Chapter 37 — GAME AND PARKS
640 sections in this chapter.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 37-484 Game breeding and controlled shooting area; license; application; fee.
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Any person or persons owning, holding, or controlling by lease or otherwise, which possession must be for a term of five or more years, any tract or tracts of land having an area of not less than eighty acres and not more than two thousand five hundred sixty acres who desires to …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 37-485 License requirements; inspection; issuance.
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Upon receipt of the application, the commission shall inspect the area proposed to be licensed described in such application and its premises and facilities. The commission shall also inspect the area where game birds are to be propagated, reared, and liberated and the cover for …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 37-486 License; expiration.
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All game breeding and controlled shooting area licenses shall expire on June 30 of each year at midnight.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 37-487 Posting of areas.
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Upon receipt of a license under sections 37-484 to 37-496, the licensee shall promptly post such licensed areas according to the requirements prescribed by the commission.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 37-488 Privileges conferred by license; game birds, requirements; marking and transport.
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The licensee of any licensed game breeding and controlled shooting area may take or authorize to be taken, within the season fixed and designated and in such numbers as provided in sections 37-484 to 37-496, game birds as specified in rules and regulations of the commission and r…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 37-489 Game birds released, propagated, and taken; record; reports.
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For the purpose of sections 37-484 to 37-496, game birds shall be released upon licensed game breeding and controlled shooting areas in numbers regulated by the commission. The licensee shall keep such records and make such reports as to game birds released, propagated, and taken…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 37-490 Closed season.
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No person shall hunt any upland game birds and mallard ducks upon such breeding and controlled shooting area except between September 1 and April 15 of each year, except that turkeys may be hunted throughout the open season and dog training or dog trial activities may be permitte…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 37-491 Hunting permit; habitat stamp; required; nonresidents, requirements.
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Every individual hunting game birds upon a licensed game breeding and controlled shooting area shall secure a hunting permit and a habitat stamp in accordance with the laws of the State of Nebraska, except that nonresidents of the State of Nebraska are not required to secure a hu…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 37-492 Commission; rules and regulations; commission orders; limitations upon game breeding and controlled shooting areas.
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The commission may adopt and promulgate rules and regulations and pass commission orders for carrying out, administering, and enforcing the provisions of sections 37-484 to 37-496. The commission shall limit the number of areas proposed for licensing so that the total acreage lic…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 37-493 License; refusal to issue or renew; suspension or revocation; grounds; notice; hearing.
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The commission may either refuse to issue or refuse to renew or may suspend or may revoke any game breeding and controlled shooting area license if the commission finds that such licensed area or the operator thereof is not complying or does not comply with the provisions of sect…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 37-494 License; revocation; grounds.
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Whenever a license is issued to any person and the holder thereof violates or is found guilty of a violation of any of the provisions of sections 37-484 to 37-496 or of any misrepresentation in obtaining such license, the license so issued to such a person may be revoked by the c…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 37-495 License; available for presentation.
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It shall be the duty of every person who has been issued a license under sections 37-484 to 37-496 to have evidence of the same in his or her possession for immediate presentation to the conservation officers and employees of the commission or any other peace officer making deman…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 37-496 License; form and contents; requirements.
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Licenses authorized to be issued under sections 37-484 to 37-496 shall be prepared by the commission. They shall be in such form and content as may be prescribed by the commission and be supplied by the commission, subject to such rules and regulations as the commission may presc…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 37-497 Raptors; protection; management; raptor permit; raptor permit for wildlife abatement; captive propagation permit; raptor collecting permit; fees.
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(1) The commission may take such steps as it deems necessary to provide for the protection and management of raptors. The commission may issue raptor permits for the taking and possession of raptors for the purpose of practicing falconry or wildlife abatement. (2) A raptor permit…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 37-498 Raptors; take or maintain; permit required.
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(1) It shall be unlawful for any person to take or attempt to take or maintain a raptor in captivity, except as otherwise provided by law or by rule or regulation of the commission, unless he or she possesses a raptor permit for falconry, a raptor permit for wildlife abatement, a…
Repealed. Laws 2011, LB 41, § 31.
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[Repealed or reserved.]
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 37-501 Game and fish; bag and possession limit; violation; penalty.
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Except as otherwise provided by the Game Law, rules and regulations of the commission, or commission orders, it shall be unlawful for any person in any one day to take or have in his or her possession at any time a greater number of game birds, game animals, or game fish of any o…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 37-502 Prohibited acts during closed season.
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Except as otherwise provided by the Game Law, it shall be unlawful to take any species of wildlife protected by the Game Law except during the open seasons established pursuant to section 37-314.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 37-503 Game; illegal possession; exception.
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It shall be unlawful for anyone to have in his or her possession, except during the open season thereon, any unmounted game except as allowed by the Game Law or the rules and regulations adopted and promulgated and commission orders passed by the commission.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 37-504 Violations; penalties; exception.
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(1) Any person who at any time, except during an open season ordered by the commission as authorized in the Game Law, unlawfully hunts, traps, or has in his or her possession: (a) Any deer, antelope, swan, or wild turkey shall be guilty of a Class III misdemeanor and, upon convic…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 37-505 Game animals, birds, or fish; possession or sale prohibited; exceptions; violation; penalty.
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(1) It shall be unlawful to buy, sell, or barter the meat or flesh of game animals or game birds whether such animals or birds were killed or taken within or outside this state. Except as otherwise provided in this section, it shall be unlawful to buy, sell, or barter other parts…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 37-506 Illegal activities regarding fish and game; extent of restrictions.
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Whenever the possession, use, importation, storage, taxidermy for millinery purposes, sale, or offering or exposing for sale of fish or game is prohibited or restricted, the prohibition or restriction, when not specifically stated to be otherwise, shall mean any part of such fish…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 37-507 Game bird, game animal, or game fish; abandonment or needless waste; penalty.
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Any person who at any time takes any game bird, game animal, or game fish other than baitfish in this state and who intentionally leaves or abandons such bird, animal, or fish or an edible portion thereof resulting in wanton or needless waste or otherwise intentionally allows it …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 37-508 Game and fish in cold storage; violation; penalty; duty of inspectors to report.
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(1) No game or fish, protected by the Game Law, may be placed in cold storage in any licensed cold storage plant, butcher shop, ice cream factory, ice house, or other place used for commercial refrigerating purposes except by the lawful owner of such game or fish in his or her ow…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 37-509 Hunting from aircraft; unlawful; exception; violation; penalty.
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(1) It shall be unlawful for any person (a) while airborne in any aircraft to shoot or attempt to shoot for the purpose of killing any bird, fish, or other animal, (b) to use any aircraft to harass any bird, fish, or other animal, (c) to knowingly participate in using any aircraf…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 37-510 Game shipments; prohibited acts; penalties.
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Every express company, bus line, or other common carrier, their officers, agents, and servants, and every shipper by any such transportation agency, who (1) transfers or carries from one point to another within the state, (2) takes out of the state, or (3) receives, for the purpo…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 37-511 Import shipments of fish or game; unlawful, when; violation; penalty.
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Except as otherwise provided in the Game Law, it shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation, acting as common carrier or otherwise, to bring into this state any fish or game from any state during the time that such other state prohibits the transportation of such fish…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 37-512 Transfer of raw fur by carriers; document required; penalty.
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Every express company and common carrier, their officers, agents, and servants, and every other person who (1) transfers or carries from one point to another within the state, (2) takes out of the state, or (3) receives, for the purpose of transferring from this state, any raw fu…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 37-513 Shooting at wildlife from highway or roadway; violation; penalty; trapping in county road right-of-way; county; powers; limitation on traps.
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(1) It shall be unlawful to shoot at any wildlife from any highway or roadway, which includes that area of land from the center of the traveled surface to the right-of-way on either side. Any person violating this subsection shall be guilty of a Class III misdemeanor and shall be…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 37-514 Hunting wildlife with artificial light; unlawful acts; exception; violation; penalty.
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(1) Except as provided in section 37-4,107, it shall be unlawful to hunt any wildlife by projecting or casting the rays of a spotlight, headlight, or other artificial light attached to or used from a vehicle or boat in any field, pasture, woodland, forest, prairie, water area, or…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 37-515 Aircraft or boats; prohibited acts; violation; penalty.
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It shall be unlawful to hunt, drive, or stir up game birds or game animals with or from any aircraft or boat propelled by sail or power. Any person violating this section shall be guilty of a Class III misdemeanor and shall be fined at least fifty dollars.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 37-516 Harassment of game animals and game birds; use of aircraft, vessel, or vehicle; prohibited.
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It shall be unlawful for any person to use any aircraft, vessel, vehicle, snowmobile, or conveyance of any type to molest, chase, drive, or harass any game animal or game bird or to cause any such animal or bird to depart from its habitat areas, fields, waters, woodlands, or gras…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 37-517 Game animals and game birds; use of aircraft, vessel, or vehicle to spot; radio; prohibited.
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It shall be unlawful for any person one day before or during the open season to spot, locate, or place under surveillance any game animal or game bird with the aid of any aircraft, vessel, vehicle, snowmobile, or conveyance of any type and convey information about such animal's o…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 37-518 Violator; aid or assist; prohibited.
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It shall be unlawful for any person to aid or assist a person who is in violation of section 37-516 or 37-517.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 37-519 Use of aircraft, vessel, vehicle, weapon, or other equipment; prohibited.
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It shall be unlawful for any person to use any aircraft, vessel, vehicle, snowmobile, or other conveyance, firearm, bow and arrow, projectile, device, radio, an electronic device, or other equipment in the commission of any of the acts prohibited under sections 37-516 to 37-518.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 37-520 Authorized personnel; administer and manage wildlife resources.
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Nothing in sections 37-516 to 37-519 shall prohibit authorized personnel of the commission or the United States Department of the Interior in the administration and management of wildlife resources.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 37-521 Violations; penalty; liability to property owner.
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Any person violating sections 37-516 to 37-519 shall be guilty of a Class III misdemeanor. In addition, any person who damages crops, fields, livestock, fences, gates, timber, water, or any other property by the use of any aircraft, vessel, vehicle, snowmobile, or other conveyanc…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 37-522 Shotgun on highway; restrictions; violation; penalty.
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It shall be unlawful to have or carry, except as permitted by law, any shotgun having shells in either the chamber, receiver, or magazine in or on any vehicle on any highway. Any person violating this section shall be guilty of a Class III misdemeanor and shall be fined at least …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 37-523 Wild mammal or wild bird; hunt or trap; unlawful in certain areas; violation; penalty.
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(1) It shall be unlawful to hunt with a rifle within a two-hundred-yard radius of an inhabited dwelling or livestock feedlot, to hunt without a rifle or trap any form of wild mammal or wild bird within a one-hundred-yard radius of an inhabited dwelling or livestock feedlot, or to…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 37-524 Aquatic invasive species; wild or nonnative animals; importation, possession, or release; prohibition; violation; penalty.
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(1) It shall be unlawful for any person, partnership, limited liability company, association, or corporation to import into the state or possess aquatic invasive species, the animal known as the San Juan rabbit, or any other species of wild vertebrate animal, including domesticat…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 37-524.01 Wild pigs; animals of the Families Tayassuidae and Suidae; prohibited acts; destruction; when; penalty.
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(1) It shall be illegal to knowingly engage in, sponsor, instigate, assist, or profit from the release, killing, wounding, or attempted killing or wounding of animals of the Families Tayassuidae and Suidae for the purpose of sport, pleasure, amusement, or production of a trophy. …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 37-524.02 Aquatic invasive species; prohibited acts; penalty; impoundment of conveyance.
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(1) No person shall possess, import, export, purchase, sell, or transport aquatic invasive species except when authorized commission personnel or the owner of a conveyance, or a person authorized by such owner, is removing an aquatic invasive species from a conveyance to be kille…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 37-524.03 Aquatic invasive species; rules and regulations.
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The commission shall adopt and promulgate rules and regulations to carry out section 37-524.02.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 37-525 Training or running of bird dogs or hunting dogs; regulation; violation; penalty.
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(1) Except as provided in section 37-483 and rules and regulations established by the commission, it shall be unlawful for any person to take game birds or game animals during any closed season while training or running a dog. (2) The commission shall adopt and promulgate rules a…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 37-526 Ferrets; use or possession prohibited, when; violation; penalty.
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It shall be unlawful (1) to hunt rabbits, squirrels, or any fur-bearing animal with or by the aid of a ferret, (2) to place a ferret in any hole or opening in the ground or in any stone, wall, log, or hollow tree where rabbits, squirrels, or any fur-bearing animals may be found o…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 37-527 Hunter orange display required; exception; violation; penalty.
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(1) For purposes of this section, hunter orange means a daylight fluorescent orange color with a dominant wave length between five hundred ninety-five and six hundred five nanometers, an excitation purity of not less than eighty-five percent, and a luminance factor of not less th…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 37-528 Administration of drugs to wildlife; prohibited acts; violation; penalty; section, how construed; powers of conservation officer.
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(1) For purposes of this section, drug means any chemical substance, other than food, that affects the structure or biological function of any wildlife under the jurisdiction of the commission. (2) Except with written authorization from the secretary of the commission or his or h…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 37-529 Permit to kill deer, antelope, or elk; tagging and storage.
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The commission shall provide by regulations for the tagging and storage of the carcasses of deer, antelope, or elk after the close of any such limited season in accordance with section 37-508.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 37-530 Wildlife species accidentally killed; disposal authorized.
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Any wildlife species as designated by the commission accidentally killed by a motor vehicle on a public highway in this state, unless seized and confiscated pursuant to sections 37-619 to 37-621, shall, when salvageable, be disposed of as determined by the commission or its desig…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 37-531 Wild animals; explosive traps; poison gas; unlawful use; penalty.
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Except as provided in section 37-561, it shall be unlawful to set or place any explosive trap or device, operated by the use of poison gas or by the explosion of gunpowder or other explosives, for the purpose of taking, stunning, or destroying wild animals. Any person who sets or…