Chapter 37 — GAME AND PARKS
640 sections in this chapter.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 37-437 Permit privileges.
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A permit shall entitle the vehicle for which it is issued access to any permit area and no other right or privilege shall be conveyed. A permit shall not entitle the holder, or any occupant of the vehicle, to any service, facility, or activity for which a separate fee is imposed.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 37-438 Annual, temporary, hangtag, disabled veteran, and active-duty military permits; fees.
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(1) The commission shall devise annual, temporary, hangtag, disabled veteran, and active-duty military permits. (2) The annual permit may be purchased by any person and shall be valid through December 31 in the year for which the permit is issued. The fee for the annual permit fo…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 37-439 Duplicate annual permits; fee.
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(1) In addition to the permits authorized in section 37-438, the commission shall design a duplicate annual permit which may be purchased for one-half the fee of an annual permit. (2) The registered owner of two or more motor vehicles may purchase one duplicate annual permit for …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 37-440 Display and issuance of permits; where procured; issuing fee.
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(1) The commission shall prescribe the type and design of permits. Permits shall be: (a) Clearly visible from outside the vehicle; (b) Except as provided in subdivision (1)(c) of this section, displayed by affixing the permit upon the lower portion of the driver's side interior f…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 37-441 Commission designate permit areas.
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The commission shall evaluate the areas of the Nebraska state park system and designate those areas, or portions of areas, for which a permit shall be required. The commission shall periodically reevaluate the Nebraska state park system and designate additional permit areas or re…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 37-442 Permit areas; post signs; free permit, employees.
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The commission shall post signs at all entrances to permit areas and the text of such signs shall clearly convey the fact that motor vehicles using the area are required to display a permit. The commission may issue free permits for the private motor vehicles of its employees who…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 37-443 Unlawful entry; penalty; owner; prima facie responsible; when.
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It is unlawful for a motor vehicle to enter a permit area unless a valid permit is displayed in or on the vehicle in the manner prescribed by the commission. A permit shall be required for entry at any time of the year. Except for hangtag permits, a permit shall be nontransferabl…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 37-444 Entry permit program; commission; rules and regulations; enforce.
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(1) The commission may adopt and promulgate rules and regulations as are necessary to administer the entry permit program and to carry out the purposes and intents of sections 37-434 to 37-446. (2) The commission, its agents and officers, and any other peace officer of this state…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 37-445 Permit fees; remittance to commission; failure to remit; liability; penalty.
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The county clerks or permit agents entitled to issue permits as provided by sections 37-434 to 37-446 shall remit the fees for the permits to the commission in the manner and at the times prescribed by the rules and regulations of the commission. Any permit agent who receives per…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 37-446 Permit fees; State Park Cash Revolving Fund; disbursement.
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The permit fees charged under sections 37-438 and 37-439 shall be credited to the State Park Cash Revolving Fund and shall be disbursed for the administration, improvement, operation, and maintenance of those areas, or portion of areas, of the state park system which are designat…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 37-447 Permit to hunt deer; commission; powers; issuance; fee; violation; penalty.
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(1) The commission may issue permits for the hunting of deer and adopt and promulgate rules and regulations and pass commission orders pursuant to section 37-314 to prescribe limitations for the hunting, transportation, and possession of deer. The commission may offer permits or …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 37-448 Special deer, antelope, and elk depredation season; extension of existing hunting season; permit; issuance; fees.
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(1) Subject to rules and regulations adopted and promulgated by the commission, the secretary of the commission may designate, by order, special deer, antelope, and elk depredation seasons or extensions of existing hunting seasons. The secretary may designate a depredation season…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 37-449 Permit to hunt antelope; regulation and limitation by commission; issuance; fees; violation; penalty.
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(1) The commission may issue permits for hunting antelope and may adopt and promulgate separate and, when necessary, different rules and regulations therefor within the limitations prescribed in sections 37-447 and 37-452 for hunting deer. The commission may offer permits or comb…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 37-450 Permit to hunt elk; regulation and limitation by commission; issuance; fee; violation; penalty.
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(1) The commission may issue permits for hunting elk and may adopt and promulgate separate and, when necessary, different rules and regulations therefor within the limitations prescribed in sections 37-447 and 37-452 for hunting deer. (2) The commission shall, pursuant to section…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 37-451 Permit to hunt mountain sheep; regulation and limitation by commission; issuance; fee; violation; penalty.
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(1) The commission may issue permits for hunting mountain sheep and may adopt and promulgate separate and, when necessary, different rules and regulations therefor within the limitations prescribed in subsection (1) of section 37-447 and section 37-452 for hunting deer. Such rule…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 37-452 Hunting of antelope, elk, mountain sheep, mountain lion, or deer; age requirements.
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(1) No person shall hunt antelope, elk, mountain sheep, or mountain lions unless such person is at least twelve years of age, and any person who is twelve through fifteen years of age shall only hunt antelope, elk, mountain sheep, or mountain lions when supervised by a person nin…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 37-453 Permit to hunt deer, antelope, or elk; individual or joint application; ineligibility of individual, when.
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Applications for the special permits provided for in section 37-447 or 37-449 shall be made individually or on a unit basis. If such application is made on a unit basis, not more than six applicants may apply for such permit in one application. If such application is granted, suc…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 37-454 Permit to hunt deer, antelope, or elk; issued to disabled person; limitation.
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A permit issued to a disabled person to hunt deer, antelope, or elk shall not have a limitation regarding the sex of such animal unless, for management purposes, the commission determines that all permits issued in the management unit in which the application for a permit is made…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 37-455 Limited deer, antelope, wild turkey, elk, or mountain lion permit; conditions; fee.
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(1) The commission may issue a limited permit for deer, antelope, wild turkey, elk, or mountain lion to a person who is a qualifying landowner or leaseholder or a member of such person's immediate family as described in this section. The commission may issue nonresident landowner…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 37-455.01 Permit to hunt antelope, elk, deer, and wild turkey; auction or lottery permits; issuance; fee.
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The commission may issue auction or lottery permits for up to five permits each for antelope and elk and up to twenty-five permits each for deer and wild turkey during the calendar year. Included in that number are single species and combination species permits and shared revenue…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 37-456 Limited antelope, elk, or mountain lion permit; issuance; limitation.
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The issuance of limited antelope permits pursuant to section 37-455 in any management unit shall not exceed seventy-five percent of the regular permits authorized for such antelope management unit. The issuance of limited elk permits pursuant to section 37-455 in any management u…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 37-456.01 Free-earned landowner elk permit; issuance; conditions.
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(1) The commission may issue one free-earned landowner elk permit for the taking of either sex of elk to any person owning or leasing at least eighty acres of farm or ranch land used for agricultural purposes, or to any member of the immediate family of such person as defined in …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 37-457 Hunting wild turkey; permit required; fee; issuance.
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(1) The commission may issue permits for hunting wild turkey and prescribe and establish regulations and limitations for the hunting, transportation, and possession of wild turkey. The commission may offer multiple-year permits or combinations of permits at reduced rates. The num…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 37-458 Shooting coyotes from aircraft; permit; conditions; fee; duties.
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(1) The commission shall, to aid in the protection of livestock and other domesticated animals, issue a special permit authorizing the holder to use aircraft for the purpose of shooting or attempting to shoot coyotes. Such permit shall be issued only after it is shown that (a) th…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 37-459 Shooting coyotes from aircraft; permitholder; report.
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The holder of a permit issued under section 37-458 shall report to the commission, not later than fifteen days after the end of each calendar quarter, the number of coyotes taken during such quarter.
Repealed. Laws 2011, LB 41, § 31.
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[Repealed or reserved.]
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 37-461 Muskrats or beavers; permit to destroy; violation; penalty.
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If any dam, canal, drainage ditch, irrigation ditch, private fish pond, aquaculture facility, artificial waterway, railroad embankment, or other property is being damaged or destroyed by muskrats or beavers, the commission may issue a permit to the person who owns or controls the…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 37-462 Taxidermists; permit; fees; renewal; authorizations; records; violations; penalty.
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(1) It shall be unlawful for any person to perform taxidermy services on any game for any person other than himself or herself without first obtaining a taxidermist permit from the commission. The permit shall be conspicuously posted at the location where taxidermy services are p…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 37-463 Dealing in raw furs; fur buyer's permit required; annual fee; record; unlawful acts; penalty.
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(1) It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation dealing in raw furs to conduct such business without first obtaining from the commission a fur buyer's permit. If the applicant is an individual, the application shall include the applicant's social security number. Th…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 37-464 Possession of fur, pelt, or carcass; prohibited acts.
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Except as otherwise provided in the Game Law, it shall be unlawful for any person, other than a person holding a fur-harvesting permit, a captive wildlife permit, a fur buyer's permit, or a permit issued pursuant to section 37-461, with regard to beaver or muskrat taken pursuant …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 37-465 Aquaculture facilities; application for permits; fee.
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An application for an aquaculture permit to operate an aquaculture facility shall be made to the commission on a form prescribed by the commission. The application shall include (1) the name, social security number if the applicant is an individual, residence, and place of busine…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 37-466 Aquaculture permit; rights.
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A holder of an aquaculture permit may import aquatic organisms, lawfully held in possession in any other state or country, into this state except as provided in sections 37-547 to 37-550.
Transferred to section 37-482.01.
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[Repealed or reserved.]
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 37-468 Aquaculturist; activities authorized.
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Any resident or nonresident who qualifies as an aquaculturist, after securing an aquaculture permit as provided in section 37-465, may establish and maintain, upon private lands, ponds or tanks for the culture and propagation of aquatic organisms, subject to the restrictions impo…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 37-469 Permitholder; report required; contents.
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A holder of an aquaculture permit shall report to the commission by January 15 for the preceding calendar year on forms provided by the commission. The commission shall adopt and promulgate rules and regulations specifying the requirements for the reports, including, but not limi…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 37-470 Aquaculturist; report required; quarantine; when; notice; revocation of permit.
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(1) An aquaculturist who knows that aquatic organisms owned or controlled by him or her are affected with prohibited pathogens shall at once report such fact to the commission, stating all facts known to him or her with reference to the prohibited pathogens. (2) If an aquaculture…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 37-471 Aquatic organisms; sale authorized; violation; penalty.
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(1) Aquatic organisms propagated or raised under an aquaculture permit may be sold or offered for sale and transported at any time, subject to rules and regulations adopted and promulgated by the commission. The rules and regulations shall include, but not be limited to, tagging …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 37-472 Permit to kill mountain lions; eligibility.
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(1) The commission may issue a permit for the killing of one or more mountain lions which are preying on livestock or poultry. The permit shall be valid for up to thirty days and shall require the commission to be notified immediately by the permitholder after the killing of a mo…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 37-473 Permit for hunting mountain lions; application fee; auction; use of proceeds.
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(1) The commission may issue permits for hunting mountain lions and may adopt and promulgate rules and regulations therefor within the limitations prescribed in subsection (1) of section 37-447 and section 37-452 for hunting deer. Any authorized permits shall be issued to residen…
Repealed. Laws 1999, LB 176, § 131.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 37-475 Officers; entry and inspection authorized.
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Any officer authorized to enforce the Game Law may, at any time, enter an aquaculture facility for the purpose of inspecting the facility or for the purpose of enforcing the Game Law.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 37-476 Aquaculture facilities; violations; general penalties.
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Except as otherwise specifically provided, any person violating any of the provisions of sections 37-465 to 37-475 shall be guilty of a Class V misdemeanor.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 37-477 Certain animals kept in captivity; permit required; exceptions; rules and regulations.
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(1) No person shall keep in captivity in this state any wild birds, any wild mammals, any nongame wildlife in need of conservation as determined by the commission under section 37-805, or any wildlife determined to be an endangered or threatened species under the Endangered Speci…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 37-478 Captive wildlife auction permit; issuance; fee; prohibited acts.
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(1) To conduct an auction in this state of captive wild birds, captive wild mammals, or captive wildlife as specified in subsection (1) of section 37-477, a person shall apply to the commission on a form prescribed by the commission for a captive wildlife auction permit. An appli…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 37-479 Captive wildlife permit; issuance; fee; prohibited acts; violation; penalty.
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(1) To purchase, possess, propagate, or sell captive wild birds, captive wild mammals, or captive wildlife as specified in subsection (1) of section 37-477 or to sell parts thereof, except as provided in section 37-505, a person shall apply to the commission on a form prescribed …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 37-480 Wild birds and wild mammals; disposition; restrictions.
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(1) Wild birds or wild mammals raised and processed by holders of captive wildlife permits for food trade only shall not be required to be marked as specified in rules and regulations of the commission, but any such dressed and packaged wild bird or wild mammal shall be identifie…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 37-481 Certain wild animals; keeping in captivity; permit not required; when.
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Sections 37-477 to 37-480 shall not be construed to require the obtaining of a permit for the purpose of keeping in captivity wild birds, wild mammals, or wildlife as specified in subsection (1) of section 37-477 or for the purpose of purchasing, possessing, propagating, selling,…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 37-482 Certain wild animals; keeping in captivity; violations; penalty; officers; entry and inspection authorized.
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Any person violating the provisions of sections 37-477 to 37-481 shall be guilty of a Class IV misdemeanor. Any conservation officer or other peace officer authorized to enforce the Game Law may, at any time, enter a facility associated with a captive wildlife auction permit or a…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 37-482.01 Sale of game authorized.
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Game lawfully acquired from the holder of a permit under sections 37-465 and 37-479 may be sold in this state. The burden of proof is upon the buyer, seller, or possessor to show by competent and satisfactory evidence that game in his or her possession or sold by him or her was l…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 37-483 Recall pen; captive wildlife permit required; permit.
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The construction, operation, and maintenance of a facility commonly known as a recall pen, also known as a recapture pen, which is used for the recapture of marked game birds originating from the holder of a captive wildlife permit in conjunction with dog training or dog trial ac…