483A.24B Special deer hunts. 1. The commission may establish a special season deer hunt for antlerless deer in those counties where paid antlerless only deer hunting licenses remain available for issuance. 2. Antlerless deer may be taken by shotgun, muzzleloading rifle, muzzleloading pistol, handgun, or bow during the special season as provided by the commission […]
483A.24C Deer depredation management agreements — permits. Repealed by 2008 Acts, ch 1037, §5, 6 . See §481C.2A.
483A.25 Pheasant and quail restoration program — appropriations. Repealed by 2009 Acts, ch 144, §48 .
483A.26 False claims. A nonresident shall not obtain a resident license by falsely claiming residency in the state. The use of a license by a person other than the person to whom the license is issued is unlawful and nullifies the license. [82 Acts, ch 1013, §1] C83, §110.26 84 Acts, ch 1260, §11; 90 […]
483A.27 Hunter education program — license requirement. 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 hunter education course, but a […]
483A.27A Apprentice hunters. 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 requirements of this section. 2. If the apprentice hunter is a minor, […]
483A.28 Noncommercial harvest of aquatic species. 1. A boundary waters sport trotline license entitles the licensee to use a maximum of four trotlines with two hundred hooks in the aggregate and only on boundary waters. All boundary waters sport trotlines shall be tagged with the name and address of the licensee on a weather-resistant tag […]
483A.3 Wildlife habitat fee. 1. a. A resident or nonresident person required to have a hunting or fur harvester license shall not hunt or trap unless the person purchases a hunting or fur harvester license that includes the wildlife habitat fee, in an amount established by rules adopted by the commission pursuant to section 483A.1. […]
483A.30 Nonresident deer and turkey license fees. Repealed by 97 Acts, ch 180, §7.
483A.31 Reciprocal privileges authorized. 1. Reciprocal fishing, hunting, or trapping privileges are contingent upon a grant of similar privileges by another state to residents of this state. 2. The commission may negotiate fishing, hunting, or trapping reciprocity agreements with other states. 3. When another state confers upon fishing, hunting, or trapping licensees of this state […]
483A.32 Public nuisance. 1. Subject to subsection 2, any device, contrivance, or material used to violate a rule adopted by the commission, or any other provision of this chapter or chapter 481A, 481B, 482, 484A, or 484B, is a public nuisance and may be condemned by the state. The director, the director’s officers, or any […]
483A.33 Disposition of property seized as public nuisance. The disposition of property seized pursuant to section 483A.32 shall be conducted as follows: 1. The officer taking possession of property seized as a public nuisance shall make a written inventory of the property and deliver a copy of the inventory to the person from whom the […]
483A.34 Right to appeal. An appeal from a denial of an application for return of condemnable property, or from an order for return of condemnable property, shall be made within ten days after the entry of a judgment order and shall be conducted in the same manner as an appeal in a small claims action. […]
483A.35 “Gun” defined. The word “gun” as used in this chapter shall include every kind of a gun or rifle, except a revolver or pistol, and shall include those provided with pistol mountings which are designed to shoot shot cartridges. [C31, §1772-c1; C35, §1794-e20; C39, §1794.103; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, §110.22; C71, 73, […]
483A.36 Manner of conveyance. A person, except as permitted by law, shall not have or carry a gun in or on a vehicle on a public highway, unless the gun is taken down or totally contained in a securely fastened case, and its barrels and attached magazines are unloaded. [C24, 27, 31, §1772; C35, §1794-e21; […]
483A.37 Prohibited guns. No person shall use a swivel gun, nor any other firearm, except such as is commonly shot from the shoulder or hand in the hunting, killing, or pursuit of game, and no such gun shall be larger than number 10 gauge. [C97, §2558; C24, 27, 31, §1771; C35, §1794-e22; C39, §1794.105; C46, […]
483A.38 Free fishing days. The commission may designate one period of the year of not more than three days as free fishing days and during that period the residents may fish and lawfully possess fish without a license. 86 Acts, ch 1240, §11 C87, §110.38 C93, §483A.38
483A.39 Bass fishing tournaments. 1. a. For the purposes of this section, “bass fishing tournament” means an organized fishing event, except for a fishing event sponsored by the department for educational purposes, involving all of the following: (1) An organized event occurring on public water for the purpose of fishing for bass. (2) Participation of […]
483A.3A Fish habitat development funding. Three dollars from each resident and nonresident annual and seven-day fishing license and nine dollars from each resident multi-year fishing license sold shall be deposited in the state fish and game protection fund and shall be used within this state for fish habitat development. Not less than fifty percent of […]
483A.3B Game bird habitat development programs. 1. Allocation of revenue — accounts. All revenue collected from wildlife habitat fees as provided in section 483A.3, subsection 1, paragraph “d”, that is deposited in the state fish and game protection fund and that is allocated pursuant to this section shall be allocated as follows: a. Not less […]
