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North Dakota Statutes, Title 20.1

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Title 20.1, Game, Fish, Predators, and Boating

19 chapters · 315 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title 20.1315 Ch 20.1-03, Licenses and Permits62 Ch 20.1-02, Game and Fish Department43 Ch 20.1-01, General Provisions38 Ch 20.1-13, Boating Regulation24 Ch 20.1-06, Fish, Frog, and Turtle Regulations17 Ch 20.1-04, Birds, Regulations15 Ch 20.1-08, Governor's Proclamations15 Ch 20.1-15, Intoxication Testing of Hunters15 Ch 20.1-11, Game Refuges and Game Management Areas14 Ch 20.1-13.1, Intoxication Testing of Boat Operators14 Ch 20.1-05, Big Game Animals, Regulations10 Ch 20.1-12, Private Shooting Preserves10 Ch 20.1-17, Aquatic Nuisance Species9 Ch 20.1-07, Fur-Bearing Animals, Regulations7

15 sections·Filtered byTitle 20.1✕Ch 20.1-08✕

N.D.C.C. § 20.1-08-01 Orders and proclamations have force of law - Penalty
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Any order or proclamation issued by the governor pursuant to this chapter has the force of law. Any person who violates a provision of such order or proclamation for which a noncriminal penalty is not provided for in the order or proclamation is guilty of a class B misdemeanor. T…
N.D.C.C. § 20.1-08-02 Governor may vary statutory open and closed season by order or proclamation
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Whenever the governor, after investigation and recommendation by the director, finds: 1. That any species of wildlife for which an open season is provided, are in danger of depletion or extinction, or when necessary for proper protection during the propagating period, the governo…
N.D.C.C. § 20.1-08-03 Limitations on governor's powers
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The governor may not establish bag limits on upland game birds which exceed fifteen birds in the aggregate.
N.D.C.C. § 20.1-08-04 Contents of governor's order or proclamation relating to the taking of big game, small game, fish, and fur-bearers - Special permits
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1. A gubernatorial order or proclamation under this chapter must prescribe, as to each species of wildlife named therein, the following: a. In what manner they may be taken. b. In what numbers they may be taken and possessed and may limit the numbers by sex. c. In what places the…

N.D.C.C. § 20.1-08-04.1 Governor's proclamation concerning the hunting of bighorn sheep - Certain license recipients not eligible to apply again

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The governor may by proclamation provide for a season to hunt bighorn sheep in the manner, number, places, and times as the governor prescribes. Licenses to hunt bighorn sheep must be issued by lottery, except special allocation licenses issued under subsection 1 of section 20.1-…

N.D.C.C. § 20.1-08-04.10 Governor's proclamation concerning restrictions on cervidae carcass importation due to chronic wasting disease

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The governor, through proclamation or executive order, may restrict the importation and disposition of the carcass or carcass parts of any animal in the family cervidae taken from any areas within states or provinces that have documented cases of chronic wasting disease in wild p…

N.D.C.C. § 20.1-08-04.11 Governor's executive order or proclamation declaring animal health emergency

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In accordance with chapter 37-17.1, the governor may declare an animal health emergency upon determining that the wildlife of this state are at risk from diseases imported by foreign animals, a foreign animal disease, bioterrorism event, or an emerging animal disease. Upon the de…

N.D.C.C. § 20.1-08-04.2 Governor's proclamation concerning the hunting of moose - Raffle

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The governor may by proclamation provide for a season to hunt moose in a manner, number, places, and times as the governor prescribes. Licenses to hunt moose must be issued by lottery, except as provided under subsection 8 of section 20.1-03-11, with only residents eligible to ap…

N.D.C.C. § 20.1-08-04.3 Governor's proclamation concerning fishhouses

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The governor may by proclamation prescribe those areas where a fishhouse, used or to be used while ice fishing, or a dark house, used or to be used for spearfishing, is permitted. Such proclamation may set forth the dates during which fishhouses or dark houses may be used or that…

N.D.C.C. § 20.1-08-04.4 Governor's proclamation concerning underwater spearfishing

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The governor shall by proclamation provide for a season for resident underwater spearfishing for game fish in this state in a manner as the governor shall prescribe.

N.D.C.C. § 20.1-08-04.5 Governor's proclamation concerning the hunting of deer with muzzleloading firearms

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The governor shall by proclamation provide for a muzzleloading firearm season following the regular deer hunting season to hunt deer with muzzleloading firearms in the manner, number, places, and times as the governor prescribes. Licenses to hunt deer with muzzleloading firearms …

N.D.C.C. § 20.1-08-04.6 Governor's proclamation concerning the hunting of elk - Special elk depredation management licenses

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The governor may by proclamation provide for a season to hunt elk in a manner, number, places, and times as the governor prescribes. Licenses to hunt elk must be issued by lottery, except as provided under subsection 7 of section 20.1-03-11, with only residents eligible to apply.…

N.D.C.C. § 20.1-08-04.7 Governor's proclamation concerning the hunting of predators

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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the governor may provide by proclamation for the taking of any wildlife, whether protected or unprotected, determined by the governor to be a harmful predator, in a manner and number, at any place, and during any time, including after d…

N.D.C.C. § 20.1-08-04.9 Small game proclamation - Pheasants

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1. Except as provided in subsection 2, the governor, in the governor's proclamation, shall prohibit a nonresident from hunting for the first seven days of the pheasant season on land owned or private land enrolled by the department for the purposes of hunting or on land for which…

N.D.C.C. § 20.1-08-05 Proclamation to be published - Exceptions - Period proclamation is in effect

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Except as provided in subsection 4 of section 20.1-08-02, a summary of each order or proclamation issued by the governor pursuant to this chapter must be published once in the official newspaper of each county affected thereby. The summary must include a list of the species that …