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Assent Language - Iowa
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The state of Iowa assents to the provisions of the Act of Congress entitled “An Act To Provide That The United States Shall Aid The States In Fish Restoration Projects, And For Other Purposes”, approved August 9, 1950, Ch. 658, 64 Stat. 430, codified…
Assent Language - Iowa
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The state of Iowa assents to the provisions of the Act of Congress entitled “An Act To Provide That The United States Shall Aid The States In Wildlife Restoration Projects, And For Other Purposes”, approved September 2, 1937, 50 Stat. 917, codified…
Definition of Hunting - Iowa
(Definitions)
32. “Take” or “taking” or “attempting to take” or “hunt” is any pursuing, or any hunting, fishing, killing, trapping, snaring, netting, searching for or shooting at, stalking or lying in wait for any game, animal, bird...
Definition of Take and Taking - Iowa
(Definitions)
32. “Take” or “taking” or “attempting to take” or “hunt” is any pursuing, or any hunting, fishing, killing, trapping, snaring, netting, searching for or shooting at, stalking or lying in wait for any game, animal...
Definition of Trapping - Iowa
(Definitions)
32. “Take” or “taking” or “attempting to take” or “hunt” is any pursuing, or any hunting, fishing, killing, trapping, snaring, netting, searching for or shooting at, stalking or lying in wait for any game, animal, bird, or fish protected by the state…
Endangered Species - Definitions - Iowa
(Protected Species)
1. “Commission” means the natural resource commission. 2. “Director” means the director of the department of natural resources. 3. “Endangered species” means any species of fish, plant life, or wildlife which is in danger of extinction throughout all…
Endangered Species - Enforcement and Penalties - Iowa
(Protected Species)
Whoever violates any of the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a simple misdemeanor.; 3. Rules adopted by the commission shall provide for methods used to determine the extent of an injury (arising from pollution) and the monetary values…
Endangered Species - Funding Provisions - Iowa
(Protected Species)
1. A person who files an individual or a joint income tax return with the department of revenue under section 422.13 may designate any amount to be paid to the state fish and game protection fund...
Endangered Species - Habitat Provisions - Iowa
(Protected Species)
The director shall establish programs, including acquisition of land or aquatic habitat, necessary for the management of endangered or threatened species...
Endangered Species - Listing Authority and Process - Iowa
(Protected Species)
The director shall conduct investigations on fish, plants, and wildlife in order to develop information relating to population, distribution, habitat needs, limiting factors, and other biological and ecological data to determine management measures…
Endangered Species - Permitting Process - Iowa
(Protected Species)
The director may permit the taking, possession, purchase, sale, transportation, importation, exportation, or shipment of endangered or threatened species which appear on the state list for scientific, zoological, or educational purposes, for…
Endangered Species - Permitting Process - Iowa
(Protected Species)
The director may permit the taking, possession, purchase, sale, transportation, importation, exportation, or shipment of endangered or threatened species which appear on the state list for scientific, zoological, or educational purposes, for…
Endangered Species - Protections and Prohibited Actions - Iowa
(Protected Species)
The commission may, by rule, treat any species as an endangered species or threatened species even though it is not listed pursuant to section 481B.3 if it finds that the species so closely resembles in appearance a species which is listed pursuant…
Endangered Species - Statement of Policy - Iowa
(Protected Species)
The commission shall perform those acts necessary for the conservation, protection, restoration, and propagation of endangered and threatened species in cooperation with the federal government, pursuant to Pub. L. No. 93-205, and pursuant to rules…
Invertebrates - Crustaceans - Iowa
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It shall be unlawful for any nonresident or alien to take turtles or crayfish in Iowa, by any means or method, except from the Missouri and Mississippi rivers and the Big Sioux river.
Invertebrates - Crustaceans - Iowa
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It shall be unlawful for any nonresident or alien to take turtles or crayfish in Iowa, by any means or method, except from the Missouri and Mississippi rivers and the Big Sioux river...
Invertebrates - Included in Definitions - Iowa
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36. “Wild animal” means a wild mammal, bird, fish, amphibian, reptile, or other wildlife found in this state, whether game or nongame, migratory or nonmigratory, the ownership and title to which is claimed by this state.
Invertebrates - Included in Definitions? - Iowa
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36. “Wild animal” means a wild mammal, bird, fish, amphibian, reptile, or other wildlife found in this state, whether game or nongame, migratory or nonmigratory, the ownership and title to which is claimed by this state...
Iowa - Creation of Agency
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A department of natural resources is created, which has the primary responsibility for state parks and forests, protecting the environment, and managing fish, wildlife, and land and water resources in this state.
Iowa - Harassment Statutes
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1. As used in this section, “interfere with hunting, fishing, or fur-harvesting activities” means one or more of the following: a. To intentionally place oneself in a location where a human presence may affect the behavior of a fur-bearing animal,…
Iowa - Hunter Education
(Education)
1. A person born after January 1, 1972, shall not obtain a hunting license unless the person has satisfactorily completed a hunter education course approved by the commission. A person who is eleven years of age or more may enroll in an approved…
Iowa - Hunter Education
(Education)
1. Notwithstanding section 483A.27, a person who is sixteen years of age or older may purchase a hunting license with an apprentice hunter designation on the license without first completing a hunter education course if the person meets all the…
Iowa - Hunter Education
(Education)
The state board shall adopt rules under chapter 17A and a procedure for accrediting all public and nonpublic schools in Iowa offering instruction at any or all levels from the prekindergarten level through grade twelve.
Iowa - Hunter Education
(Education)
6. a. A pupil is not required to enroll in either physical education or health courses, or meet the requirements of paragraph “b” or “c”, if the pupil's parent or guardian files a written statement with the school principal that the course or…
Iowa - Hunter Education
(Education)
A person who violates this chapter is guilty of a simple misdemeanor punishable as a scheduled violation under section 805.8B, subsection 3, paragraph “e”. However, the scheduled fine specified in section 805.8B, subsection 3, paragraph “e”, does not…
Iowa - Hunter Education
(Education)
1. A person born after January 1, 1972, shall not obtain a hunting license unless the person has satisfactorily completed a hunter education course approved by the commission. A person who is eleven years of age or more may enroll in an approved…
Iowa - Hunter Education
(Education)
1. Notwithstanding section 483A.27, a person who is sixteen years of age or older may purchase a hunting license with an apprentice hunter designation on the license without first completing a hunter education course if the person meets all the…
Iowa - Hunter Education
(Education)
The state board shall adopt rules under chapter 17A and a procedure for accrediting all public and nonpublic schools in Iowa offering instruction at any or all levels from the prekindergarten level through grade twelve.
Iowa - Hunter Education
(Education)
6. a. A pupil is not required to enroll in either physical education or health courses, or meet the requirements of paragraph “b” or “c”, if the pupil's parent or guardian files a written statement with the school principal that the course or…
Iowa - Hunter Education
(Education)
A person who violates this chapter is guilty of a simple misdemeanor punishable as a scheduled violation under section 805.8B, subsection 3, paragraph “e”. However, the scheduled fine specified in section 805.8B, subsection 3, paragraph “e”, does not…
Iowa - R3 Mandates
(Hunting, Fishing, and Trapping)
The department shall establish a target shooting sports program to promote recreational target shooting sports. The purposes of the program shall be to introduce more Iowans to target shooting sports, promote existing target shooting programs,…
Iowa - Trapper Education
(Education)
12.37(1) The fur harvester education program is designed to teach trappers safe and ethical trapping techniques and to instill responsible attitudes toward people, wildlife, and the environment.
Iowa - Wildlife Rehabilitation
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The director, after investigation, may issue to any person a scientific collector's license, a wildlife salvage permit, educational project permit, or a wildlife rehabilitation permit. A scientific collector's license will authorize the licensee to…
Iowa - Wildlife Rehabilitation
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1. For the 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 department of natural resources.
Iowa - Wildlife Rehabilitation
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This chapter does not apply to any of the following: 1. An institution accredited or certified by the American zoo and aquarium association. 2. A wildlife sanctuary. 3. A person who keeps falcons, if the person has been issued a falconry license by…
Jurisdiction for Swine - Definition - Iowa
(Invasive Species)
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Agricultural animal” means an agricultural animal as defined in section 717A.1 other than swine which is a member of the species sus scrofa linnaeus, including but not limited to…
Jurisdiction for Swine - Permitting Process - Iowa
(Invasive Species)
A person who owns or possesses a dangerous wild animal on July 1, 2007, may continue to own or possess the dangerous wild animal subject to all of the following: 1. The person must be eighteen years old or older. 2. a. The person must not have been…
Kansas - Agency Rule Making Authority
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The secretary shall have the power to: (a) Adopt, in accordance with K.S.A. 32-805, and amendments thereto, such rules and regulations as necessary to implement, administer and enforce the provisions of the wildlife, parks and tourism laws of this…
Public Ownership - Fish and Coastal Waters - Iowa
(Public Trust and Agencies)
The title and ownership of all fish, mussels, clams, and frogs in any of the public waters of the state, and in all ponds, sloughs, bayous, or other land and waters adjacent to any public waters stocked with fish by overflow of public waters, and of…
Public Ownership - Wildlife Compact - Iowa
(Public Trust and Agencies)
The department is hereby authorized and empowered to: . . .14. Enter into an interstate wildlife violators compact with one or more states to enforce state laws and rules relating to the protection and conservation of wildlife subject to the…
Reptiles & Amphibians - Authority/Jurisdiction - Iowa
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1. a. The commission may upon its own motion and after an investigation, alter, limit, or restrict the methods or means employed and the instruments or equipment used in taking wild mammals, birds subject to section...
Reptiles & Amphibians - Definition - Iowa
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Words and phrases as used in this chapter and chapters 350, 456A, 456B, 457A, 461A through 461C, 462A, 462B, 463B, 464A, 465A through 465C, 481B, 482, 483A, 484A, and 484B and such other chapters as relate to the subject matter of these chapters…
Reptiles & Amphibians - Enforcement and Penalties - Iowa
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1. In addition to the penalties for violations of this chapter and chapters 350, 461A, 481B, and 482, a person convicted of unlawfully selling, taking, catching, killing, injuring, destroying, or having in possession any animal, shall reimburse the…
Reptiles & Amphibians - Prohibited Actions and Protections - Iowa
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It is unlawful for a person to take, pursue, kill, trap or ensnare, buy, sell, possess, transport, or attempt to so take, pursue, kill, trap or ensnare, buy, sell, possess, or transport any game, protected nongame animals...
Search and Seizure - Creatures Illegally Possessed - Iowa
(Law Enforcement)
The director or any peace officer shall seize with or without warrant and take possession of, or direct the disposal of, any fish, furs, birds, or animals, or mussels, clams, or frogs, which have been caught, taken, or killed at a time, in a manner,…
Search and Seizure - Creatures Illegally Possessed - Iowa
(Law Enforcement)
Whoever shall take, catch, kill, injure, destroy, have in possession, buy, sell, ship, or transport any frogs, fish, mussels, birds, their nests, eggs, or plumage, fowls, game, or animals or their fur or raw pelt in violation of the provisions of…
Search and Seizure - Creatures Illegally Possessed - Iowa
(Law Enforcement)
77.13(1) Except as provided in subrule 77.13(2), the department shall seize a dangerous wild animal which is in the possession of a person if the person is not in compliance with the requirements of this chapter. An animal warden as defined in Iowa…
Search and Seizure - Seizure of Mistreated Animals - Iowa
(Law Enforcement)
1. a. A law enforcement officer may rescue livestock neglected as provided in section 717.2 on public or private property, as provided in this subsection. b. The officer may enter onto property of a person to rescue neglected livestock if the officer…
Search and Seizure - Special Officers - Iowa
(Law Enforcement)
1. A peace officer may seize property for forfeiture upon process issued by any district judge, district associate judge, or magistrate. The court may issue a seizure warrant on an affidavit under oath demonstrating that probable cause exists for its…
Wildlife Diseases - Acceptable Methods of Eradication and Reduction of Diseases - Iowa
(Wildlife Disease and Rehab)
1. Preserve whitetail that are purchased, propagated, confined, released, or sold by a hunting preserve shall be free of diseases considered reportable for wildlife, poultry, or livestock. The department may provide for the quarantine of diseased…
Wildlife Diseases - Authority and Jurisdiction - Iowa
(Wildlife Disease and Rehab)
The department shall develop, administer, and enforce hunting preserve programs and requirements, which implement the provisions of this chapter and rules adopted by the department pursuant to section 484C.3, regarding fencing, recordkeeping,…
Wildlife Diseases - Enforcement and Penalties - Iowa
(Wildlife Disease and Rehab)
All ungulates which are purchased, propagated, confined, released, or sold by a licensed hunting preserve shall be free of diseases considered significant for wildlife, poultry, or livestock. The department of agriculture and land stewardship shall…
Wildlife Diseases - Process of Inspection - Iowa
(Wildlife Disease and Rehab)
1. Preserve whitetail that are purchased, propagated, confined, released, or sold by a hunting preserve shall be free of diseases considered reportable for wildlife, poultry, or livestock. The department may provide for the quarantine of diseased…
Wildlife Diseases - Prohibited Activities and Actions - Iowa
(Wildlife Disease and Rehab)
It shall be unlawful except as otherwise provided for any person, firm or corporation, to bring into the state of Iowa for the purpose of propagating or introducing, or to place or introduce into any of the inland or boundary waters of the state, any…