Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 77 - Dangerous Wild Animals › Rule 21-77.14 - Exemptions

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
This chapter does not apply to any of the following:
1. An institution accredited or certified by
			 the American Zoo and Aquarium Association.
2. A wildlife sanctuary.
3. A person who keeps falcons, if the person
			 has been issued a falconry license by the department of natural resources
			 pursuant to Iowa Code section
			 483A.1.
4. A person who owns or possesses a dangerous
			 wild animal as an agricultural animal. The person shall not transfer the
			 dangerous wild animal to another person, unless the person to whom the
			 dangerous wild animal is transferred will own or possess it as an agricultural
			 animal or the person is a wildlife sanctuary.
5. A person who owns or possesses a dangerous
			 wild animal as an assistive animal. The person shall not transfer the dangerous
			 wild animal to another person, unless the person to whom the dangerous wild
			 animal is transferred will own or possess it as an assistive animal or the
			 person is a wildlife sanctuary.
6.
			 A person who harvests the dangerous wild animal as a hunter or trapper pursuant
			 to state law and as regulated by the department of natural resources.
7. A person who has been issued a wildlife
			 rehabilitation permit by the department of natural resources pursuant to Iowa
			 Code section
			 481A.65.
8. A circus that obtains a permit from a city
			 in which it will be temporarily operating, if the city issues
			 permits.
9. A city.
10. A nonprofit corporation governed under
			 Iowa Code chapter 504 that is an organization described in Section 501(c)(3) of
			 the Internal Revenue Code and that is exempt from taxation under Section 501(a)
			 of the Internal Revenue Code if the nonprofit corporation was a party to a
			 contract executed with a city prior to July 1, 2007, the effective date of 2007
			 Iowa Acts, Senate Files 564 and 601, to provide for the exhibition of dangerous
			 wild animals at a municipal zoo. The nonprofit corporation shall not transfer
			 the dangerous wild animal to another person, unless the person to whom the
			 dangerous wild animal is transferred is a wildlife sanctuary.
11. The state fair as provided in Iowa Code
			 chapter 173 or any fair as provided in Iowa Code chapter 174.
12. A research facility.
13. A location operated by a person licensed
			 to practice veterinary medicine pursuant to Iowa Code chapter 169. However,
			 this paragraph shall not apply to a swine which is a member of the species sus
			 scrofa Linnaeus, including but not limited to swine commonly known as Russian
			 boar or European boar of either sex.
14. A pound as defined in Iowa Code section
			 162.2.
15. An animal shelter as defined in Iowa Code
			 section
			 162.2.
16. A county conservation board as provided
			 in Iowa Code chapter 350.
17. An
			 employee of the department responsible for the administration of this chapter,
			 an animal warden as defined in Iowa Code section
			 162.2, or an animal
			 care provider or law enforcement officer as defined in Iowa Code section
			 717B.1.
18. A person temporarily transporting a
			 dangerous wild animal through this state if the transit time is not more than
			 96 hours and the dangerous wild animal is maintained within a confined area
			 sufficient to prevent its escape or injuring members of the traveling
			 public.
19. A public agency which
			 maintains permanent custody of a dangerous wild animal, if the person to whom
			 the public agency assigns the duty to manage the custody of the dangerous wild
			 animal complies with the provisions of 2007 Iowa Acts, Senate File 564, section
			 4.
20. A person who keeps a
			 dangerous wild animal pursuant to both of the following conditions:
* The person is licensed by the United States Department of
				Agriculture as provided in 9 CFR Chapter 1.
* The person is registered by the department of agriculture and
				land stewardship. Upon a complaint filed with the department of agriculture and
				land stewardship, the department may inspect the premises or investigate the
				practices of the registered person and suspend or revoke the registration for
				the same causes and in the same manner as provided in Iowa Code section
				162.12.