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2023 Indiana Code › Title 14. Natural and Cultural Resources › Article 22. Fish and Wildlife › Chapter 6. Regulation of Birds and Mammals › 14-22-6-4. Trapping; Tending Traps

Sec. 4. (a) For purposes of this section, a trap is designed to capture and kill a furbearing animal if the animal's death is the result of:
(1) submerging the animal in water; or
(2) crushing or asphyxiating the animal.
(b) A person may not do the following:
(1) Tend or visit a trap or remove a furbearing animal from a trap that is not the person's property without the permission of the owner.
(2) For a trap that is designed to capture but not kill a furbearing animal, fail to tend or visit or have tended or visited a trap and remove a furbearing animal from a trap that is the person's property within a period not exceeding twenty-four (24) hours.
(3) For a trap that is designed to capture and kill a furbearing animal, fail to tend or visit or have tended or visited a trap and remove a furbearing animal from a trap that is the person's property within a period not exceeding forty-eight (48) hours.
(c) The department shall publish a recommendation that the best practice to comply with this section is to tend or visit, or have tended or visited a furbearing trap that is the person's property within a period not to exceed twenty-four (24) hours.
[Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-2-4-2.]
As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.15. Amended by P.L.144-2022, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 14. Natural and Cultural Resources › Article 22. Fish and Wildlife › Chapter 6. Regulation of Birds and Mammals › 14-22-6-5. Trapping; Underwater Box Traps

Sec. 5. A person may trap furbearing animals with an underwater box trap during trapping season.
[Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-2-4-2.5.]
As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.15.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 14. Natural and Cultural Resources › Article 22. Fish and Wildlife › Chapter 6. Regulation of Birds and Mammals › 14-22-6-6. Trapping; Snares

Sec. 6. (a) A person may not use a snare for the trapping of animals, except upon land owned by the user or with the written permission of the owner.
(b) A snare that permits a circumference of more than fifteen (15) inches may not be used for the trapping of animals unless:
(1) at least fifty percent (50%) of the loop of the snare is covered by water; or
(2) the snare employs a relaxing snare lock.
[Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-2-4-2.6.]
As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.15. Amended by P.L.183-1995, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 14. Natural and Cultural Resources › Article 22. Fish and Wildlife › Chapter 6. Regulation of Birds and Mammals › 14-22-6-7. Jacklighting Prohibited

Sec. 7. (a) This section does not apply to an employee of the department, an employee of a federal wildlife management agency, or a person who:
(1) is acting in the performance of the employee's or a person's duties or in accordance with the conditions of a license; and
(2) has received the express written consent of the director for the employee's or person's action.
(b) An individual may not knowingly throw or cast the rays of any spotlight or other artificial light:
(1) not required by law on a motor vehicle; and
(2) in search of or upon any wild bird or wild animal;
from a vehicle while the person possesses a firearm, bow, or crossbow, if by throwing or casting the rays a wild bird or wild animal could be killed. This subsection applies even though the animal is not killed, injured, shot at, or otherwise pursued.
(c) An individual may not take any wildlife, except furbearing mammals, with the aid of illumination of any spotlight, searchlight, or other artificial light.
(d) An individual may not shine a spotlight, searchlight, or other artificial light for the purpose of taking, attempting to take, or assisting another person to take a deer.
[Pre-1995 Recodification Citations: 14-2-4-3; 14-2-4-6; 14-2-4-6.5.]
As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.15. Amended by P.L.13-2007, SEC.1; P.L.151-2012, SEC.10.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 14. Natural and Cultural Resources › Article 22. Fish and Wildlife › Chapter 6. Regulation of Birds and Mammals › 14-22-6-8. Sale of Wild Birds or Mammals Governed by Article

Sec. 8. (a) As used in this section, "sell" includes serving as a part of a meal by a restaurant, a hotel, a boardinghouse, or an eating house keeper.
(b) A person may not sell, offer to buy, trade, or offer to trade a wild bird or mammal, or meat from a wild bird or mammal, that:
(1) is live or dead; and
(2) is taken in:
(A) Indiana; or
(B) another state and brought into Indiana;
except as otherwise provided in this article.
(c) Proof that a bird or mammal was served constitutes prima facie evidence that the bird or mammal was served in violation of this article. However, a restaurant, a hotel, a boardinghouse, or an eating house keeper may prepare and serve during open season to:
(1) a guest, patron, or boarder; and
(2) the family of the guest, patron, or boarder;
a bird or mammal legally taken by the guest, patron, or boarder during the open season.
[Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-2-4-4.]
As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.15.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 14. Natural and Cultural Resources › Article 22. Fish and Wildlife › Chapter 6. Regulation of Birds and Mammals › 14-22-6-9. Shooting From or Across Public Highways Prohibited; Applicability

Sec. 9. (a) This section does not apply to an employee of a federal wildlife management agency who is acting in performance of the employee's duties in accordance with the conditions of a permit and has received the express written consent of the director for the employee's action.
(b) A person may not:
(1) hunt, shoot, shoot at, or kill an animal; or
(2) shoot at an object;
from within, into, upon, or across a public highway in Indiana.
[Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-2-4-5(1).]
As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.15. Amended by P.L.39-2018, SEC.7.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 14. Natural and Cultural Resources › Article 22. Fish and Wildlife › Chapter 6. Regulation of Birds and Mammals › 14-22-6-10. Shooting Into or Across Waters of the State

Sec. 10. A person may not shoot into or across:
(1) the waters of the state; or
(2) the boundary waters of the state;
except in the lawful pursuit of wild animals.
[Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-2-4-5(2).]
As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.15.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 14. Natural and Cultural Resources › Article 22. Fish and Wildlife › Chapter 6. Regulation of Birds and Mammals › 14-22-6-11. Repealed

[Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-2-4-7.]
As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.15. Amended by P.L.13-2007, SEC.2; P.L.151-2012, SEC.11. Repealed by P.L.289-2013, SEC.5.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 14. Natural and Cultural Resources › Article 22. Fish and Wildlife › Chapter 6. Regulation of Birds and Mammals › 14-22-6-12. Taking of Coyotes

Sec. 12. A person:
(1) who possesses land; or
(2) designated in writing by a person who possesses land;
may take coyotes on the land at any time.
[Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-2-4-8.]
As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.15.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 14. Natural and Cultural Resources › Article 22. Fish and Wildlife › Chapter 6. Regulation of Birds and Mammals › 14-22-6-13. Controlled Hunts in State Parks and Historic Sites

Sec. 13. If the director:
(1) determines that a species of wild animal present within a state park or historic site poses an unusual hazard to the health or safety of one (1) or more individuals;
(2) determines, based upon the opinion of a professional biologist, that it is likely that:
(A) a species of wild animal present within a state park or historic site will cause obvious and measurable damage to the ecological balance within the state park or historic site; and
(B) the ecological balance within the state park or historic site will not be maintained unless action is taken to control the population of the species within the state park or historic site; or
(3) is required under a condition of a lease from the federal government to manage a particular wild animal species;
the director shall authorize the taking of a species within the state park or historic site under rules adopted under IC 4-22-2.
As added by P.L.47-1995, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.18-2009, SEC.1; P.L.140-2013, SEC.16; P.L.219-2014, SEC.23; P.L.111-2016, SEC.15.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 14. Natural and Cultural Resources › Article 22. Fish and Wildlife › Chapter 6. Regulation of Birds and Mammals › 14-22-6-14. Control of Deer Population; Landowner Assistance Program

Sec. 14. (a) The:
(1) division of fish and wildlife of the department; and
(2) division of soil conservation established within the Indiana state department of agriculture by IC 15-11-4-1, through the soil and water conservation districts established under IC 14-32;
shall, in cooperation with other conservation education organizations and one (1) or more organizations of hunters, establish a program to help landowners with problems determined by the director to be caused by localized deer population.
(b) The program established under this section must educate landowners concerning the means by which a landowner can:
(1) control; or
(2) obtain assistance in controlling;
the deer population on the landowner's tract of land.
(c) Under the program established under this section, one (1) or more hunters or organizations of hunters may, upon request by a landowner, work with the department and the landowner to alleviate problems caused by localized deer populations.
(d) In each county, the division of fish and wildlife, in cooperation with the soil and water conservation district established within the county under IC 14-32, shall disseminate information about the program established under this section.
As added by P.L.47-1995, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.1-2006, SEC.213; P.L.2-2008, SEC.30; P.L.120-2008, SEC.7.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 14. Natural and Cultural Resources › Article 22. Fish and Wildlife › Chapter 6. Regulation of Birds and Mammals › 14-22-6-16. Use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles to Aid Hunting

Sec. 16. (a) This section does not apply to the following:
(1) The department or the department's designee.
(2) Employees or agents of a governmental entity while performing official duties.
(3) Employees or agents of an educational or research institution acting for bona fide educational or scientific purposes.
(4) Use of an unmanned aerial vehicle to assist, provide care for, or provide veterinary treatment to a specific wild animal.
(5) Use of an unmanned aerial vehicle to monitor areas of agricultural production or to monitor nuisance wild animals.
(b) As used in this section, "take" means to:
(1) kill, shoot, spear, harm, catch for the purpose of killing, trap for the purpose of killing, or pursue for the purpose of killing a wild animal; or
(2) attempt to engage in conduct under subdivision (1).
(c) During the period:
(1) beginning fourteen (14) days before the hunting season for a particular wild animal species; and
(2) ending upon the expiration of legal hunting hours on the last day of the hunting season;
a person may not knowingly use an unmanned aerial vehicle (as defined by IC 35-31.5-2-342.3) to search for, scout, locate, or detect a wild animal to which the hunting season applies as an aid to take the wild animal.
As added by P.L.111-2016, SEC.16. Amended by P.L.107-2017, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 14. Natural and Cultural Resources › Article 22. Fish and Wildlife › Chapter 7. Migratory Waterfowl Stamp › 14-22-7-1. "Migratory Waterfowl" Defined

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "migratory waterfowl" means a wild goose, brant, or wild duck.
[Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-2-4.5-1(a).]
As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.15.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 14. Natural and Cultural Resources › Article 22. Fish and Wildlife › Chapter 7. Migratory Waterfowl Stamp › 14-22-7-2. "Stamp" Defined

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "stamp" refers to the migratory waterfowl stamp provided by this chapter.
[Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-2-4.5-1(c).]
As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.15.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 14. Natural and Cultural Resources › Article 22. Fish and Wildlife › Chapter 7. Migratory Waterfowl Stamp › 14-22-7-3. Stamps; Requirement

Sec. 3. An individual may not hunt a migratory waterfowl within Indiana without having an electronically generated migratory waterfowl stamp issued by the department. The stamp must be in the possession of each individual hunting a migratory waterfowl. The licensee shall validate the stamp with the signature, in ink, of the licensee on the hunting license on which the electronically generated form of the stamp is attached.
[Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-2-4.5-2.]
As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.15. Amended by P.L.52-2002, SEC.1 and P.L.176-2002, SEC.7; P.L.225-2005, SEC.16; P.L.151-2012, SEC.12; P.L.111-2016, SEC.17.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 14. Natural and Cultural Resources › Article 22. Fish and Wildlife › Chapter 7. Migratory Waterfowl Stamp › 14-22-7-4. Stamps; Issuance, Fee, and Expiration; Use of Fees

Sec. 4. (a) An electronically generated stamp shall be issued to each hunting license applicant or holder upon request and the payment of a fee of six dollars and seventy-five cents ($6.75). Each stamp expires on March 31 of the year following issuance.
(b) The department may set a license fee to hunt a migratory waterfowl above the fee established under subsection (a).
(c) The fees collected shall be deposited in the fish and wildlife fund and credited to a special account to be used as provided in section 5 of this chapter. However, the fees collected do not have to be credited to the special account if the budget agency finds that it would reduce the balance in the fish and wildlife fund to less than three million dollars ($3,000,000) at the end of the state fiscal year.
[Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-2-4.5-3.]
As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.15. Amended by P.L.225-2005, SEC.17; P.L.151-2012, SEC.13; P.L.289-2013, SEC.6; P.L.217-2017, SEC.80.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 14. Natural and Cultural Resources › Article 22. Fish and Wildlife › Chapter 7. Migratory Waterfowl Stamp › 14-22-7-5. Use of Revenues

Sec. 5. (a) The department shall contract annually with an appropriate nonprofit organization to use fifty percent (50%) of the revenue credited to the special account under section 4 of this chapter for development of waterfowl propagation areas. Before paying the revenue to a nonprofit corporation developing waterfowl areas, the department must obtain evidence that the project is acceptable to the appropriate agency having jurisdiction over the land and water affected by the project.
(b) The department shall spend fifty percent (50%) of the revenue credited to the special account under section 4 of this chapter:
(1) for the acquisition or development of wetlands in Indiana; or
(2) to participate in the joint funding of North American waterfowl management plans.
[Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-2-4.5-4.]
As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.15. Amended by P.L.217-2017, SEC.81.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 14. Natural and Cultural Resources › Article 22. Fish and Wildlife › Chapter 8. Game Bird Habitat Restoration Stamp › 14-22-8-1. "Fund" Defined

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "fund" refers to the game bird habitat restoration fund established by this chapter.
[1995 Recodification Citation: New.]
As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.15.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 14. Natural and Cultural Resources › Article 22. Fish and Wildlife › Chapter 8. Game Bird Habitat Restoration Stamp › 14-22-8-2. "Game Bird" Defined

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "game bird" means pheasant, quail, grouse, mourning dove, and wild turkey.
[Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-2-4.6-1 part.]
As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.15. Amended by P.L.66-2008, SEC.9; P.L.69-2009, SEC.8.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 14. Natural and Cultural Resources › Article 22. Fish and Wildlife › Chapter 8. Game Bird Habitat Restoration Stamp › 14-22-8-3. "Stamp" Defined

Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "stamp" refers to the game bird habitat restoration stamp provided by this chapter.
[Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-2-4.6-1 part.]
As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.15.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 14. Natural and Cultural Resources › Article 22. Fish and Wildlife › Chapter 8. Game Bird Habitat Restoration Stamp › 14-22-8-4. Stamps; Requirement

Sec. 4. An individual may not hunt a game bird within Indiana without having an electronically generated game bird habitat restoration stamp issued by the department. The stamp must be in the possession of each individual hunting a game bird. The licensee shall validate the stamp with the signature of the licensee on the hunting license on which the electronically generated form of the stamp is attached.
[Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-2-4.6-2.]
As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.15. Amended by P.L.225-2005, SEC.18; P.L.151-2012, SEC.14; P.L.111-2016, SEC.18.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 14. Natural and Cultural Resources › Article 22. Fish and Wildlife › Chapter 8. Game Bird Habitat Restoration Stamp › 14-22-8-5. Stamps; Issuance, Fee, and Expiration

Sec. 5. (a) An electronically generated stamp shall be issued to each hunting license applicant or holder upon request and the payment of a fee of six dollars and seventy-five cents ($6.75). Each stamp expires on March 31 of the year following issuance.
(b) The department may set a license fee to hunt a game bird above the fee established under subsection (a).
[Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-2-4.6-3.]
As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.15. Amended by P.L.225-2005, SEC.19; P.L.289-2013, SEC.7.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 14. Natural and Cultural Resources › Article 22. Fish and Wildlife › Chapter 8. Game Bird Habitat Restoration Stamp › 14-22-8-6. Fund; Use of Fees

Sec. 6. (a) The game bird habitat restoration fund is established as a dedicated fund.
(b) The department shall administer the fund. The director may expend the money in the fund exclusively for the purpose of restoring the habitat of the various game birds in Indiana.
(c) The proceeds from the sale of stamps shall be deposited in and transferred from the fish and wildlife fund to the fund. However, a transfer is not required if the budget agency finds that it would reduce the balance in the fish and wildlife fund to less than three million dollars ($3,000,000) at the end of the state fiscal year.
(d) Money in the fund does not revert to the state general fund at the end of a state fiscal year. If the fund is abolished, the contents revert to the fish and wildlife fund.
[Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-2-4.6-4.]
As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.15. Amended by P.L.217-2017, SEC.82.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 14. Natural and Cultural Resources › Article 22. Fish and Wildlife › Chapter 8. Game Bird Habitat Restoration Stamp › 14-22-8-7. Powers and Duties of Department

Sec. 7. (a) The department shall contract for the development of game bird habitats in Indiana. Each contract must:
(1) be for at least three (3) years; and
(2) provide a plan for the development of habitat for at least one (1) species of game bird.
(b) The department may seek the cooperation of federal agencies such as the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service or the Natural Resources Conservation Service in the development of habitat plans and compensation for habitat plans. Monetary compensation may not exceed the rate per acre per year as determined by the commission and each contract may provide that the site be open for regulated public game bird hunting.
(c) The department may purchase land in Indiana from willing sellers for the development of game bird habitats.
[Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-2-4.6-5.]
As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.15. Amended by P.L.155-2015, SEC.10.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 14. Natural and Cultural Resources › Article 22. Fish and Wildlife › Chapter 9. Regulation of Fishing › 14-22-9-1. Unlawful Means of Taking Fish; Special Permits

Sec. 1. (a) Except as allowed by sections 3 and 11 of this chapter, an individual may not take fish from waters containing state owned fish, waters of the state, or boundary waters of the state by the following:
(1) Means of:
(A) a weir;
(B) an electric current;
(C) dynamite or other explosive;
(D) a net;
(E) a seine;
(F) a trap; or
(G) any other substance that has a tendency to stupefy or poison fish.
(2) Means of the following:
(A) A firearm.
(B) The hands alone.
(b) The methods or devices in this section may be possessed and used:
(1) under special permit issued by the director under rules that the director provides; or
(2) as otherwise provided by law.
[Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-2-5-1.]
As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.15. Amended by P.L.165-2011, SEC.8; P.L.151-2012, SEC.15.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 14. Natural and Cultural Resources › Article 22. Fish and Wildlife › Chapter 9. Regulation of Fishing › 14-22-9-2. Ice Fishing

Sec. 2. (a) A person may not:
(1) ice fish; or
(2) attempt to ice fish;
in water of the state through a hole greater than twelve (12) inches in diameter.
(b) A house, shanty, or fully enclosed structure used in ice fishing must have the name and address of the owner clearly painted or otherwise indicated on the outside of the door of the structure. The door of the structure must be equipped with a latch of a nature that can be opened from the outside as well as from the inside. The structure may be of a temporary nature only and shall be removed from the ice before the ice leaves.
[Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-2-5-2.]
As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.15.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 14. Natural and Cultural Resources › Article 22. Fish and Wildlife › Chapter 9. Regulation of Fishing › 14-22-9-3. Fishing Near Dams

Sec. 3. A person may not use, set, cause to be used or set, take, or attempt to take fish by means of:
(1) a trotline;
(2) a set line;
(3) a throw line;
(4) a net;
(5) a trap; or
(6) a seine;
within two hundred (200) yards of a dam that wholly or partly crosses a river, stream, or waterway in Indiana or the boundary water of the state, except as authorized by rules adopted by the commission under IC 4-22-2.
[Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-2-5-3.]
As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.15. Amended by P.L.39-2018, SEC.8; P.L.164-2020, SEC.55.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 14. Natural and Cultural Resources › Article 22. Fish and Wildlife › Chapter 9. Regulation of Fishing › 14-22-9-4. Minnows and Crayfish; Unlawful Transportation

Sec. 4. A bait dealer may not transport or hold live minnows or live crayfish in Indiana for any purpose in a manner or under the conditions that cause unnecessary loss and death of minnows. A violation of this section is sufficient cause for the division to revoke and seize a bait dealer's license.
[Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-2-5-4(1).]
As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.15.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 14. Natural and Cultural Resources › Article 22. Fish and Wildlife › Chapter 9. Regulation of Fishing › 14-22-9-5. Minnows and Crayfish; Transportation Outside State

Sec. 5. (a) This section does not apply to a person engaged in commercially raising in private waters:
(1) minnows;
(2) crayfish; or
(3) game fish;
for the purpose of sale.
(b) As used in this section, "private waters" means water wholly on the land of an individual that:
(1) is not connected with public waters; and
(2) will not allow the ingress of fish.
(c) A person may not transport outside Indiana more than one hundred (100) minnows or one hundred (100) crayfish in a twenty-four (24) hour period.
[Pre-1995 Recodification Citations: 14-2-2-1 part; 14-2-5-4(2).]
As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.15.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 14. Natural and Cultural Resources › Article 22. Fish and Wildlife › Chapter 9. Regulation of Fishing › 14-22-9-6. Waste Disposal

Sec. 6. All offal or filth of any kind accruing from the catching, curing, cleaning, or shipping of fish in or near the water of Lake Michigan shall be burned, buried, or otherwise disposed of in a sanitary manner that:
(1) does not pollute the water; and
(2) is not or does not become detrimental to public health or comfort.
[Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-2-5-6.]
As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.15.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 14. Natural and Cultural Resources › Article 22. Fish and Wildlife › Chapter 9. Regulation of Fishing › 14-22-9-7. Sale of Fish

Sec. 7. (a) This section does not apply to the sale of fish produced in private ponds for sale or for breeding and stocking purposes, or for roe bearing species listed in IC 14-22-13-2.5(a), if the owner obtains a permit from the director under the rules adopted by the department and conditions provided in the permit.
(b) A person may not sell, barter, or exchange, offer to sell, barter, or exchange, or purchase or offer to purchase fish protected by law, whether taken in Indiana, the boundary waters of the state, or some other state and brought into Indiana, except as otherwise provided in this article. Restaurants, hotels, boardinghouses, or eating houses may prepare and serve during the open season to:
(1) a guest, patron, or boarder; and
(2) the family of the guest, patron, or boarder;
fish legally taken in open season in Indiana by the guest, patron, or boarder.
(c) Except for roe bearing species listed in IC 14-22-13-2.5(a) or as specifically prohibited by law, a person may sell a species of hatchery reared fish or fish legally taken outside Indiana under a valid commercial fishing license or regulation, dead or alive, dressed or undressed, or partly dressed under the rules that the department and the Indiana department of health prescribe if the fish are tagged or labeled in a manner that specifically identifies the following:
(1) The name and address of the seller.
(2) The hatchery.
(3) The commercial fishing license or regulation.
(d) A person may not import and sell a live species of fish that has not been approved by the director without a permit from the director for this activity.
[Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-2-5-7.]
As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.15. Amended by P.L.155-2015, SEC.11; P.L.56-2023, SEC.133.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 14. Natural and Cultural Resources › Article 22. Fish and Wildlife › Chapter 9. Regulation of Fishing › 14-22-9-8. Stocking Fish in Waters of the State

Sec. 8. Except as otherwise provided, a person may not stock fish in the following:
(1) Waters containing state owned fish.
(2) Waters of the state.
(3) Boundary waters of the state.
[Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-2-5-8.]
As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.15.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 14. Natural and Cultural Resources › Article 22. Fish and Wildlife › Chapter 9. Regulation of Fishing › 14-22-9-9. Obstruction of Waterways; Dams; Fish Ladders

Sec. 9. (a) This section does not apply to a downstream water release from an existing municipal or fire protection impoundment that has not impounded sufficient water for release.
(b) A person may not stretch, place, or set an obstruction, other than a dam, across a waterway of Indiana or boundary waters of the state that prevents fish from ascending or descending a waterway.
(c) A person who owns, operates, or controls a dam:
(1) whose impounded water is withdrawn for municipal, industrial, electrical, agricultural, mining, or any other use; and
(2) across a waterway of Indiana or boundary water of Indiana whose watershed is greater than fifty (50) square miles;
may be required to incorporate into the structure sufficient water storage head to maintain during periods of minimum stream flow a downstream discharge equal to the inflow into the impoundment created by the dam and to maintain a sufficient head of water above the dam to support fish life. A person described in this subsection shall maintain during periods of minimum stream flow a downstream discharge equal to the inflow into the impoundment created by the dam.
(d) An owner of a dam across a waterway of Indiana or boundary water of Indiana whose watershed is greater than fifty (50) square miles may be required to construct and maintain the following:
(1) Fish ladders on the dam sufficient to allow the fish below the dam to pass over the dam into the water above the dam.
(2) A passageway around and over the dam sufficient to allow the upstream and downstream hand-carrying of small boats for the purpose of navigation.
The fish ladders or boat passage shall be constructed in the manner and of the materials that are prescribed by the director.
(e) The department shall enforce and administer this section.
(f) A person who violates this section commits a Class C infraction. Each day that a violation continues constitutes a separate offense.
(g) The remedy afforded by this section does not deprive an aggrieved person from seeking redress by any other remedy:
(1) provided by statute; or
(2) under law.
[Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-2-5-9.]
As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.15.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 14. Natural and Cultural Resources › Article 22. Fish and Wildlife › Chapter 9. Regulation of Fishing › 14-22-9-10. Control of Aquatic Vegetation

Sec. 10. (a) This section does not apply to the following:
(1) A privately owned lake, farm pond, or public or private drainage ditch.
(2) A landowner or tenant adjacent to public waters or boundary waters of the state, who chemically, mechanically, or physically controls aquatic vegetation in the immediate vicinity of a boat landing or bathing beach on or adjacent to the real property of the landowner or tenant if the following conditions exist:
(A) The area where vegetation is to be controlled does not exceed:
(i) twenty-five (25) feet along the legally established, average, or normal shoreline;
(ii) a water depth of six (6) feet; and
(iii) a total surface area of six hundred twenty-five (625) square feet.
(B) Control of vegetation does not occur in a public waterway of the state.
(b) A person may not chemically, mechanically, physically, or biologically control aquatic vegetation in the public waters or boundary waters of the state without a permit issued by the department. All procedures to control aquatic vegetation under this section shall be conducted in accordance with rules adopted by the department under IC 4-22-2.
(c) Subject to IC 14-22-2-10, upon receipt of an application for a permit to control aquatic vegetation and the payment of a fee of five dollars ($5), the department may issue a permit to the applicant. However, if the aquatic vegetation proposed to be controlled is present in a public water supply, the department may not, without prior written approval from the department of environmental management, approve a permit for chemical control of the aquatic vegetation.
(d) This section does not do any of the following:
(1) Act as a bar to a suit or cause of action by a person or governmental agency.
(2) Relieve the permittee from liability, rules, restrictions, or permits that may be required of the permittee by any other governmental agency.
(3) Affect water pollution control laws (as defined in IC 13-11-2-261) and the rules adopted under water pollution control laws (as defined in IC 13-11-2-261).
[Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-2-5-10.]
As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.15. Amended by P.L.1-1996, SEC.64; P.L.19-2002, SEC.1; P.L.195-2017, SEC.9.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 14. Natural and Cultural Resources › Article 22. Fish and Wildlife › Chapter 9. Regulation of Fishing › 14-22-9-11. Invasive Animal Species Reduction Program

Sec. 11. (a) As used in this section, "motorboat" means a watercraft propelled by:
(1) an internal combustion, steam, or electrical inboard or outboard motor or engine; or
(2) any mechanical means.
The term does not include a personal watercraft.
(b) The director shall establish and implement a demonstration program for the purpose of containing and reducing invasive animal species in the Wabash River. In administering this program, the director may do any of the following:
(1) Allow the taking of a specific invasive animal species by a means described in section 1(a)(2) of this chapter.
(2) Require the use of ammunition described in 50 CFR 20.21(j).
(3) Require a hunting or fishing license under IC 14-22-12-1.
(4) Allow the taking of a specific invasive animal species to be taken from a motorboat.
(5) Establish any other limitations concerning the time, place, or participants of a demonstration program.
(c) 312 IAC 9-2-2(d), as in effect July 1, 2011, does not apply to this section.
As added by P.L.165-2011, SEC.9. Amended by P.L.151-2012, SEC.16; P.L.219-2014, SEC.24.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 14. Natural and Cultural Resources › Article 22. Fish and Wildlife › Chapter 10. Wildlife Regulation › 14-22-10-0.1. Application of Certain Amendments to Chapter

Sec. 0.1. The amendments made to section 2 of this chapter by P.L.138-1997 apply to causes of action that accrue after June 30, 1997.
As added by P.L.220-2011, SEC.298.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 14. Natural and Cultural Resources › Article 22. Fish and Wildlife › Chapter 10. Wildlife Regulation › 14-22-10-1. Consent to Use Private Land

Sec. 1. A person may not:
(1) fish, hunt, trap, or chase;
(2) shoot with any kind of firearm or archery equipment;
(3) search for or gather any plant life (defined as the members of the kingdoms Fungi and Plantae); or
(4) search for or gather any artifacts (as defined in IC 14-21-1-2);
upon privately owned land without having the consent of the owner or tenant of the land.
[Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-2-6-1.]
As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.15. Amended by P.L.186-2003, SEC.59.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 14. Natural and Cultural Resources › Article 22. Fish and Wildlife › Chapter 10. Wildlife Regulation › 14-22-10-2. Restrictions on Landowner Liability to Recreational Users

Sec. 2. (a) As used in this section and section 2.5 of this chapter, "governmental entity" means any of the following:
(1) The government of the United States of America.
(2) The state.
(3) A county.
(4) A city.
(5) A town.
(6) A township.
(7) The following, if created by the Constitution of the United States, the Constitution of the State of Indiana, a statute, an ordinance, a rule, or an order:
(A) An agency.
(B) A board.
(C) A commission.
(D) A committee.
(E) A council.
(F) A department.
(G) A district.
(H) A public body corporate and politic.
(b) As used in this section and section 2.5 of this chapter, "monetary consideration" means a fee or other charge for permission to go upon a tract of land. The term does not include:
(1) the gratuitous sharing of game, fish, or other products of the recreational use of the land;
(2) services rendered for the purpose of wildlife management; or
(3) contributions in kind made for the purpose of wildlife management.
(c) As used in this section and section 2.5 of this chapter, "owner" means a governmental entity or another person that:
(1) has a fee interest in;
(2) is a tenant, a lessee, or an occupant of; or
(3) is in control of;
a tract of land.
(d) A person who goes upon or through the premises, including caves, of another:
(1) with or without permission; and
(2) either:
(A) without the payment of monetary consideration; or
(B) with the payment of monetary consideration directly or indirectly on the person's behalf by an agency of the state or federal government;
for the purpose of swimming, camping, hiking, sightseeing, or accessing or departing from a trail, a greenway, or another similar area, or for any other purpose (other than the purposes described in section 2.5 of this chapter) does not have an assurance that the premises are safe for the purpose.
(e) The owner of the premises does not:
(1) assume responsibility; or
(2) incur liability;
for an injury to a person or property caused by an act or failure to act of other persons using the premises.
(f) This section does not affect the following:
(1) Existing Indiana case law on the liability of owners or possessors of premises with respect to the following:
(A) Business invitees in commercial establishments.
(B) Invited guests.
(2) The attractive nuisance doctrine.
(g) This section does not excuse the owner or occupant of premises from liability for injury to a person or property caused by a malicious or an illegal act of the owner or occupant.
[Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-2-6-3.]
As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.15. Amended by P.L.178-1995, SEC.3; P.L.138-1997, SEC.2; P.L.75-1998, SEC.2; P.L.29-2018, SEC.1; P.L.113-2019, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 14. Natural and Cultural Resources › Article 22. Fish and Wildlife › Chapter 10. Wildlife Regulation › 14-22-10-2.5. Restrictions on Landowner Liability to Hunters, Fishers, and Trappers

Sec. 2.5. (a) A person who goes upon or through the premises, including caves, of another:
(1) with or without permission; and
(2) either:
(A) without the payment of monetary consideration; or
(B) with the payment of monetary consideration directly or indirectly on the person's behalf by an agency of the state or federal government;
for the purpose of hunting, fishing, trapping, or preparing to hunt, fish, or trap, does not have an assurance that the premises are safe for that purpose.
(b) The owner of the premises does not:
(1) assume responsibility; or
(2) incur liability;
for an injury to a person or property caused by an act or failure to act of other persons using the premises.
(c) This section does not affect Indiana case law on the liability of owners or possessors of premises with respect to the following:
(1) Business invitees in commercial establishments.
(2) The attractive nuisance doctrine.
(d) This section does not excuse the owner or occupant of premises from liability for injury to a person or property caused by a malicious or an illegal act of the owner or occupant.
As added by P.L.75-1998, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 14. Natural and Cultural Resources › Article 22. Fish and Wildlife › Chapter 10. Wildlife Regulation › 14-22-10-3. Transportation of Fish and Game Outside State

Sec. 3. (a) An individual may not take, carry, ship, transport, or accept for shipment or transportation outside Indiana a wild animal protected by Indiana law, except as provided in this article.
(b) An individual having a license to use a commercial fishing device in Indiana may ship, carry, or transport outside Indiana fish that the individual has legally taken or caught by the commercial fishing device.
(c) An individual having a license to hunt, trap, or fish in Indiana may carry, transport, or ship outside Indiana, in open season, in one (1) day, a wild animal that the individual has legally taken in open season, not to exceed in number the possession limit of the wild animal.
(d) Hides and furs of furbearing animals legally taken in open season may be shipped or carried outside Indiana in any number:
(1) during the open season; or
(2) after open season as allowed by rule.
(e) An individual having a breeder's license may ship, carry, or transport outside Indiana a wild animal that the individual has legally possessed under the breeder's license in Indiana.
(f) An individual may not ship, carry, or transport or accept for transportation or shipment to a place in Indiana or outside Indiana a wild animal unless the wild animal is enclosed in a package or container on which there is clearly, legibly, and conspicuously marked on the outside of the package or container the following information:
(1) The name and address of the shipper and the consignee.
(2) An accurate statement of the number or quantities and kinds of wild animals contained.
The shipper shall produce the license required under this article authorizing the person to take or possess the wild animal. If the wild animal is carried by the licensee personally, the wild animal shall be carried openly for inspection, together with the license.
(g) An individual having a mussel buyer's license may ship legally taken mussels or mussel shells outside Indiana.
[Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-2-6-4.]
As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.15. Amended by P.L.165-2011, SEC.10; P.L.151-2012, SEC.17.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 14. Natural and Cultural Resources › Article 22. Fish and Wildlife › Chapter 10. Wildlife Regulation › 14-22-10-4. Possession of Fish or Game Taken in Foreign Nation or State

Sec. 4. (a) A resident of Indiana who has a nonresident hunting or fishing license issued by another state or country may possess in Indiana the number of wild animals that the resident could and did legally kill, take, and possess under authority of the nonresident license in the state or country issuing the license, under the rules provided in this article.
(b) A person may not possess a wild animal taken, killed, and possessed in another state or country if the taking, killing, or possession of the wild animal is illegal in the state or country issuing the nonresident license.
[Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-2-6-5.]
As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.15.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 14. Natural and Cultural Resources › Article 22. Fish and Wildlife › Chapter 10. Wildlife Regulation › 14-22-10-5. Wild Animals Illegally Taken or Accidentally Killed

Sec. 5. The title to a wild animal illegally taken or accidentally killed in violation of this article or IC 14-2 (before its repeal) does not vest in the taker of the wild animal, but remains in the state. The director shall do the following:
(1) Seize and confiscate the wild animal in the name of the state of Indiana.
(2) Sell or dispose of the wild animal.
(3) Deposit proceeds, if any, into the fish and wildlife fund.
[Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-2-6-6.]
As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.15.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 14. Natural and Cultural Resources › Article 22. Fish and Wildlife › Chapter 10. Wildlife Regulation › 14-22-10-6. Liability for Destruction of Wild Animals by Pollutant

Sec. 6. (a) A person who, whether or not the person has been issued a certificate of approval, license, permit, or other document of approval authorized by this article or any other Indiana law, discharges, sprays, or releases waste materials, chemicals, or other substances:
(1) either accidentally, negligently, or willfully;
(2) in any quantity, concentration, or manner onto or in any water of Indiana, the boundary waters of the state, or onto or in public or private land; and
(3) so that wild animals are killed as a result;
is responsible for the kill.
(b) The director shall, in the name of the state, recover damages, including the cost of restoration, from the person. Upon receipt of the estimates of the damages caused, the director shall notify the person responsible within ninety (90) days after the kill to the wild animals, and the director may enter into a proper and reasonable settlement with the person. In determining the damages caused, the director may consider the following:
(1) The direct value of the wild animals killed.
(2) The direct value of law enforcement costs, including wages of investigating officers, cost of any materials used, and travel expenses.
(3) The value of damage to habitat, including injured vegetation, contaminated sediment, and dead invertebrate prey species.
(c) If the total sum of the values under subsection (b)(1), (b)(2), and (b)(3) exceeds five thousand dollars ($5,000) in damages, the director may consider the following in addition to the damages calculated under subsection (b):
(1) The decreased value of the habitat for the number of years necessary for the habitat to recover to predamaged conditions.
(2) The value of lost recreational fishing and hunting time, including future decreased value for the number of years necessary for the recreational use to recover to predamaged conditions.
(d) If a settlement is not reached within a reasonable time, the department shall initiate a proceeding under IC 4-21.5 and IC 14-10-2 to recover damages.
(e) The proceeds of a recovery shall be used to replace, as far as and as promptly as possible, in whatever manner the director considers proper, the wild animal population or habitat in the waters or lands in question. If the improvement of the wild animal population or habitat in question is not practicable, the proceeds shall be deposited into the fish and wildlife fund.
[Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-2-6-7.]
As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.15. Amended by P.L.219-2014, SEC.25.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 14. Natural and Cultural Resources › Article 22. Fish and Wildlife › Chapter 10. Wildlife Regulation › 14-22-10-7. Effort to Retrieve Crippled or Killed Wild Animals

Sec. 7. A person may not kill or cripple a wild animal without making a reasonable effort to retrieve the animal. After the animal is retrieved the animal must be:
(1) taken into the person's possession, unless the animal is a nuisance wild animal taken with the permission of the owner or tenant of the land in accordance with this article; and
(2) included in the person's daily bag limit, if applicable.
[Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-2-6-8.]
As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.15. Amended by P.L.195-2017, SEC.10.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 14. Natural and Cultural Resources › Article 22. Fish and Wildlife › Chapter 10. Wildlife Regulation › 14-22-10-8. Fish and Game Preserves

Sec. 8. (a) The director may designate and set aside waters containing state owned fish and waters of the state (including any part of the boundary waters of the state) for the purpose of improvement and propagation of the wild animal population. The director shall designate the general extent and limits or periphery by erecting appropriate signs.
(b) A person may not remove or disturb the signs erected under subsection (a) without authorization.
(c) A person may not take, catch, kill, or pursue for the purpose of taking, catching, or killing a wild animal from a designated area during the time the area is designated.
[Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-2-6-9.]
As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.15.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 14. Natural and Cultural Resources › Article 22. Fish and Wildlife › Chapter 10. Wildlife Regulation › 14-22-10-9. Interstate Agreements on Boundary Waters

Sec. 9. (a) If necessary for the better protection of wild animals in or on the boundary waters of the state, the director may enter into an interstate agreement or compact for and in behalf of the state with any other state bordering the waters through the administrative or executive officer granted similar power by the other state's legislature.
(b) An agreement or a compact may establish the following:
(1) Uniform open seasons on the animals in or on the water.
(2) Uniform restrictions on the type and amount of gear and the method of use.
(3) Uniform restrictions for weights or size of wild animals taken.
(4) Uniform method of measurement of mesh.
(5) Any other restriction on gear used or the possession or sale of wild animals taken from the water, if the restrictions are for the better protection of the wild animals in the water.
[Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-2-6-10.]
As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.15.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 14. Natural and Cultural Resources › Article 22. Fish and Wildlife › Chapter 10. Wildlife Regulation › 14-22-10-10. State as Sole Regulator

Sec. 10. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the state is the sole regulator of the trapping of wild animals in Indiana, and trapping is regulated only by:
(1) statutes; and
(2) rules adopted under IC 4-22-2 by authority of statute.
(b) A unit of local government may not regulate in any way the trapping of wild animals, except for the trapping of wild animals on or in land, buildings, or other real property that is owned by the unit of local government.
As added by P.L.52-2001, SEC.5.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 14. Natural and Cultural Resources › Article 22. Fish and Wildlife › Chapter 10. Wildlife Regulation › 14-22-10-11. Regulation of Raptors

Sec. 11. (a) As used in this section, "raptor" means a live migratory bird of the order Falconiformes or the order Strigiformes, other than a bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) or a golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos).
(b) Except as provided in subsection (c), a unit of local government may not regulate in any way the ownership, possession, sale, transfer, or transportation of a raptor while Indiana is on the list of states meeting federal falconry standards maintained under 50 CFR 21.29(k).
(c) Subsection (b) does not apply to raptors on or in land, buildings, or other real property, other than a highway or public highway, that is owned by a unit of local government.
As added by P.L.52-2001, SEC.6.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 14. Natural and Cultural Resources › Article 22. Fish and Wildlife › Chapter 11. Licenses and Permits; General Provisions › 14-22-11-2. Repealed

[Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-2-7-1.5.]
As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.15. Repealed by P.L.151-2012, SEC.18.