32-1001. Licenses, permits, stamps and other issues of the department; unlawful acts; penalties. (a) It is unlawful for any person to: (1) Participate or engage in any activity for which such person is required to have obtained a license, permit, stamp or other issue of the department under the wildlife, parks and tourism laws of […]
32-1002. Unlawful taking or dealing in wildlife; penalties; exceptions; carrying a handgun; use of suppressing devices. (a) Unless and except as permitted by law or rules and regulations adopted by the secretary in accordance with K.S.A. 32-805, and amendments thereto, it is unlawful for any person to: (1) Hunt, fish, furharvest or take any wildlife […]
32-1003. Unlawful methods of taking wildlife; penalties. (a) It is unlawful for any person, unless authorized by law or rules and regulations of the secretary, to: (1) Take any game animal or furbearing animal from a motorboat, airplane, motor vehicle or other water, air or land vehicle unless such person holds a valid handicapped hunting […]
32-1004. Unlawful possession of wildlife or wild turkey; refusal to allow inspection of property used in taking wildlife; penalties. (a) It is unlawful for any person to: (1) Possess a carcass of a big game animal, taken within this state, unless a carcass tag, issued by the secretary, is attached to it in accordance with […]
32-1005. Commercialization of wildlife. (a) Commercialization of wildlife is knowingly committing any of the following, except as permitted by statute or rules and regulations: (1) Capturing, killing or possessing, for profit or commercial purposes, all or any part of any wildlife protected by this section; (2) selling, bartering, purchasing or offering to sell, barter or […]
32-1006. Coyotes, moles, gophers. (a) Except as provided by subsection (b), it is lawful for a person to take coyotes in this state at any time if such person holds a valid license to hunt or furharvest, as the case may be. It is lawful for a person to take moles or gophers in this […]
32-1007. Coyote carcasses. (a) It is unlawful for any person to publicly display the carcass of a coyote. (b) For the purpose of this section, “carcass” means the body of the coyote, either as a part or as a whole, and either with the skin intact or removed. The skin of the coyote, when removed […]
32-1008. Migratory birds. (a) As used in this section: (1) “Migratory birds” means such birds as are defined under the administrative provisions of the migratory bird treaty act (16 U.S.C.A. §§ 703 to 711) and regulations now in force or hereafter adopted thereunder. (2) “Migratory waterfowl” means such birds as are defined by 16 U.S.C.A. […]
32-1009. Nongame species. Except as provided in rules and regulations adopted pursuant to K.S.A. 32-963, and amendments thereto, it shall be unlawful for any person to take, possess, transport, export, process, sell or offer for sale or ship nongame species deemed by the secretary to be in need of conservation pursuant to K.S.A. 32-959, and […]
32-1010. Threatened species. Except as otherwise specifically provided in K.S.A. 32-961 or in a special permit issued under K.S.A. 32-961 or in any rules and regulations adopted pursuant to K.S.A. 32-961, the intentional taking of any threatened species indigenous to this state, which has been determined by the secretary to be a threatened species in […]
32-1011. Endangered species. Except as otherwise specifically provided in K.S.A. 32-961 or in a special permit issued under K.S.A. 32-961 or in any rule and regulation adopted pursuant to K.S.A. 32-961, the intentional taking of any endangered species indigenous to this state, which has been determined by the secretary to be an endangered species in […]
32-1012. Application of prohibitions regarding nongame or endangered species. (a) Nothing in the nongame and endangered species conservation act shall be construed to: (1) Apply retroactively to any occurrence prior to July 1, 1975; (2) prohibit importation into the state of wildlife which may be lawfully imported into the United States or lawfully taken and […]
32-1013. Taking wildlife without permission on land posted “by written permission only”; penalties. (a) Any landowner or person in lawful possession of any land may post such land with signs stating that hunting, trapping or fishing on such land shall be by written permission only. It is unlawful for any person to take wildlife on […]
32-1014. Obstruction or impeding of lawful activities. (a) No person shall willfully obstruct or impede the participation of any individual in the lawful activity of hunting, furharvesting or fishing. (b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to the actions of law enforcement officers and personnel of the department in the performance of their […]
32-1015. Miscellaneous violations. (a) It is unlawful for any person to: (1) Destroy any muskrat house, beaver dam, mink run or any hole, den or runway of any furbearing animal, or cut down or destroy any tree that is the home, habitat or refuge of any furbearing animal; (2) hunt deer in this state in […]
32-1031. Violations; penalties. (a) Unless otherwise provided by law or rules and regulations of the secretary, violation of any provision of the wildlife, parks and tourism laws of this state or rules and regulations adopted thereunder is a class C misdemeanor. (1) Upon a second conviction of a wildlife violation that is a class C […]
32-1032. Big game and wild turkey violations; penalties. (a) Violation of any provision of the wildlife, parks and tourism laws of this state or rules and regulations of the secretary relating to big game or wild turkey permits and game tags, taking big game or wild turkey during a closed season, taking big game or […]
32-1033. Unlawful taking of endangered species. Unlawful taking of an endangered species, as defined in K.S.A. 32-1011, is a class A misdemeanor. History: L. 1989, ch. 118, § 129; July 1.
32-1034. Second conviction for obstruction or impeding of lawful activities. (a) If a person is convicted of a violation of K.S.A. 32-1014 and such person, within two years prior to such violation, committed another violation of this [such] section which arose out of a separate set of circumstances and for which the person was convicted, […]
32-1040. Violations by 16- and 17-year-olds. The court hearing the prosecution of any child 16 or 17 years of age who is charged with a violation of any provision of the wildlife, parks and tourism laws of this state or rules and regulations adopted thereunder may impose any fine authorized by law for the offense […]
