regulations of the secretary, to: (1) Take any game animal or furbearing animal from a motorboat, airplane, motor vehicle or other water, air or land …

32-1004. Unlawful possession of wildlife; refusal to allow inspection of property used in taking wildlife; penalties. (a) It is unlawful for any person to: (1) Possess a carcass of a big game animal, taken within this state, unless a carcass tag, issued by the secretary, is attac…

32-1005. Commercialization of wildlife; criminal penalties; confiscation of certain equipment; restitution. (a) Commercialization of wildlife is knowingly committing any of the following, except as permitted by statute or rules and regulations: (1) Capturing, killing or possessin…

32-1006. Coyotes, moles, gophers. (a) Except as provided by subsection (b), it is lawful for a person to take coyotes in this state at any time if such person holds a valid license to hunt or furharvest, as the case may be. It is lawful for a person to take moles or gophers in th…

32-1007. Coyote carcasses. (a) It is unlawful for any person to publicly display the carcass of a coyote. (b) For the purpose of this section, "carcass" means the body of the coyote, either as a part or as a whole, and either with the skin intact or removed. The skin of the coyot…

32-1008. Migratory birds. (a) As used in this section: (1) "Migratory birds" means such birds as are defined under the administrative provisions of the migratory bird treaty act (16 U.S.C.A. §§ 703 to 711) and regulations now in force or hereafter adopted thereunder. (2) "Migrato…

32-1009. Nongame species. Except as provided in rules and regulations adopted pursuant to K.S.A. 32-963, and amendments thereto, it shall be unlawful for any person to take, possess, transport, export, process, sell or offer for sale or ship nongame species deemed by the secretar…

32-1010. Threatened species. Except as otherwise specifically provided in K.S.A. 32-961 or in a special permit issued under K.S.A. 32-961 or in any rules and regulations adopted pursuant to K.S.A. 32-961, the intentional taking of any threatened species indigenous to this state, …

32-1011. Endangered species. Except as otherwise specifically provided in K.S.A. 32-961 or in a special permit issued under K.S.A. 32-961 or in any rule and regulation adopted pursuant to K.S.A. 32-961, the intentional taking of any endangered species indigenous to this state, wh…

32-1012. Application of prohibitions regarding nongame or endangered species. (a) Nothing in the nongame and endangered species conservation act shall be construed to: (1) Apply retroactively to any occurrence prior to July 1, 1975; (2) prohibit importation into the state of wild…

32-1013. Taking wildlife without permission on land posted "by written permission only"; penalties. (a) Any landowner or person in lawful possession of any land may post such land with signs stating that hunting, trapping or fishing on such land shall be by written permission onl…

32-1014. Obstruction or impeding of lawful activities. (a) No person shall willfully obstruct or impede the participation of any individual in the lawful activity of hunting, furharvesting or fishing. (b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to the actions of law enforc…

32-1015. Miscellaneous violations. (a) It is unlawful for any person to: (1) Destroy any muskrat house, beaver dam, mink run or any hole, den or runway of any furbearing animal, or cut down or destroy any tree that is the home, habitat or refuge of any furbearing animal; (2) hunt…

32-1031. Violations of laws involving wildlife and parks and rules and regulations related thereto; criminal penalties. (a) Unless otherwise provided by law or rules and regulations of the secretary, violation of any provision of the wildlife and parks laws of this state or rules…

32-1032. Big game and wild turkey violations; criminal penalties; additional fines and payment of restitution. (a) (1) Violation of any provision of the wildlife and parks laws of this state or rules and regulations of the secretary relating to big game or wild turkey permits and…

32-1033. Unlawful taking of endangered species. Unlawful taking of an endangered species, as defined in K.S.A. 32-1011, is a class A misdemeanor. History: L. 1989, ch. 118, § 129; July 1. Source or prior law: 32-509. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Polici…

32-1034. Second conviction for obstruction or impeding of lawful activities. (a) If a person is convicted of a violation of K.S.A. 32-1014 and such person, within two years prior to such violation, committed another violation of this* section which arose out of a separate set of …

32-1040. Violations of law or rules and regulations by 16-year-olds and 17-year-olds; penalties; placement in a juvenile detention facility; fines. The court hearing the prosecution of any child 16 or 17 years of age who is charged with a violation of any provision of the wildlif…

32-1041. Forfeiture or suspension of license, permit, stamp or other issue. (a) (1) Upon the first conviction of violating any provision of the wildlife and parks laws of this state or rules and regulations of the secretary, and in addition to any authorized sentence imposed by t…

32-1047. Seizure of wildlife, devices, equipment and firearms; disposition. (a) Subject to the provisions in subsection (b), the department is hereby empowered and directed to seize and possess any wildlife which is taken, possessed, sold or transported unlawfully, and any steel …

32-1048. Conservation officers and employees; arrest powers. Any officer or other employee of the department who meets the criteria specified in subsection (a) of K.S.A. 32-808, and amendments thereto, and any other Kansas law enforcement officer authorized to enforce the laws of…

32-1049. Citation for violations of law or rules and regulations; notice to appear in court. (a) Whenever a person is charged for any violation of any of the wildlife and parks laws of this state or the provisions of article 11 of chapter 32 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and …

32-1049a. Failure to comply with a wildlife and parks citation; penalties; reinstatement fee for license or permit suspension; waiver, military personnel; fee authorized only by legislative enactment. (a) (1) Failure to comply with a wildlife and parks citation means failure to: …

32-1050. Appearance bond for violations of certain offenses listed herein; addition of docket fee thereto. (a) Whenever any person is issued a citation by a conservation officer or deputy conservation officer of the wildlife and parks conservation service or by any law enforcemen…

32-1051. Duties of conservation officers and law enforcement officers; warnings authorized. (a) It shall be the duty of all conservation officers and deputy conservation officers of the wildlife and parks conservation service and all law enforcement officers authorized to enforce…

32-1052. Complaint and proof; items not required therein. In a prosecution of any person or persons for a violation of any of the wildlife and parks laws of this state or rules and regulations of the secretary, it shall not be necessary to: (a) State in the complaint the true or …

32-1053. Duties of county or district attorneys; prosecution fee. It shall be the duty of each county or district attorney to prosecute any person or persons charged with a violation of any of the wildlife and parks laws of this state or rules and regulations of the secretary. Th…

32-1054. Report of prosecutions by the court to the department. It shall be the duty of every judge or clerk of the court before whom any prosecution for a violation of the wildlife and parks laws of this state or rules and regulations of the secretary is commenced or goes on app…

32-1055. Prohibition on conducting surveillance on private property by employees of the Kansas department of wildlife and parks; exceptions. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), no employee of the Kansas department of wildlife and parks authorized to enforce the laws of the …

32-1061. Wildlife violator compact; enactment of compact. The wildlife violator compact is enacted into law and entered into by the State of Kansas with any and all jurisdictions legally joining therein in accordance with its terms. The compact is substantially as follows: ARTICL…

32-1062. Rules and regulations. The secretary of the Kansas department of wildlife and parks shall make and publish such rules and regulations, not inconsistent with law, as deemed necessary to carry out the purposes of the wildlife violator compact. History: L. 2005, ch. 70, § 2…

32-1063. Suspension or revocation of license or privileges pursuant to compact; subsequent acts prohibited; penalties. It shall be unlawful for any person whose license, privilege, or right to hunt, fish, trap, possess or transport wildlife, having been suspended or revoked pursu…

32-1064. Licensing authority; duties. As used in the compact, the term "licensing authority," with reference to this state, means the Kansas department of wildlife and parks. The secretary of wildlife and parks shall furnish to the appropriate authorities of party states any info…

32-1065. Same; compact administrator, compensation and expenses. The compact administrator provided for in article VII of the wildlife violator compact shall not be entitled to any additional compensation for service as the administrator but shall be entitled to expenses incurred…

32-1066. Board of compact administrators; appointment of state administrator. The secretary of the Kansas department of wildlife and parks shall appoint the director or head administrator of the department's law enforcement division or section to serve on the board of compact adm…

32-1071. State sovereignty over non-migratory wildlife act; citation of act. K.S.A. 32-1071 through 32-1078, and amendments thereto, may be cited as the state sovereignty over non-migratory wildlife act. History: L. 2014, ch. 103, § 1; May 22. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINA…

32-1072. Same; authority. The legislature declares that the authority for the state sovereignty over non-migratory wildlife act is the following: (a) The tenth amendment to the constitution of the United States guarantees to the states and their people all powers not granted to t…

32-1073. Same; definitions. As used in the state sovereignty over non-migratory wildlife act: (a) "Borders of Kansas" means the boundaries of Kansas described in the act for admission of Kansas into the union, 12 stat. 126, ch. 20, § 1. (b) "Lesser prairie chicken" means the spec…

32-1074. Non-migratory nature of lesser and greater prairie chickens; successful management and preservation thereof. (a) The lesser prairie chicken and the greater prairie chicken are non-migratory species that are native to the grasslands of Kansas. (b) The lesser prairie chick…

32-1075. Regulation of prairie chickens and prairie chicken habitats in Kansas. (a) The state of Kansas, acting through the Kansas legislature and through the Kansas department of wildlife and parks, possesses the sole regulatory authority to govern the management, habitats, hunt…

32-1076. Same; enforcement of act. A county or district attorney, or the attorney general may seek injunctive relief in any court of competent jurisdiction to enjoin any official, agent or employee of the government of the United States or employee of a corporation providing serv…