170.1 Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Chronic wasting disease” means the animal disease afflicting deer, elk, or moose that is a transmissible disease of the nervous system resulting in distinctive lesions in the brain and that belongs to the group of diseases that is known as transmissible spongiform […]
170.1A Application of chapter. 1. A landowner shall not keep whitetail unless the whitetail are kept as farm deer under this chapter or kept as preserve whitetail on a hunting preserve pursuant to chapter 484C. 2. This chapter authorizes the department of agriculture and land stewardship to regulate whitetail kept as farm deer. However, the […]
170.2 Farm deer council. 1. A farm deer council is established within the department. a. The council shall consist of not more than seven members who shall be appointed by the secretary of agriculture. All members must be actively engaged in the production of farm deer and at least four members must be actively engaged […]
170.3 Departmental jurisdiction — administration and enforcement. 1. Farm deer are livestock as provided in this title and are principally subject to regulation by the department of agriculture and land stewardship, and also the department of natural resources as specifically provided in this chapter. The regulations adopted by the department of agriculture and land stewardship […]
170.3A Chronic wasting disease control program. The department shall establish and administer a chronic wasting disease control program for the control of chronic wasting disease which threatens farm deer. The program shall include procedures for the inspection and testing of farm deer, responses to reported cases of chronic wasting disease, and methods to ensure that […]
170.3B Farm deer administration fee. The department may establish a farm deer administration fee which shall be annually imposed on each landowner who keeps farm deer in this state. The amount of the fee shall not exceed two hundred dollars per year. The fee shall be collected by the department in a manner specified by […]
170.3C Farm deer administration fund — appropriation. A farm deer administration fund is created in the state treasury under the control of the department. 1. The fund shall be composed of moneys appropriated by the general assembly and moneys available to and obtained or accepted by the department from the United States or private sources […]
170.4 Requirements for keeping whitetail — fence certification. A landowner shall not keep whitetail as farm deer, unless the whitetail is kept on land which is enclosed by a fence. The fence must be constructed and maintained as prescribed by rules adopted by the department. A landowner shall not keep the whitetail unless the fence […]
170.5 Requirements for releasing whitetail — property interests. A person shall not release whitetail kept as farm deer onto land unless the landowner complies with all of the following: 1. The landowner must notify the department of natural resources and the department of agriculture and land stewardship at least thirty days prior to first releasing […]
170.6 Disciplinary proceedings. 1. The department of agriculture and land stewardship may suspend or revoke a certification issued pursuant to section 170.4 if the department determines that a landowner has done any of the following: a. Provided false information to the department in an application for certification pursuant to section 170.4. b. Failed to provide […]
170.7 Department of natural resources — investigations. This chapter does not prevent the department of natural resources from conducting an investigation of a violation of fish and game laws, including but not limited to a provision of Title XI, subtitle 6. The department of natural resources may obtain a warrant to search the enclosed land […]
170.8 Penalties. A person is guilty of taking a whitetail in violation of section 481A.48 if the whitetail is on the land enclosed by a fence required to be certified as provided in section 170.4 and the person does any of the following: 1. Forces or lures a whitetail that is property of the state […]
