Sec. 3. (a) As used in this section, “public or private property” does not include dwellings. (b) The director and conservation officers may: (1) search a boat, a conveyance, a vehicle, an automobile, a fish box, a fish basket, a game bag, a game coat, or other receptacle in which game may be carried; and (2) enter into or upon private or public property for the purposes of subdivision (1) or for the purpose of patrolling or investigating; if the director or conservation officer has good reason to believe that the director or conservation officer will secure evidence of a violation of this article or a law for the propagation or protection of fish, frogs, mussels, game, furbearing mammals, or birds.
Citation: Ind. Code § 14-22-39-3.