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2023 Iowa Code › Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 483A - FISHING AND HUNTING LICENSES, CONTRABAND, AND GUNS › Section 483A.10 - Issuance of licenses.

483A.10 Issuance of licenses.
1. The licenses and combination packages of licenses issued pursuant to this chapter shall be issued by the department or the license agents as specified by rules of the commission. A county recorder may issue licenses or combination packages of licenses subject to the rules of the commission.
2. The rules shall include the application procedures as necessary. The licenses and combination packages of licenses shall show the total cost of the license or combination package of licenses, including a writing fee to be retained by the license agent and any administrative fees to be forwarded to the department, if applicable. A person authorized to issue a license or combination package of licenses or collect a fee pursuant to this chapter or chapter 484A shall charge the fee specified in this chapter or chapter 484A only plus a writing fee and administrative fee, if applicable.
3. An application for a hunting, fishing, or fur harvester license shall include a section where an applicant may request that the applicant’s license include a symbol that indicates that the applicant is a donor under the revised uniform anatomical gift Act as provided in chapter 142C.
[SS15, §2563-a4; C24, 27, 31, §1724; C35, §1794-e3; C39, §1794.084; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §110.3; C79, 81, §110.10]
84 Acts, ch 1260, §5
C93, §483A.10
98 Acts, ch 1199, §12, 27; 98 Acts, ch 1223, §30; 2000 Acts, ch 1019, §3; 2001 Acts, ch 134, §6; 2009 Acts, ch 144, §41; 2019 Acts, ch 86, §10
Referred to in §331.602, 483A.18
2023 Iowa Code › Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 483A - FISHING AND HUNTING LICENSES, CONTRABAND, AND GUNS › Section 483A.11 - License agents.

483A.11 License agents.
The director may designate license agents for the sale of licenses, but in so doing the interest of the state shall be fully protected.
[C31, §1724-c1; C35, §1794-e4; C39, §1794.085; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §110.4; C79, 81, §110.11]
84 Acts, ch 1260, §6
C93, §483A.11
98 Acts, ch 1199, §13, 27; 98 Acts, ch 1223, §30; 2001 Acts, ch 134, §7
Referred to in §321G.4A, 321G.6, 321I.5, 321I.7
2023 Iowa Code › Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 483A - FISHING AND HUNTING LICENSES, CONTRABAND, AND GUNS › Section 483A.12 - License agent responsibilities — fees and unused blanks — writing fee.

483A.12 License agent responsibilities — fees and unused blanks — writing fee.
1. The license agent shall be responsible for all fees for the issuance of hunting, fishing, and fur harvester licenses and combination packages of licenses sold by the license agent. All unused license blanks shall be surrendered to the department upon the department’s demand.
2. A license agent shall retain a writing fee of fifty cents from the sale of each license or combination package of licenses except that the writing fee for a free deer or wild turkey hunting license as authorized under section 483A.24, subsection 2, shall be one dollar. If a county recorder is a license agent, the writing fees retained by the county recorder shall be deposited in the general fund of the county.
[C31, §1724-c1; C35, §1794-e5; C39, §1794.086; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §110.5; C79, 81, §110.12]
83 Acts, ch 123, §56, 209; 84 Acts, ch 1260, §7
C93, §483A.12
98 Acts, ch 1199, §14, 27; 98 Acts, ch 1223, §30; 2001 Acts, ch 134, §8; 2009 Acts, ch 144, §42; 2011 Acts, ch 34, §113
Referred to in §331.427, 331.602, 331.605
2023 Iowa Code › Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 483A - FISHING AND HUNTING LICENSES, CONTRABAND, AND GUNS › Section 483A.13 - Destroyed license blanks — accountability.

483A.13 Destroyed license blanks — accountability.
When license blanks in the possession of a license agent are accidentally destroyed, the holder of the blanks shall only be relieved from accountability upon the presentation of satisfactory explanation and the filing of a bond to the director that the blanks have actually been so destroyed. The commission may determine by rule what shall constitute a satisfactory explanation of the occurrence.
[C35, §1794-e6; C39, §1794.087; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §110.6; C79, 81, §110.13]
C93, §483A.13
2001 Acts, ch 134, §9
Referred to in §331.602
2023 Iowa Code › Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 483A - FISHING AND HUNTING LICENSES, CONTRABAND, AND GUNS › Section 483A.14 - Duplicate licenses and permits.

483A.14 Duplicate licenses and permits.
When any license for which a fee has been set has been lost, destroyed, or stolen, the director or a license agent may issue a replacement license, if evidence is available to demonstrate issuance of the original license and a fee of two dollars is paid, to be placed in the fish and game protection fund. If, on examination of the evidence, the director or the license agent, as the case may be, is satisfied that the license has been lost, destroyed, or stolen, the director or the license agent shall issue a duplicate license which shall be plainly marked “duplicate” and the duplicate shall serve in lieu of the original license and it shall contain the same information and signature as the original. The license agent shall charge a writing fee of one dollar and the departmental administrative fee for each duplicate license issued pursuant to this section. The license agent shall retain the writing fee.
[C39, §1794.088; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §110.7; C79, 81, §110.14]
C93, §483A.14
98 Acts, ch 1199, §15, 27; 98 Acts, ch 1223, §30; 2001 Acts, ch 134, §10
Referred to in §331.602
2023 Iowa Code › Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 483A - FISHING AND HUNTING LICENSES, CONTRABAND, AND GUNS › Section 483A.15 - Accounting.

483A.15 Accounting.
The director shall establish, by rule, specific requirements for remittance of funds, and the necessary accounting and reporting for all types of licenses issued based on the manner and location of the issuance.
[SS15, §2563-a4; C24, 27, 31, §1725; C35, §1794-e7; C39, §1794.089; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §110.8; C79, 81, §110.15]
C93, §483A.15
98 Acts, ch 1199, §16, 27; 98 Acts, ch 1223, §30
Referred to in §331.602
2023 Iowa Code › Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 483A - FISHING AND HUNTING LICENSES, CONTRABAND, AND GUNS › Section 483A.17 - Tenure of license.

483A.17 Tenure of license.
Every license, except as otherwise provided in this chapter, is valid from the date issued to January 10 of the succeeding calendar year for which it is issued. A license shall not be issued prior to December 15 for the subsequent calendar year except for a multi-year fishing license or a multi-year hunting license issued to a resident pursuant to rules adopted pursuant to section 483A.1.
[S13, §2563-a8; C24, 27, 31, §1727; C35, §1794-e9; C39, §1794.091; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §110.10; C79, 81, §110.17]
84 Acts, ch 1260, §8
C93, §483A.17
95 Acts, ch 46, §3; 2001 Acts, ch 134, §11; 2012 Acts, ch 1096, §16, 23; 2018 Acts, ch 1159, §10, 28
Changes made to fees and terms of licenses by 2018 Acts, ch 11592018 Acts, ch 1159, do not affect the validity of a license issued prior to December 15, 2018;
2018 Acts, ch 1159, §28
2023 Iowa Code › Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 483A - FISHING AND HUNTING LICENSES, CONTRABAND, AND GUNS › Section 483A.18 - Form of licenses.

483A.18 Form of licenses.
1. All hunting, fishing, and fur harvester licenses shall contain a general description of the licensee. Such licenses shall be upon such forms as the commission shall adopt. The address and the signature of the applicant and all signatures and other required information shall be in writing. All licenses shall clearly indicate the nature of the privilege granted.
2. Upon request of an applicant pursuant to section 483A.10, the department shall indicate on the license that the applicant is a donor under the revised uniform anatomical gift Act as provided in chapter 142C.
[S13, §2563-a3, -a8; C24, 27, 31, §1722, 1727; C35, §1794-e10; C39, §1794.092; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §110.11; C79, 81, §110.18]
84 Acts, ch 1260, §9
C93, §483A.18
2016 Acts, ch 1037, §1; 2017 Acts, ch 29, §137; 2019 Acts, ch 86, §11
2023 Iowa Code › Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 483A - FISHING AND HUNTING LICENSES, CONTRABAND, AND GUNS › Section 483A.19 - Showing license document to officer.

483A.19 Showing license document to officer.
Every person shall, while fishing, hunting, or fur harvesting, show the person’s license document to any peace officer or the owner or person in lawful control of the land or water upon which licensee may be hunting, fishing, or fur harvesting when requested by the persons to do so. Any failure to so carry or refusal to show or so exhibit the person’s license document shall be a violation of this chapter. However, except for possession and exhibition of deer licenses and tags or wild turkey licenses and tags, a person charged with violating this section shall not be convicted if the person produces in court, within a reasonable time, a license document for hunting, fishing, or fur harvesting issued to that person and valid when the person was charged with a violation of this section.
[C39, §1794.093; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §110.12; C79, 81, §110.19]
C93, §483A.19
96 Acts, ch 1034, §46; 98 Acts, ch 1199, §17, 27; 98 Acts, ch 1223, §30; 2001 Acts, ch 134, §12
Referred to in §805.8B(3)(b)
For applicable scheduled fine, see §805.8B, subsection 3, paragraph b
2023 Iowa Code › Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 483A - FISHING AND HUNTING LICENSES, CONTRABAND, AND GUNS › Section 483A.20 - Reciprocity.

483A.20 Reciprocity.
Licenses for bait dealers or for fishing, hunting, or fur harvesting shall not be issued to residents of states that do not sell similar licenses or certificates to residents of Iowa. However, this requirement is not applicable to the licensing of nonresident wholesale bait dealers who sell to licensed wholesale bait dealers in Iowa for resale.
86 Acts, ch 1141, §16
C87, §110.20
C93, §483A.20
96 Acts, ch 1034, §47; 2003 Acts, ch 120, §5, 6; 2004 Acts, ch 1105, §1, 2
2023 Iowa Code › Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 483A - FISHING AND HUNTING LICENSES, CONTRABAND, AND GUNS › Section 483A.21 - Revocation or suspension.

483A.21 Revocation or suspension.
1. Upon the conviction of a licensee of any violation of chapter 481A, or of this chapter, or of any administrative order adopted and published by the commission, the magistrate may, as a part of the judgment, revoke one or more license privileges of the licensee, or suspend the privileges for any definite period.
2. The magistrate shall revoke the hunting license or suspend the privilege of procuring a hunting license for a period of one year of any person who has been convicted twice within a year of trespassing while hunting. If any of the license privileges of a licensee who purchased more than one license privilege is revoked, the remaining license privileges of the licensee shall still be valid and the magistrate shall enter on the license document the privilege that is revoked. A person shall not purchase a license for a privilege that was revoked or suspended during the period of revocation or suspension.
3. In addition to other civil and criminal penalties imposed for illegally taking or possessing an elk, antelope, buffalo, or moose, the court shall revoke the hunting license of a violator. The violator shall not be allowed to procure a hunting license for the next two calendar years.
[S13, §2563-a9; C24, 27, 31, §1729; C35, §1794-e12; C39, §1794.095; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §110.14; C79, 81, §110.21]
86 Acts, ch 1245, §1877; 90 Acts, ch 1142, §2
C93, §483A.21
2001 Acts, ch 134, §13; 2018 Acts, ch 1041, §127
2023 Iowa Code › Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 483A - FISHING AND HUNTING LICENSES, CONTRABAND, AND GUNS › Section 483A.22 - Record of revocation.

483A.22 Record of revocation.
When a license is revoked, the date, cause, and tenure of such revocation shall be kept on file with the license records of the commission. The commission may refuse the issuance of a new license to any person whose license has been revoked.
[S13, §2563-a7; C24, 27, 31, §1726; C35, §1794-e13; C39, §1794.096; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §110.15; C79, 81, §110.22]
C93, §483A.22
2001 Acts, ch 134, §14
Referred to in §331.602
2023 Iowa Code › Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 483A - FISHING AND HUNTING LICENSES, CONTRABAND, AND GUNS › Section 483A.22A - Sale of license lists.

483A.22A Sale of license lists.
The department may establish, by rule, fees for lists of licensees. Notwithstanding section 22.3, the fee for a list of licensees may exceed the cost of preparing the list and providing the copying service.
98 Acts, ch 1199, §18, 27; 98 Acts, ch 1223, §30
2023 Iowa Code › Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 483A - FISHING AND HUNTING LICENSES, CONTRABAND, AND GUNS › Section 483A.23 - Game birds or animals as pets.

483A.23 Game birds or animals as pets.
Any person may possess not more than two game birds or fur-bearing animals confined as pets without being required to purchase a license as a game breeder, but the person shall not be allowed to increase the person’s stock beyond the original number nor shall the person be allowed to kill or sell such stock. Game birds or animals confined as authorized in this section must be obtained from a licensed game breeder or a legal source outside of this state.
[C24, 27, 31, §1720; C35, §1794-e14; C39, §1794.097; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §110.16; C79, 81, §110.23]
C93, §483A.23
Referred to in §805.8B(3)(c)
For applicable scheduled fine, see §805.8B, subsection 3, paragraph c
2023 Iowa Code › Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 483A - FISHING AND HUNTING LICENSES, CONTRABAND, AND GUNS › Section 483A.24A - License refunds — military service.

483A.24A License refunds — military service.
Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter to the contrary, a service member deployed for military service, as defined in section 29A.1, subsection 3, shall receive a refund of that portion of any license fee paid by the service member representing the service member’s period of military service.
2010 Acts, ch 1170, §5; 2011 Acts, ch 47, §10; 2011 Acts, ch 131, §67, 158
2023 Iowa Code › Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 483A - FISHING AND HUNTING LICENSES, CONTRABAND, AND GUNS › Section 483A.24B - Special deer hunts.

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 by rule.
3. Prior to December 15, a resident may obtain up to three paid antlerless only deer hunting licenses for the special season regardless of how many paid or free gun or bow deer hunting licenses the person may have already obtained. Beginning December 15, a resident or nonresident may purchase an unlimited number of antlerless only deer hunting licenses for the special season.
4. All antlerless deer hunting licenses issued pursuant to this section shall be included in the quotas established by the commission by rule for each county and shall be available in each county only until the quota established by the commission for that county is filled.
5. The daily bag and possession limit during the special season is one deer per license. The tagging requirements are the same as for the regular gun season.
6. A person who receives a license pursuant to this section shall be otherwise qualified to hunt deer in this state and shall purchase a hunting license that includes the wildlife habitat fee.
7. A person violating a provision of this section or a rule adopted pursuant to this section is guilty of a simple misdemeanor punishable as a scheduled violation as provided in section 483A.42.
2005 Acts, ch 139, §11; 2012 Acts, ch 1096, §20, 23
2023 Iowa Code › Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 483A - FISHING AND HUNTING LICENSES, CONTRABAND, AND GUNS › Section 483A.26 - False claims.

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 Acts, ch 1216, §8
C93, §483A.26
95 Acts, ch 76, §2
Referred to in §805.8B(3)(p)
For applicable scheduled fines, see §805.8B, subsection 3, paragraph p
2023 Iowa Code › Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 483A - FISHING AND HUNTING LICENSES, CONTRABAND, AND GUNS › Section 483A.28 - Noncommercial harvest of aquatic species.

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 provided by the licensee and affixed above the waterline. A boundary waters sport trotline licensee is not permitted to sell, barter, or trade fish or turtles taken pursuant to the license.
2. A valid fishing license issued pursuant to this chapter entitles the licensee to take and possess a maximum of one hundred pounds of live turtles or fifty pounds of dressed turtles. Any unattended fishing gear used to take turtles pursuant to a fishing license shall be tagged with the name and address of the licensee on a weather-resistant tag provided by the licensee and affixed above the waterline. A fishing licensee is not permitted to sell, barter, or trade live or dressed turtles taken pursuant to the license.
3. A valid fishing license issued pursuant to this chapter entitles the licensee to take and possess a maximum amount of mussels or shells daily as authorized by rule under the authority of sections 456A.24, 481A.38, and 481A.39. A fishing licensee shall not sell, barter, or trade freshwater mussels or shells taken pursuant to the fishing license.
4. Any person who is issued a valid fishing license pursuant to this chapter may fish with a third line as provided in section 481A.72 only upon the annual purchase of a third line fishing permit as provided in rules adopted pursuant to section 483A.1.
2009 Acts, ch 144, §43; 2012 Acts, ch 1096, §21, 23; 2018 Acts, ch 1159, §24, 28
Referred to in §481A.67, 805.8B(3)(c)
For applicable scheduled fine, see §805.8B, subsection 3, paragraph c
Commercial harvest, see chapter 482
2023 Iowa Code › Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 483A - FISHING AND HUNTING LICENSES, CONTRABAND, AND GUNS › Section 483A.31 - Reciprocal privileges authorized.

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 reciprocal rights, privileges, and immunities, a fishing, hunting, or trapping license issued by that state entitles the licensee to all rights, privileges, and immunities in the public waters or public lands of this state enjoyed by the holders of equivalent licenses issued by this state, subject to duties, responsibilities, and liabilities imposed on licensees of this state by the laws of this state.
90 Acts, ch 1178, §3
C91, §110.31
C93, §483A.31
2008 Acts, ch 1161, §17; 2011 Acts, ch 34, §114
Referred to in §481A.19, 483A.24
2023 Iowa Code › Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 483A - FISHING AND HUNTING LICENSES, CONTRABAND, AND GUNS › Section 483A.32 - Public nuisance.

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 peace officer, shall seize the devices, contrivances, or materials used as a public nuisance, without warrant or process, and deliver them to a magistrate having jurisdiction. An automobile shall not be construed to be a public nuisance under this section.
2. The state may only condemn property seized as a public nuisance if the person from whom the property was seized is convicted of the violation for which the property was seized as a public nuisance.
3. If the person from whom the property was seized is not convicted of the violation for which the property was seized, the department, law enforcement agency, or other governmental agency in possession of the seized property shall return the seized property to the person within thirty days of any of the following:
a. The date the person is found not guilty of the violation.
b. The date the action involving the violation is dismissed.
c. The date the statute of limitations expires for the alleged violation for which the property was seized.
4. For purposes of this section, “convicted” means the same as in section 481A.13A, subsection 3.
[C73, §4052; C97, §2540; SS15, §2539, 2540; C24, 27, 31, §1715; C35, §1794-e16; C39, §1794.099; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, §110.18; C71, 73, 75, 77, §110.19; C79, 81, §110.32]
86 Acts, ch 1240, §9; 86 Acts, ch 1245, §1878
C93, §483A.32
98 Acts, ch 1125, §1; 2018 Acts, ch 1150, §5
Referred to in §462A.27, 483A.33
Nuisances in general, chapter 657
Nonpermanent structure on public land as public nuisance, see §462A.27
2023 Iowa Code › Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 483A - FISHING AND HUNTING LICENSES, CONTRABAND, AND GUNS › Section 483A.34 - Right to appeal.

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. The appellant, other than the state, shall post a bond of a reasonable amount as the court may fix and approve, conditioned to pay all costs of the proceedings if the appellant is unsuccessful on appeal.
[C35, §1794-e19; C39, §1794.102; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, §110.21; C71, 73, 75, 77, §110.22; C79, 81, §110.34]
C93, §483A.34
98 Acts, ch 1125, §3
Referred to in §462A.27
2023 Iowa Code › Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 483A - FISHING AND HUNTING LICENSES, CONTRABAND, AND GUNS › Section 483A.35 - “Gun” defined.

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, 75, 77, §110.23; C79, 81, §110.35]
C93, §483A.35
2023 Iowa Code › Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 483A - FISHING AND HUNTING LICENSES, CONTRABAND, AND GUNS › Section 483A.36 - Manner of conveyance.

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; C39, §1794.104; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, §110.23; C71, 73, 75, 77, §110.24; C79, 81, §110.36]
86 Acts, ch 1240, §10
C93, §483A.36
2010 Acts, ch 1113, §1
Referred to in §805.8B(3)(q)
For applicable scheduled fines, see §805.8B, subsection 3, paragraph q
2023 Iowa Code › Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 483A - FISHING AND HUNTING LICENSES, CONTRABAND, AND GUNS › Section 483A.37 - Prohibited guns.

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, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, §110.24; C71, 73, 75, 77, §110.25; C79, 81, §110.37]
C93, §483A.37
Referred to in §805.8B(3)(d)
For applicable scheduled fine, see §805.8B, subsection 3, paragraph d
2023 Iowa Code › Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 483A - FISHING AND HUNTING LICENSES, CONTRABAND, AND GUNS › Section 483A.38 - Free fishing days.

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
2023 Iowa Code › Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 483A - FISHING AND HUNTING LICENSES, CONTRABAND, AND GUNS › Section 483A.39 - Bass fishing tournaments.

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 six or more vessels or twelve or more individuals in the event, except for an event on the waters of the Mississippi river, where the number of vessels participating shall be twenty or more and the number of participants shall be forty or more.
(3) The award of prizes or other inducements for participation in the event.
b. For the purposes of this section, “bass fishing tournament” also includes a planned event on public water for the purpose of fishing for bass.
2. A person shall apply for a permit to hold a bass fishing tournament. The commission shall, by rule, specify the requirements to obtain a permit including but not limited to the following:
a. Minimum requirements for weigh-in, handling, and release of live bass by tournament participants.
b. Measurement of bass to length and release from a vessel.
c. Allowance of up to five bass for weigh-in during the tournament.
d. Allowance of possession of bass of any length so long as the bass are kept alive and are released after weigh-in.
e. Cleaning of vessels used before and after the tournament in compliance with department guidelines to prevent the transportation of aquatic invasive species.
2017 Acts, ch 36, §1
2023 Iowa Code › Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 483A - FISHING AND HUNTING LICENSES, CONTRABAND, AND GUNS › Section 483A.42 - Penalties.

483A.42 Penalties.
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 apply to a violation of this chapter for which another scheduled fine is specified in section 805.8B, subsection 3.
[C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, §110.25; C71, 73, 75, 77, §110.26; C79, 81, §110.42]
86 Acts, ch 1240, §12
C93, §483A.42
2000 Acts, ch 1203, §24; 2001 Acts, ch 130, §2; 2001 Acts, ch 137, §5
Referred to in §483A.24B, 483A.27, 805.8B(3)(e)
2023 Iowa Code › Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 483A - FISHING AND HUNTING LICENSES, CONTRABAND, AND GUNS › Section 483A.50 - Definitions.

483A.50 Definitions.
When used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. “Bonds” means negotiable wildlife habitat bonds of the commission issued pursuant to this subchapter and includes all bonds, notes, and other obligations issued in anticipation of these bonds or as refunding bonds pursuant to this subchapter.
2. “Treasurer” means the treasurer of state of the state of Iowa.
3. “Wildlife habitat bond fund” means the fund created by section 483A.53.
86 Acts, ch 1231, §2
C87, §110.50
C93, §483A.50
2014 Acts, ch 1026, §143
2023 Iowa Code › Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 483A - FISHING AND HUNTING LICENSES, CONTRABAND, AND GUNS › Section 483A.52 - Additional powers of commission.

483A.52 Additional powers of commission.
In connection with the issuance of the bonds or in order to secure the payment of the bonds and interest on the bonds, the commission may by resolution:
1. Provide that the bonds be secured by a first lien on the revenues and receipts received or to be received into the wildlife habitat bond fund from income from the investment of the wildlife habitat bond fund, from moneys received from the sale of bonds, and from any other moneys which are available for the payment of bond service charges.
2. Pledge for the benefit of the bondholders any part of the receipts in the wildlife habitat bond fund. The pledge shall be effective without physical delivery or further act and moneys in the fund may be applied for the purposes as pledged without the necessity of an Act of appropriation.
3. Establish, authorize, set aside, regulate, and dispose of reserves and sinking funds.
4. Provide that sufficient amounts of the proceeds of the sale of the bonds may be used to fully or partially fund any and all reserves or sinking funds set out by the bond resolution.
5. Prescribe the procedure, if any, by which the terms of any contract with bondholders may be amended or abrogated, the amount of the bonds whose holders must consent thereto, and the manner in which the consent may be given.
6. Purchase bonds, out of funds available for that purpose, which shall be canceled, at a price not exceeding either of the following:
a. If the bonds are then redeemable, the redemption price then applicable plus accrued interest to the next interest payment date.
b. If the bonds are not then redeemable, the redemption price applicable on the first date after the purchase upon which the bonds become subject to redemption plus accrued interest to that date.
86 Acts, ch 1231, §4
C87, §110.52
C93, §483A.52
Referred to in §483A.53
2023 Iowa Code › Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 483A - FISHING AND HUNTING LICENSES, CONTRABAND, AND GUNS › Section 483A.53 - Payment of bonds.

483A.53 Payment of bonds.
A wildlife habitat bond fund is created in the state treasury. At the direction of the commission as provided in the bond proceedings or pursuant to section 483A.52, subsection 1 or 2, and as certified by the director, the treasurer of state shall credit to the wildlife habitat bond fund from the revenues received from the sale of wildlife habitat stamps a sum at least sufficient to pay interest on the bonds in each fiscal year and principal on the bonds that mature during each fiscal year. In each fiscal year after July 1, 1986, and after bonds are issued, and until all the bonds issued have been retired, in order to provide for the payment of principal of the bonds issued and sold and the interest on them as the same become due and mature, there is pledged and annually appropriated out of the revenues to be credited to the wildlife habitat bond fund an amount sufficient to pay principal and interest on the bonds issued for each of the years the bonds are outstanding. The director shall annually certify to the treasurer the amount of funds required to pay interest on the bonds in the ensuing fiscal year and the principal on the bonds that mature during the ensuing fiscal year.
86 Acts, ch 1231, §5
C87, §110.53
C93, §483A.53
Referred to in §483A.3, 483A.50
2023 Iowa Code › Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 483A - FISHING AND HUNTING LICENSES, CONTRABAND, AND GUNS › Section 483A.54 - Nonliability of the state and its officials.

483A.54 Nonliability of the state and its officials.
1. Bonds issued are special limited obligations of the commission and are not a debt or liability of the state or any other political subdivision within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory debt limitation and are not a pledge of the state’s credit or taxing power within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory limitation or provision and, except as provided in this subchapter, an appropriation shall not be made, directly or indirectly, by the state or any political subdivision of the state for the payment of bonds. The bonds are special obligations of the commission payable solely from the wildlife habitat bond fund. Funds from the general fund of the state shall not be used to pay interest or principal on the bonds if revenues deposited in the wildlife habitat bond fund are insufficient.
2. The members of the commission or other person executing the bonds is not personally liable for the payment of the bonds. The bonds are valid and binding obligations of the commission notwithstanding the fact that before the delivery of the bonds any of the officers whose signatures appear on the bonds cease to be officers of the state. From and after the sale and delivery of the bonds, they shall be incontestable by the commission.
86 Acts, ch 1231, §6
C87, §110.54
C93, §483A.54
2014 Acts, ch 1026, §112
2023 Iowa Code › Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 483A - FISHING AND HUNTING LICENSES, CONTRABAND, AND GUNS › Section 483A.55 - Bonds as legal investments.

483A.55 Bonds as legal investments.
Bonds are securities in which all public officers and bodies of the state and all municipalities and political subdivisions of this state, all insurance companies and associations and other persons carrying on an insurance business, all banks, bankers, trust companies, and savings associations, investment companies, and other persons carrying on a banking business, all administrators, guardians, executors, trustees, and other fiduciaries and all other persons who are now or may be authorized to invest in bonds or other obligations of this state may properly and legally invest funds including capital in their control or belonging to them. The bonds are also securities which may be deposited with and may be received by all public officers and bodies of the state and all municipalities and legal subdivisions of this state for any purpose for which the deposit of bonds or other obligations of the state is now or may be authorized.
86 Acts, ch 1231, §7
C87, §110.55
C93, §483A.55
2012 Acts, ch 1017, §88
2023 Iowa Code › Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 483A - FISHING AND HUNTING LICENSES, CONTRABAND, AND GUNS › Section 483A.56 - Rights of bondholders.

483A.56 Rights of bondholders.
The bond proceedings may provide that a holder of bonds or a trustee under the bond proceedings, except to the extent that the holder’s rights are restricted by the bond proceedings, may by legal proceedings, protect and enforce any rights under the laws of this state or granted by the bond proceedings. These rights include the right to compel the performance of all duties of the commission required by this subchapter or the bond proceedings; to enjoin unlawful activities; and in the event of default with respect to the payment of any principal of or interest on bonds or in the performance of a covenant or agreement on the part of the commission in bond proceedings, to apply to a court to appoint a receiver to receive and administer the funds which are pledged to the payment of bonds or which are the subject of the covenant or agreement, with full power to pay and to provide for payment of any principal of or interest on bonds and with powers accorded receivers in general equity cases, excluding power to pledge additional funds or other income or moneys of the commission, the state, or governmental agencies of the state to the payment of the bonds.
86 Acts, ch 1231, §8
C87, §110.56
C93, §483A.56
2014 Acts, ch 1026, §143
2023 Iowa Code › Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 484A - MIGRATORY GAME BIRDS › Section 484A.1 - Definitions.

484A.1 Definitions.
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. “Commission” means the natural resource commission.
2. “Migratory game bird” means any wild goose, brant, wild duck, snipe, rail, woodcock, or coot.
[C73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §110B.1]
86 Acts, ch 1245, §1860
C93, §484A.1
98 Acts, ch 1199, §21, 22, 27; 98 Acts, ch 1223, §30
2023 Iowa Code › Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 484A - MIGRATORY GAME BIRDS › Section 484A.2 - Fee required.

484A.2 Fee required.
A person sixteen years of age or older shall not hunt or take any migratory game bird within this state without first paying a migratory game bird fee. The director shall determine the means and method of collecting the migratory game bird fees.
[C73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §110B.2]
C93, §484A.2
98 Acts, ch 1199, §23, 27; 98 Acts, ch 1223, §30
Referred to in §805.8B(3)(a)
For applicable scheduled fine, see §805.8B, subsection 3, paragraph a
2023 Iowa Code › Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 484A - MIGRATORY GAME BIRDS › Section 484A.4 - Use of revenue.

484A.4 Use of revenue.
1. All revenue generated from the migratory game bird fee shall be used for projects approved by the commission for the purpose of protecting and propagating migratory game birds and for the acquisition, development, restoration, maintenance, or preservation of wetlands, except for that part which is specified by the commission for use in paying administrative expenses as provided in section 456A.17.
2. The commission may enter into contracts with nonprofit organizations for the use of fifteen percent of such funds outside the United States if the commission finds that such contracts are necessary for carrying out the purposes of this chapter.
[C73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §110B.4]
C93, §484A.4
98 Acts, ch 1199, §24, 27; 98 Acts, ch 1223, §30; 2021 Acts, ch 76, §150
2023 Iowa Code › Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 484A - MIGRATORY GAME BIRDS › Section 484A.5 - Projects approved.

484A.5 Projects approved.
Before approving and allocating funds for a proposed project to be undertaken outside this state or outside the United States, the commission shall obtain evidence that the project is acceptable to the government agency having jurisdiction over the lands and waters affected by the project.
[C73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §110B.5]
C93, §484A.5
2023 Iowa Code › Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 484B - HUNTING PRESERVES › Section 484B.1 - Definitions.

484B.1 Definitions.
As used in this chapter unless the context otherwise requires:
1. “Commission” means the natural resource commission.
2. “Department” means the department of natural resources.
3. “Director” means the director of the department.
4. “Elk” means an animal belonging to the cervidae family and classified as part of the canadensis species of the cervus genus.
5. “Game birds” means pen-reared birds of the order galliformes and pen-reared mallard ducks.
6. “Hunting preserve” means property and facilities either privately owned or leased for holding, rearing, releasing, or processing captive-raised game for the purpose of hunting, for a fee, over an extended season.
7. “Livestock” means the same as defined in section 717.1.
8. “Pen-reared” means the propagation and holding of game birds and game animals whose origins are from captive populations.
9. “Season” means hunting preserve season.
10. “Ungulate” means hoofed nondomesticated mammal other than livestock.
92 Acts, ch 1160, §1; 2000 Acts, ch 1038, §2, 3; 2012 Acts, ch 1118, §15, 21; 2021 Acts, ch 82, §1
Referred to in §481A.21
2023 Iowa Code › Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 484B - HUNTING PRESERVES › Section 484B.3 - Authority of the director — exceptions to chapter.

484B.3 Authority of the director — exceptions to chapter.
1. The director shall develop, administer, and enforce hunting preserve programs and requirements within the state which implement the provisions of this chapter and rules adopted by the commission pursuant to this chapter.
2. a. The chapter does not apply to keeping farm deer as regulated by the department of agriculture and land stewardship pursuant to chapter 170 or to preserve whitetail kept on a hunting preserve as regulated by the department of natural resources pursuant to chapter 484C.
b. This chapter does not apply to an owner or tenant of land raising or releasing pen-reared pheasants on the owner’s or tenant’s land as provided in section 481A.6A, provided that a person taking a pen-reared pheasant complies with all requirements provided in chapters 481A and 483A.
92 Acts, ch 1160, §3; 2003 Acts, ch 149, §19, 23; 2005 Acts, ch 139, §13; 2010 Acts, ch 1180, §2
2023 Iowa Code › Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 484B - HUNTING PRESERVES › Section 484B.4 - Hunting preserve operator’s license — application and requirements.

484B.4 Hunting preserve operator’s license — application and requirements.
1. A person who owns or controls by lease or otherwise for five or more years, a contiguous tract of land having an area of not less than three hundred twenty acres, and who desires to establish a hunting preserve, to propagate and sell game birds and their young or unhatched eggs, and shoot game birds and ungulates on the land, under this chapter or the rules of the commission, shall make application to the department for an operator’s license. The application shall be made under oath of the applicant or under oath of one of its principal officers if the applicant is an association or corporation. Under the authority of this license, any property or facilities to be used for propagating, holding, processing, or pasturing of game birds or ungulates shall not be required to be contained within the contiguous land area used for hunting purposes. The application shall be accompanied by an operator’s license fee of two hundred dollars.
2. Upon receipt of an application, the department or its authorized agent shall inspect the proposed hunting preserve and facilities described in the application. If the department finds that the proposed hunting preserve meets the following requirements, the department may approve the application and issue a hunting preserve operator’s license for the operation of the property and facilities described in the application with the rights and subject to the limitations in this chapter and the rules adopted by the commission:
a. The proposed hunting preserve contains at least three hundred twenty acres but not more than two thousand five hundred sixty acres.
b. The area of the proposed hunting preserve is contiguous.
c. The total area of all licensed hunting preserves and the proposed hunting preserve will not exceed three percent of the land area of the county.
d. The game birds or ungulates released on the preserve will not be detrimental to wildlife.
e. The proposed hunting preserve will not interfere with the normal activities of migratory birds.
3. All hunting preserve operator’s licenses shall expire on March 31 of each year.
92 Acts, ch 1160, §4; 99 Acts, ch 208, §36; 2008 Acts, ch 1031, §54; 2008 Acts, ch 1032, §106
Referred to in §484B.4A
2023 Iowa Code › Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 484B - HUNTING PRESERVES › Section 484B.4A - Minimum enclosed acreage — exceptions.

484B.4A Minimum enclosed acreage — exceptions.
A hunting preserve on which elk are kept must include at least three hundred twenty contiguous acres which are enclosed by a fence as required pursuant to section 484B.5. However, a person may keep elk only on a hunting preserve that includes a fewer number of enclosed acres if either of the following applies:
1. The commission grants a waiver for the hunting preserve according to terms and conditions required by the commission. The hunting preserve must include at least one hundred sixty contiguous acres.
2. a. The hunting preserve was operated as a business on January 1, 2005.
b. If the hunting preserve operated as a business on January 1, 2005, the landowner or the landowner’s successor in interest may sell or otherwise transfer ownership of the hunting preserve to another person who may continue to operate the hunting preserve in the same manner as the landowner. However, this paragraph shall not apply if the owner of the hunting preserve or any successor in interest fails to meet the licensing requirements of section 484B.4 each year.
2012 Acts, ch 1118, §16, 21
2023 Iowa Code › Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 484B - HUNTING PRESERVES › Section 484B.5 - Boundaries signed — fenced.

484B.5 Boundaries signed — fenced.
Upon receipt of a hunting preserve operator’s license, the licensee shall promptly sign the licensed property with signs prescribed by the department. A licensee holding and releasing ungulates shall construct and maintain boundary fences prescribed by the department so as to enclose and contain all released ungulates and exclude all ungulates which are property of the state from becoming a part of the hunting preserve enterprise.
92 Acts, ch 1160, §5; 2016 Acts, ch 1073, §138
Referred to in §484B.4A
2023 Iowa Code › Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 484B - HUNTING PRESERVES › Section 484B.6 - Game birds released.

484B.6 Game birds released.
The licensee of a licensed hunting preserve may take, or authorize to be taken within the season, the numbers of game birds as provided in this section:
1. A licensed hunting preserve may take up to eighty percent of the total number of pheasant and quail released. One hundred percent of all other game birds released may be taken.
2. A minimum of five hundred game birds shall be released during the hunting preserve season by each licensed hunting preserve authorized to release game birds.
3. A licensee operating two or more licensed hunting preserve areas shall release a cumulative minimum of eight hundred game birds during the hunting preserve season.
4. If hen ring-necked pheasants are shot on the licensed hunting preserve, no less than thirty-five percent of all ring-necked pheasants released shall be hens.
92 Acts, ch 1160, §6
2023 Iowa Code › Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 484B - HUNTING PRESERVES › Section 484B.7 - Records — reports — inspections.

484B.7 Records — reports — inspections.
1. Each hunting preserve licensee shall keep the records and make the reports required on forms prepared and provided by the department. All records shall be open for inspection at any reasonable time by the department or its authorized agents.
2. Each licensee shall file an annual report with the department on or before April 30. The report shall detail the hunting preserve operations during the preceding license year. The original report shall be forwarded to the department and a copy shall be retained in the hunting preserve’s file for three years from the date of expiration of the hunting preserve’s last license issued. Records required by this section shall be entered in the annual report record within twenty-four hours of the event. Failure to keep or submit the required records and reports is grounds for refusal to renew a license for the succeeding year. An on-site inspection of property and facilities shall be conducted by an authorized agent of the department prior to the initial issuance of a hunting preserve operator’s license. The hunting preserve may be reinspected by an agent of the department at any reasonable time. A licensed hunting preserve shall maintain adequate facilities for all designated birds and ungulates held under the hunting preserve operator’s license.
92 Acts, ch 1160, §7; 2017 Acts, ch 29, §138
2023 Iowa Code › Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 484B - HUNTING PRESERVES › Section 484B.8 - Game bird transportation tags — markings.

484B.8 Game bird transportation tags — markings.
The department shall prepare transportation tags suitable for use upon the legs of game birds described in this chapter. The tags shall be of a type which are not removable without breaking and mutilating the tag. The tags shall be used to designate all game birds taken by hunters upon a licensed hunting preserve. The department shall provide licensees with the tags. All dead game birds removed from a licensed hunting preserve shall have a hunting preserve tag affixed to one leg prior to being transported from the licensed hunting preserve, except as otherwise provided by rule of the commission. All mallards released for hunting purposes shall be physically marked by the removal of the hind toe from the right foot at not more than four weeks of age, so as to provide for permanent identification. Game bird tags issued to a hunting preserve are not transferable.
92 Acts, ch 1160, §8