North Dakota Administrative Code

1. Before a falconry license is issued, the applicant's raptor housing facilities and falconry equipment shall be inspected by a representative of the department and must meet the standards in this section. This requirement does not apply to license renewals under section 30-02-0…

Repealed effective January 1, 2013.

1. Any wild northern goshawk (accipiter gentilis), Harris's hawk (parabuteo unicinctus), peregrine falcon (falco peregrinus), or gyrfalcon (falco rusticolus) possessed for falconry purposes must 7 be banded only with a permanent, nonreusable, numbered service leg band that the de…

1. Any licensee interested in obtaining a raptor for falconry purposes must submit a written request to the department indicating the species intended to be taken. The licensee must obtain a permit from the department prior to actual taking, regardless of potential means or sourc…

1. Licensees must comply with state board of animal health regulations before importing any raptor, including hybrids, nonindigenous, captive-bred, or wild raptor from another state, territory, or country into North Dakota. 2. The licensee shall provide a copy of all documents, p…

1. An individual who possesses a lawfully acquired raptor equal to or less than the number and species allowed under current rules and prior to the enactment of these regulations and meets all previous license requirements shall be allowed to retain the raptors but must comply wi…

1. Hybrids of any kind, nonindigenous birds, imprinted wild raptors, and captive-bred birds may not be intentionally released to the wild at any time. Any release not reported within twenty-four hours will be deemed intentional. 2. Only wild raptors trapped in North Dakota may be…

1. Another falconry licensee may care for a raptor or raptors at either licensee's facilities for up to one hundred twenty consecutive calendar days. The licensee providing care must have a signed and dated statement authorizing the temporary possession, plus a copy of United Sta…

The department will periodically require surveys detailing hunting activity for the year or any other falconry-related information requested by the department. Any person who violates this section is guilty of a noncriminal offense and shall pay a one hundred dollar fee. History:…

Repealed effective January 1, 2013.

1. It is unlawful to hunt protected wildlife species except when properly licensed for the species being hunted and during an open season and as described by the governor's proclamation. Any licensee whose falconry raptor kills harmless wild birds or game birds as allowed by the …

1. Feathers that are molted or those feathers from birds held in captivity that die may be retained and exchanged by licensees only for imping (replacing a damaged feather with a molted feather) purposes. Feathers may not be bought, sold, or bartered between licensees. Feathers n…

Violation of any rule not designated as having a noncriminal penalty is considered a criminal violation as established in North Dakota Century Code title 20.1. History: Effective January 1, 2013. General Authority: NDCC 20.1-02-04(22), 20.1-02-05(22), 20.1-14-03 Law Implemented: …

If the applicant is not the owner of the land, a copy of any lease of lands contained in the shooting preserve area must be filed with the application. History: Amended effective December 1, 1982. General Authority: NDCC 20.1-12-08 Law Implemented: NDCC 20.1-12-02

No shooting preserve operating permit shall be issued for any area less than one mile [1.61 kilometers] from the exterior boundaries of a planned or approved state or federal wildlife area, public hunting ground or refuge which is managed in whole or in part for game birds indige…

The application must be made at least sixty days before the desired effective date of the permit, and may be made by the applicant, the applicant's agent, or the applicant's attorney in such a form as the director may prescribe. If leased land is used in the shooting preserve, th…

Repealed effective December 1, 1982. 1

Except for permitted shooting preserves operating prior to January 1, 2009, no individual, corporation, or business association may operate or own any interest in one or more shooting preserves with a comprised total of more than six hundred forty acres. History: Effective April …

A minimum of one hundred birds of each species permitted to be hunted on the shooting preserve shall be released during the shooting preserve season. Fewer birds may be released upon written permission of the director. History: Amended effective December 1, 1982; April 1, 2006; A…

Repealed effective April 1, 2006.

Repealed effective December 1, 1982.

All game birds shall be of high quality stock, fully feathered, and not less than twelve weeks of age at time of stocking. They shall not be debeaked more than a quarter-inch [6.35 millimeters], and not less than two weeks prior to release. General Authority: NDCC 20.1-12-08 Law …

Repealed effective September 1, 1987.

Repealed effective December 1, 1982.

If a species of wild upland game bird other than those allowed by the shooting preserve operator's permit is taken by any hunter out of season, or by a hunter not in possession of a proper small game stamp when in season as proclaimed by the governor's proclamation, a violation o…

Repealed effective April 1, 2006.

The shooting preserve operator shall submit a report of the operator's operations thirty days after each shooting preserve season. The report shall be made on forms furnished by the game and fish director. History: Amended effective December 1, 1982; April 1, 2006. General Author…

Game birds which are surplus to the needs of the shooting preserve may be sold by the operator under the operator's game propagator's permit. Carcasses of birds to be disposed of must be tagged with a tag as required in North Dakota Century Code section 20.1-09-05. The tag shall …

Repealed effective December 1, 1982.

Any person who violates any section of this chapter is guilty of a noncriminal offense and shall pay a fifty dollar fee. History: Effective April 1, 1986. General Authority: NDCC 20.1-02-05(24) Law Implemented: NDCC 20.1-02-05(24)

The shooting preserve operator shall maintain records of bird releases to include date, number, and species; clients; the number of birds harvested both wild and released per client; number of wild birds kept per client; the total number of wild birds harvested; and the combined …

trophy heads. Any North American wild sheep horns or trophy heads, which have not been previously tagged or plugged, must be delivered to the North Dakota game and fish department's central office in Bismarck, North Dakota. The game and fish department will provide a department-a…

No person may possess North American wild sheep horns or the trophy head from which the identifying tag or plug has been removed. Any person who violates this section is guilty of a noncriminal offense and shall pay a two hundred fifty dollar fee. History: Effective June 1, 1992.…

Before printing or distributing any raffle tickets, any organization that receives any license in accordance with North Dakota Century Code chapter 20.1-05.1-02, shall submit to the director an application on forms provided by the department. This application form must be receive…

organizations; special allocation hunting license authorization. 1. In addition to the allocation provided by subsection 2 of North Dakota Century Code section 20.1-05.1-01, the director shall issue two additional spring wild turkey licenses and permits to hunt wild turkeys to in…

Any organization that receives a license in accordance with North Dakota Century Code sections 20.1-04-07.1, 20.1-05.1-01, and 20.1-05.1-02 shall provide the director a detailed accounting statement, completed on a standardized form provided by the department, by December thirty-…

Any organization that receives a license in accordance with North Dakota Century Code section 20.1-05.1-02 shall provide the director a performance report, completed on a standardized form provided by the department, by December thirty-first of the license season. At a minimum, t…

All licenses must be publicly displayed on the business premises. Business names must be displayed on both sides of any vehicle used to transport live bait. Any bait vendor who violates this section is guilty of a noncriminal offense and shall pay a one hundred dollar fee. Histor…

Refer to the current fishing proclamation for legal live aquatic bait definitions. History: Effective April 1, 2008; amended effective October 1, 2010; January 1, 2018, April 1, 2024. General Authority: NDCC 20.1-06-14 Law Implemented: NDCC 20.1-06-14

A licensee may possess only legal live aquatic bait. Other species caught while seining or trapping must be returned to the water immediately. History: Effective April 1, 2008; amended effective October 1, 2010; January 1, 2018. General Authority: NDCC 20.1-06-14 Law Implemented:…

Retail or wholesale bait vendor licenses are issued for a calendar year to one person only. An individual may be issued only one wholesale license per calendar year. The holder of a retail bait vendor license may sell legal live aquatic bait at retail only, at one specified selli…

A licensed wholesale bait vendor may employ the assistance of up to six other persons to capture or sell and transport legal live aquatic bait in the manner approved by the director. Assistants can only be listed on one valid licensed wholesale bait vendor application per calenda…

A retail or wholesale license is required for the possession of more than the limits described in the current fishing proclamation of legal live aquatic bait. History: Effective April 1, 2008; amended effective October 1, 2010; January 1, 2018. General Authority: NDCC 20.1-06-14 …

Persons commercializing in or transporting legal live aquatic bait shall use equipment capable of maintaining such live bait in a healthy and lively condition at all times, except for rainbow smelt which must be killed immediately after capture. Each species of legal live aquatic…

Only the following legal live aquatic bait may be imported into the state and only with a permit issued by the director and in the manner approved by the director: white suckers, creek chubs, and leeches. It is illegal to import all other live aquatic bait. It is illegal to expor…

Repealed effective October 1, 2010.

It is illegal to transport aquatic bait in water within the state except with an appropriate license or permit issued by the director and only in the manner approved by the director. Any bait vendor who violates this section is guilty of a noncriminal offense and shall pay a two …