40-36-1. Department of Game, Fish and Parks to cooperate with federal agency in control of injurious wild animals. The Department of Game, Fish and Parks shall cooperate and enter into cooperative agreements with the United States Fish and Wildlife Service or any other agency in the control and disposition of coyotes, feral dogs, fox, and […]
40-36-10. Animal damage control fund created. There is created a special fund in the Office of the State Treasurer to be known as the state animal damage control fund. Source: SL 1943, ch 42, §8; SL 1945, ch 36, §4; SDC Supp 1960, §25.1102; SL 1983, ch 292, §11.
40-36-11. County appropriations to animal damage control fund–Certification of amounts–State matching funds. Each county shall annually appropriate a sum equal to an assessment on all cattle and sheep based on the most current United States Department of Commerce census of agriculture, and the money shall be remitted to the state treasurer for deposit in the […]
40-36-13. Semiannual county payments to fund. The county auditors shall, on or before the fifteenth of June and November, present one-half of the appropriation, made pursuant to §40-36-11, to the state remittance center, to be placed in the state animal damage control fund. Source: SL 1945, ch 36, §3; SDC Supp 1960, §25.1101; SL 1963, […]
40-36-14. Expenditures from fund. Funds from the state animal damage control fund may be expended by the Game, Fish and Parks Commission for the control of wild animals, as defined in §40-36-1. Source: SDC 1939, §25.1001 as added by SL 1963, ch 141, §1; SL 1966, ch 71; SL 1974, ch 274, §3; SL 1978, […]
40-36-15. Bounties payable for coyotes–Restrictions on payments–Fraud–Penalty. The following bounties may be paid from the state animal damage control fund to any resident of this state who possesses a resident small game license or a resident predator/varmint license and who kills, within the boundaries of this state, including parks and monuments, the following animals: (1)For […]
40-36-16. Hunting license not required of landowner to receive bounty. A landowner or occupant does not have to possess a resident small game license or a resident predator/varmint license in order to receive the bounties specified in §40-36-15 for the killing of the predatory animals specified by that section within the confines of the owner’s […]
40-36-17. Skin delivered to county auditor to claim bounty–Examination by auditor. Any resident of this state in order to claim a bounty provided by §40-36-15, shall within ten days after killing any such animal mentioned in §40-36-15, present and deliver the complete skin of such animal to the auditor of the county of this state […]
40-36-18. Investigation of animal skin by conservation officer–Recommendation as to acceptance for bounty. If the auditor has any doubt or question as to any skin delivered pursuant to §40-36-17 he shall refer such skin to the conservation officer for investigation. After the conservation officer’s investigation, he shall return the skin to the auditor with the […]
40-36-19. Marking of skin accepted for bounty. The Game, Fish and Parks Commission shall, by regulation, provide the method of marking the skin accepted for bounty payment for the purpose of identification. Source: SDC 1939, §25.1002 as enacted by SL 1961, ch 123, §2; SL 1963, ch 141, §2.
40-36-20. Certificate on rejection of skin for bounty–Action for bounty–Use of skin as evidence–Costs. If, pursuant to §40-36-18, the county auditor determines that a bounty should not be paid on any skin, he shall issue and deliver to such claimant a certificate to that effect, and in such event the claimant must within ten days […]
40-36-21. Affidavit filed when bounty claim approved by county auditor. If the county auditor is satisfied that a bounty claim presented under §40-36-17 is regular and valid, the claimant shall present an affidavit in which he shall state under oath the facts relevant thereto, including the killing, the place where such animal was killed, a […]
40-36-23. Approval or disapproval of bounty claim by Game, Fish and Parks Commission. The bounty claim, consisting of the affidavit, shall then be presented to the Game, Fish and Parks Commission for final approval or disapproval and such commission shall carefully examine such claim and all facts relevant thereto to determine whether there is any […]
40-36-24. Final approval and payment of bounty claim. In the event of approval of a bounty claim by the Game, Fish and Parks Commission, such claim shall be presented to the state auditor, who shall issue his warrant therefor upon the state predatory animal control fund and mail the same to the claimant. Source: SDC […]
40-36-25. Appeal from disapproval of bounty claim. In the event of disapproval of any bounty claim by the Game, Fish and Parks Commission the claimant shall have the right to appeal therefrom within ten days in the manner provided by law. Source: SDC 1939, §25.1002 as enacted by SL 1961, ch 123, §2; SL 1968, […]
40-36-26. Bounty claim as misdemeanor when animal died from natural causes–Animal killed by federal or other agency. It is a Class 2 misdemeanor for any person to attempt to bounty a skin from an animal that has died from natural causes, or that has been killed by agents or employees of the United States Fish […]
40-36-27. Killing of predatory animal without hunting license–Falsification of bounty claim–Violation as misdemeanor. Except as provided by §40-36-16, it is a Class 2 misdemeanor for any person to hunt, take, or kill predatory animals without possessing a resident small game license or a resident predator/varmint license. It is a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person […]
40-36-28. Importation or breeding of animals to claim bounty as petty offense. Any person who shall drive, bait, entice, or bring from outside this state, or breed or rear any of the animals mentioned in §40-36-15, for the purpose of procuring bounties thereon, commits a petty offense. Source: SL 1943, ch 42, §13; SDC Supp […]
40-36-29. False bounty claim as perjury. Any person who shall make false claim for bounty as provided for in §§40-36-15 to 40-36-25, inclusive, shall be deemed guilty of perjury and shall be punished in the manner provided for the crime of perjury by the laws of this state. Source: SL 1899, ch 136, §7; RPolC […]
40-36-3. Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources cooperative agreements for control of injurious wild animals. The Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources may enter into cooperative agreements with other governmental agencies, counties, associations, corporations, or individuals if such cooperation is necessary to promote the control and disposition of animals pursuant to §40-36-1. Source: SL 1943, […]
