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North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 30 - Game and Fish Department › Article 30-03 - Fishery Management › Chapter 30-03-03 - Construction and Use of Fish houses for Winter Fishing › Section 30-03-03-04 - Location

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
Fishhouses may be placed no closer than fifty feet [15
				  meters] to each other in any direction and fish holes outside of any fishhouse
				  may not be placed closer than ten feet [3 meters] from any fishhouse without
				  consent of the fishhouse occupant.
General Authority: NDCC 20.1-06-07
Law Implemented: NDCC
					 20.1-06-07
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 30 - Game and Fish Department › Article 30-03 - Fishery Management › Chapter 30-03-03 - Construction and Use of Fish houses for Winter Fishing › Section 30-03-03-05 - Open when in use

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
Fishhouses, when in use, shall be open for inspection.
General Authority:
NDCC 20.1-06-07
Law Implemented:
NDCC
					 20.1-06-07
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 30 - Game and Fish Department › Article 30-03 - Fishery Management › Chapter 30-03-03 - Construction and Use of Fish houses for Winter Fishing › Section 30-03-03-06 - Violations are noncriminal

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
Any person who violates any section of this chapter is guilty
				  of a noncriminal offense and shall pay a twenty-five dollar fee.
General Authority: NDCC 20.1-02-05(24)
Law Implemented: NDCC
					 20.1-02-05(24)
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 30 - Game and Fish Department › Article 30-03 - Fishery Management › Chapter 30-03-04 - Commercial Frog Licenses › Section 30-03-04-02 - Equipment

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
Frogs may be taken by handheld contrivances only. The use of
				  traps, seines, dug trenches, and bait shall be illegal at all times.
General Authority:
NDCC 20.1-06-17
Law Implemented:
NDCC
				  20.1-06-17
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 30 - Game and Fish Department › Article 30-03 - Fishery Management › Chapter 30-03-04 - Commercial Frog Licenses › Section 30-03-04-03 - Annual report

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
Each licensee shall furnish a report to the commissioner by
				  January first, of the number of frogs taken, manner in which they were taken,
				  where they were taken, and the disposition. Failure to so report shall make the
				  licensee ineligible to apply for a commercial frog license for a period of
				  three years.
General Authority:
NDCC 20.1-06-17
Law Implemented:
NDCC
				  20.1-06-17
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 30 - Game and Fish Department › Article 30-03 - Fishery Management › Chapter 30-03-04 - Commercial Frog Licenses › Section 30-03-04-04 - Violations are noncriminal

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
Any person who violates any section of this chapter is guilty
				  of a noncriminal offense and shall pay a twenty-five dollar fee.
General Authority: NDCC 20.1-02-05(24)
Law Implemented: NDCC
					 20.1-02-05(24)
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 30 - Game and Fish Department › Article 30-03 - Fishery Management › Chapter 30-03-05 - Fishing Contests › Section 30-03-05-01

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
General Authority:
NDCC 20.1-02-05(20)
Law Implemented:
NDCC
					 20.1-02-05(20)
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 30 - Game and Fish Department › Article 30-03 - Fishery Management › Chapter 30-03-05 - Fishing Contests › Section 30-03-05-02

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
General Authority: NDCC 20.1-02-05(20)
Law Implemented: NDCC
					 20.1-02-05(20)
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 30 - Game and Fish Department › Article 30-03 - Fishery Management › Chapter 30-03-05 - Fishing Contests › Section 30-03-05-03

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
General Authority:
NDCC 20.1-02-05(20)
Law Implemented:
NDCC
					 20.1-02-05(20)
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 30 - Game and Fish Department › Article 30-03 - Fishery Management › Chapter 30-03-05 - Fishing Contests › Section 30-03-05-04 - Application

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
A fishing contest application must include the name of the
				  organization sponsoring the contest, organization nonprofit or for-profit
				  status designation, name of a person or persons responsible for organizing and
				  conducting the fishing contest, location of the waters where the contest is to
				  be held, the dates of the contest, the number of participants and watercraft
				  (e.g. boats) expected for the contest, the amount of the entry fee, the
				  recipient of the conservation fee (if applicable), and a copy of the tournament
				  regulations.
General Authority:
NDCC 20.1-02-05(20)
Law Implemented:
NDCC
					 20.1-02-05(20)
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 30 - Game and Fish Department › Article 30-03 - Fishery Management › Chapter 30-03-05 - Fishing Contests › Section 30-03-05-05 - Fishing contest rules and regulations

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
1. In a
				watercraft (e.g. boats) tournament, the committee or sponsors shall provide
				launching and loading assistance to tournament participants and must provide
				all participants with contacts and telephone numbers in case of an
				emergency.
2. The North Dakota game
				and fish department may add further tournament regulation restrictions if
				deemed necessary.
3. Fishing
				contests for all game and nongame fish, with the exception of paddlefish,
				sturgeon (pallid, shovelnose, and lake), and zander are allowable.
General Authority:
NDCC 20.1-02-05(20)
Law Implemented:
NDCC
					 20.1-02-05(20)
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 30 - Game and Fish Department › Article 30-03 - Fishery Management › Chapter 30-03-05 - Fishing Contests › Section 30-03-05-06

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
General Authority: NDCC 20.1-02-05(20)
Law Implemented: NDCC
					 20.1-02-05(20)
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 30 - Game and Fish Department › Article 30-03 - Fishery Management › Chapter 30-03-05 - Fishing Contests › Section 30-03-05-07

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
General Authority: NDCC 20.1-02-05(20)
Law Implemented: NDCC
					 20.1-02-05(20)
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 30 - Game and Fish Department › Article 30-03 - Fishery Management › Chapter 30-03-05 - Fishing Contests › Section 30-03-05-08 - Penalty

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
Any fishing contest applicant that violates any section of
				  this chapter is guilty of a noncriminal offense and shall pay a two hundred
				  fifty dollar fee.
General Authority: NDCC 20.1-02-05(20)
Law Implemented: NDCC
					 20.1-02-05(22)
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 30 - Game and Fish Department › Article 30-03 - Fishery Management › Chapter 30-03-06 - Aquatic Nuisance Species › Section 30-03-06-01 - Equipment

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
Upon entering or leaving any water body or while in transit,
				  all watercraft, watercraft motors, watercraft trailers, docks, boatlifts, and
				  recreational and commercial equipment used in fishing, hunting, and
				  watercrafting or construction must be free of prohibited or regulated aquatic
				  nuisance species, as defined in the state's aquatic nuisance species list. Any
				  person in violation is guilty of a class B misdemeanor under North Dakota
				  Century Code section 20.1-17-09.
All equipment is subject to inspection by a North Dakota game
				  and fish department employee. Any inspected equipment that is not free of
				  prohibited or regulated aquatic nuisance species may not enter any waters of
				  the state until approved by the department. Any person in violation is guilty
				  of a class B misdemeanor under North Dakota Century Code section
				  20.1-17-09.
All commercial barges and ferries or construction-related
				  equipment traveling into the state or for which the vessel's last exit was from
				  a class 1 infested water body must be certified free of aquatic nuisance
				  species by the department before entering into a water of the state. Any person
				  in violation is guilty of a class B misdemeanor under North Dakota Century Code
				  section 20.1-17-09.
All docks, lifts, and related equipment must be dried and
				  left out of the water for at least twenty-one days before they may be placed in
				  another water.
General Authority:
NDCC 20.1-17-01
Law Implemented:
NDCC
					 20.1-17-04
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 30 - Game and Fish Department › Article 30-03 - Fishery Management › Chapter 30-03-06 - Aquatic Nuisance Species › Section 30-03-06-02 - Aquatic vegetation definition

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
Aquatic vegetation includes all obligate submergent species
				  of aquatic plants.
General Authority: NDCC 20.1-17-01
Law Implemented: NDCC
					 20.1-17-06
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 30 - Game and Fish Department › Article 30-03 - Fishery Management › Chapter 30-03-06 - Aquatic Nuisance Species › Section 30-03-06-03 - Aquatic vegetation prohibited

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
No aquatic vegetation, or parts thereof, shall be in or on
				  watercraft, watercraft motors, watercraft trailers, and recreational,
				  commercial, or construction equipment when out of water. Watercraft and
				  recreational, commercial, or construction equipment on lifts suspended above
				  the water from which they originated are excluded. Time out of the water needed
				  to clean aquatic vegetation from the watercraft, watercraft motors, watercraft
				  trailers, and recreational, commercial, or construction equipment at the
				  immediate water access area (e.g., boat ramp) is allowed. All built-in
				  structures to boats, including livewells and bait compartments and containers
				  used to transport legal live bait, must be free of aquatic vegetation.
General Authority: NDCC 20.1-17-01
Law Implemented: NDCC
					 20.1-17-06
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 30 - Game and Fish Department › Article 30-03 - Fishery Management › Chapter 30-03-06 - Aquatic Nuisance Species › Section 30-03-06-04 - Aquatic vegetation transport

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
No person may transport any aquatic vegetation to or from any
				  waters of the state without approval from the director. No person may transport
				  any aquatic vegetation into the state.
General Authority: NDCC 20.1-17-01
Law Implemented: NDCC
					 20.1-17-06
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 30 - Game and Fish Department › Article 30-03 - Fishery Management › Chapter 30-03-06 - Aquatic Nuisance Species › Section 30-03-06-05 - Water prohibited

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
1. Refer to the
				North Dakota game and fish department website for a listing of state waters
				infested with class I prohibited aquatic nuisance species. Fish transported and
				held in or on ice are allowed.
2.
				All water must be drained from all watercraft and recreational, commercial, and
				construction equipment bilges and confined spaces, livewells, and baitwells,
				when out of water or upon entering the state. Water used for instate
				transportation of legal live bait and legal live baitfish in bait buckets no
				larger than five gallons in volume is allowed to and from waters of the state
				not designated as infested with class I prohibited aquatic nuisance species.
				Refer to the current fishing proclamation for legal live bait and legal live
				baitfish definitions. Potable water and sewage water are excluded from this
				restriction.
3. Water may not be
				transported away from waters of the state designated as infested with class I
				prohibited aquatic nuisance species or imported from another state unless
				permitted by the department of water resources or otherwise
				authorized.
4. All drain plugs that
				may hold back water must be removed, and water draining devices must be open,
				on all watercraft and recreational, commercial, and construction equipment
				bilges and confined spaces, during any out-of-water transport of
				same.
General Authority:
NDCC 20.1-17-01
Law Implemented:
NDCC
					 20.1-17-06
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 30 - Game and Fish Department › Article 30-03 - Fishery Management › Chapter 30-03-06 - Aquatic Nuisance Species › Section 30-03-06-07 - Penalty

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
Any person violating a provision of this chapter for which a
				  penalty is not specifically provided, except subsection 3 of North Dakota
				  Administrative Code section 30-03-06-05, is guilty of a noncriminal offense and
				  shall pay a one hundred dollar fee. Any person violating subsection 3 of North
				  Dakota Administrative Code section 30-03-06-05 is guilty of a noncriminal
				  offense and shall pay a two hundred fifty dollar fee.
General Authority:
NDCC 20.1-02-05(22)
Law Implemented:
NDCC 20.1-02-05(22)
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 30 - Game and Fish Department › Article 30-04 - Fish and Wildlife Management › Chapter 30-04-02 - Public Use of Game or Fish Management Areas › Section 30-04-02-01 - Public access and use

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
All state wildlife game or fish management areas are open for
				  public hunting, fishing, and trapping, or other compatible public use, except
				  as otherwise provided in this chapter, governor's proclamation, or as posted at
				  public road entry points. Any person who violates this section is guilty of a
				  noncriminal offense and shall pay a fifty dollar fee or the amount as written
				  or posted, if different. As used in this chapter, "wildlife management area" or
				  "WMA" has the same meaning as "game or fish management area" in North Dakota
				  Century Code chapter 20.1-11.
General Authority:
NDCC 20.1-11-05
Law Implemented:
NDCC
					 20.1-11-05
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 30 - Game and Fish Department › Article 30-04 - Fish and Wildlife Management › Chapter 30-04-02 - Public Use of Game or Fish Management Areas › Section 30-04-02-03 - Motor vehicles

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
Mallard Island on Wolf Creek WMA and Matthews Island on
				  Detrobriand WMA are closed to the use of all motorized vehicles and aircraft.
				  On all other wildlife management areas, the use of all motorized vehicles is
				  restricted to those constructed roads, established trails, and parking areas
				  normally used by passenger cars. Established roads and trails do not include
				  temporary trails across cultivated land used for agricultural purposes. Motor
				  vehicles may be used on the ice of lakes for access unless otherwise prohibited
				  by posting or by proclamation. Persons operating any motor vehicle on the ice
				  of any lake or other water area on a wildlife management area do so at their
				  own risk. Motor vehicles may not be used off established roads and trails for
				  retrieval of big game or for waterfowl hunting on wildlife management areas,
				  except where allowed by governor's proclamation or as posted at public road
				  entry points. All motorized vehicles that produce a noise level of eighty-five
				  decibels, or greater, measured on scale A, at a distance of fifty feet [15.2
				  meters] are prohibited. Any person who violates this section is guilty of a
				  noncriminal offense and shall pay a one hundred dollar fee.
General Authority:
NDCC 20.1-11-05
Law Implemented:
NDCC
					 20.1-11-05
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 30 - Game and Fish Department › Article 30-04 - Fish and Wildlife Management › Chapter 30-04-02 - Public Use of Game or Fish Management Areas › Section 30-04-02-04 - Watercraft

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
No person may leave watercraft unattended on a wildlife
				  management area unless the watercraft is being used on a daily basis. The
				  department may have horsepower or other watercraft restrictions on some
				  wildlife management area lakes, as posted at entry points. Any person who
				  violates this section is guilty of a noncriminal offense and shall pay a fifty
				  dollar fee.
General Authority:
NDCC 20.1-11-05
Law Implemented:
NDCC
					 20.1-11-05
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 30 - Game and Fish Department › Article 30-04 - Fish and Wildlife Management › Chapter 30-04-02 - Public Use of Game or Fish Management Areas › Section 30-04-02-05 - Firearms

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
Use of firearms on wildlife management areas is allowed,
							except in a reckless and indiscriminate manner, and as otherwise posted at
							public road entry points. A person discharging a firearm on a
							department-designated target range shall not be considered to be engaging in
							indiscriminate shooting if conducted in accordance to the below rules specified
							for wildlife management area rifle/handgun shooting ranges and wildlife
							management area shotgun shooting ranges. The use of tracer rounds or exploding
							targets, or both, is prohibited on all wildlife management areas.
Wildlife management area rifle/handgun range rules:
1. Range hours are from sunrise to
						sunset.
2. Shooting permitted only
						from established benches to designated target stands.
3. No firearms may be handled when the range
						has been declared "clear" and people are down range. When any person is down
						range, all firearms must have the muzzle pointed down range, action open,
						ejection port or cylinder up, and magazine removed.
4. Exploding targets are prohibited. Only
						paper or cardboard targets are permitted.
5. Tracer, armor piercing, and steel core
						ammunition is prohibited.
6.
						Persons destroying target posts or other property are liable for replacement or
						costs associated with replacement.
7. Only handheld or shoulder-fired firearms
						are permitted.
8. Fully automatic
						firearms are prohibited.
9.
						Centerfire rifles .50 caliber or larger are prohibited. Wildlife management
						area shotgun range rules:
1. Range hours are
						from sunrise to sunset.
2. Only use
						of shotguns is permitted on a shotgun range. Handgun and rifle use is
						prohibited on a shotgun range.
3.
						Use of buckshot or slugs is prohibited.
4. Only commercially manufactured clay
						targets may be used.
5. All spent
						shells and other materials must be placed in the trash receptacles or taken
						away from the range by the range user.
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 30 - Game and Fish Department › Article 30-04 - Fish and Wildlife Management › Chapter 30-04-02 - Public Use of Game or Fish Management Areas › Section 30-04-02-06 - Littering and abandonment of property

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
The disposal of refuse, rubbish, bottles, cans, or other
				  waste materials is prohibited except in garbage containers where provided.
				  Abandonment of vehicles or other personal property is prohibited. Holding tanks
				  of campers may not be dumped within a state wildlife management
				  area.
General Authority:
NDCC 20.1-11-05
Law Implemented:
NDCC
					 20.1-11-05
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 30 - Game and Fish Department › Article 30-04 - Fish and Wildlife Management › Chapter 30-04-02 - Public Use of Game or Fish Management Areas › Section 30-04-02-07 - Removal and destruction of property

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
Archaeological artifacts or cultural resources as defined in
				  North Dakota Century Code section
				  55-03-00.1, trees, shrubs, vines,
				  plants, gravel, fill, sod, water, crops, firewood, posts, poles, or other
				  property may not be mowed, clipped, cut, or removed from a wildlife management
				  area without a permit issued by the director or the director's designee, except
				  that firewood may be removed under certain stated conditions from department
				  designated firewood cutting plots. Commercial cutting of firewood is prohibited
				  on designated firewood cutting plots. Gathering of downed wood for campfires is
				  permitted. Removal of property from a wildlife management area by permit shall
				  be only in a manner, limit, and conditions specified by the permit. Berries and
				  fruit may be picked, for noncommercial use unless prohibited by posted signs at
				  public road entry points. Property may not be destroyed or
				  defaced.
General Authority:
NDCC 20.1-11-05
Law Implemented:
NDCC
					 20.1-11-05
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 30 - Game and Fish Department › Article 30-04 - Fish and Wildlife Management › Chapter 30-04-02 - Public Use of Game or Fish Management Areas › Section 30-04-02-08 - Private property and structures

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
No person shall construct or maintain any building, cabin,
				  dock, fence, beehive, billboard, sign, or other structure on any wildlife
				  management area except by permit issued by the director or the director's
				  designee. Fishhouses may be used during the ice fishing season in accordance
				  with the governor's proclamation. Duck, goose, crane, and other types of decoys
				  may not be left unattended on any wildlife management area.
General Authority:
NDCC 20.1-11-05
Law Implemented:
NDCC
					 20.1-11-05
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 30 - Game and Fish Department › Article 30-04 - Fish and Wildlife Management › Chapter 30-04-02 - Public Use of Game or Fish Management Areas › Section 30-04-02-09 - Cropping, haying, and commercial enterprises

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
No person may conduct any cropping, haying, or other
				  commercial enterprise on any wildlife management area, except by lease or
				  permit issued by the director or the director's designee.
General Authority:
NDCC 20.1-11-05
Law Implemented:
NDCC
					 20.1-11-05
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 30 - Game and Fish Department › Article 30-04 - Fish and Wildlife Management › Chapter 30-04-02 - Public Use of Game or Fish Management Areas › Section 30-04-02-10 - Animals prohibited - Exceptions

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
The director has determined that animals, other than
				  free-ranging wildlife that may be found on wildlife management areas, are
				  detrimental to the protection and propagation of wildlife and other natural
				  resources. Except as otherwise provided in this section and section 30-04-02-14.2, no individual may possess or cause the entry of any animal on
				  any wildlife management area.
1.
Livestock.
Livestock shall not be permitted to graze or roam on any
				wildlife management area except as provided for by a grazing permit or lease
				issued by the director or the director's designee. As used in this section,
				"livestock" means domestic animals and nontraditional livestock as defined by
				North Dakota Century Code section 36-01-00.1.
2.
Pets.
Pets may not be
				permitted to run unattended on wildlife management areas. Any individual who
				violates this subsection is guilty of a noncriminal offense and shall pay a
				fifty dollar fee.
3.
Horseback riding.
A person may engage in casual horseback riding or
				trail riding on wildlife management areas, unless signed otherwise. Groups of
				twenty-five or more individual riders or twenty-five or more horses or other
				equine animals must first obtain a permit from the director or the director's
				designee. No person may engage in, conduct, or organize any competitive or
				noncompetitive activity involving the use of horses or other equines to conduct
				racing, barrel racing, roping, jumping, or other activities that cause
				unnecessary disturbance to the wildlife and wildlife habitat. Any person who
				violates this subsection is guilty of a noncriminal offense and shall pay a one
				hundred dollar fee.
General Authority:
NDCC 20.1-11-05
Law Implemented:
NDCC
					 20.1-11-05
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 30 - Game and Fish Department › Article 30-04 - Fish and Wildlife Management › Chapter 30-04-02 - Public Use of Game or Fish Management Areas › Section 30-04-02-11 - Camping

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
Camping for longer than ten consecutive days on any wildlife
				  management area is prohibited. Trailers, campers, motor homes, or tents may not
				  be left on any wildlife management area unless used for daily lodging. Camping
				  is prohibited on those wildlife or fish management areas where posted at public
				  road entry points. Mowing of vegetation for campsites is prohibited on wildlife
				  management areas. Any person who violates this section is guilty of a
				  noncriminal offense and shall pay a one hundred dollar fee.
General Authority:
NDCC 20.1-11-05
Law Implemented:
NDCC
					 20.1-11-05
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 30 - Game and Fish Department › Article 30-04 - Fish and Wildlife Management › Chapter 30-04-02 - Public Use of Game or Fish Management Areas › Section 30-04-02-12 - Group activities

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
Group activities attended by more than twenty-five persons
				  are prohibited without a permit issued by the director or the director's
				  designee. Any person who violates this section is guilty of a noncriminal
				  offense and shall pay a one hundred dollar fee.
General Authority:
NDCC 20.1-11-05
Law Implemented:
NDCC
					 20.1-11-05
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 30 - Game and Fish Department › Article 30-04 - Fish and Wildlife Management › Chapter 30-04-02 - Public Use of Game or Fish Management Areas › Section 30-04-02-14 - Noise

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
Excessive noise, which unreasonably disturbs other
				  individuals, is prohibited on wildlife management areas. Any person who
				  violates this section is guilty of a noncriminal offense and shall pay a fifty
				  dollar fee.
General Authority:
NDCC 20.1-11-05
Law Implemented:
NDCC
					 20.1-11-05
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 30 - Game and Fish Department › Article 30-04 - Fish and Wildlife Management › Chapter 30-04-02 - Public Use of Game or Fish Management Areas › Section 30-04-02-14.1 - Tree stands, ground blinds, game cameras, and traps

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
No person may construct or use a permanent tree stand or
							permanent steps to a tree stand or permanent ground blind on any wildlife
							management area. Portable tree stands and portable steps, screw-in steps,
							natural tree stands, portable ground blinds, and game cameras may be used.
							Portable tree stands and portable steps are defined as those that are held to
							the tree with ropes, straps, cables, chains, or bars. Screw-in steps are those
							that are screwed into the tree by hand without the aid of any tools.
							Ladder-type stands that lean against the tree are portable stands. A notched
							board placed in a tree crotch is a portable stand. Natural stands are those
							crotches, trunks, down trees, etc., where no platform is used. The owner's
							name, city, and telephone number, the owner's North Dakota hunter education
							number, or a unique identification number issued by the department must be on
							the tree stand, portable ground blind, game cameras, and traps, and be readable
							from the ground. Tree stands and ground blinds do not preempt hunting rights of
							others in the vicinity of the tree stand, ground blind, or game camera. Tree
							stands, steps, ground blinds, and game cameras may not be put up before August
							twentieth of the year, and they shall be taken down by January thirty-first of
							the following year. Stands, steps, ground blinds, and game cameras not removed
							by the thirty-first of January are considered abandoned property and are
							subject to removal and confiscation by the director or the director's designee.
							Any person who violates this section is guilty of a noncriminal offense and
							shall pay a one hundred dollar fee.
General Authority:
NDCC 20.1-11-05
Law Implemented:
NDCC
								20.1-11-05
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 30 - Game and Fish Department › Article 30-04 - Fish and Wildlife Management › Chapter 30-04-02 - Public Use of Game or Fish Management Areas › Section 30-04-02-14.2 - Dogs

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
No person may conduct, permit, or carry out field trials for
				  dogs on any wildlife management area without first obtaining a permit from the
				  director or the director's designee. Training of bird and gun dogs is
				  prohibited April first through August fifteenth on all wildlife management
				  areas. Training of dogs on any wildlife management areas by a professional
				  trainer is prohibited at all times. Any person other than a professional
				  trainer who violates this section is guilty of a noncriminal offense and shall
				  pay a one hundred dollar fee.
General Authority:
NDCC 20.1-11-05
Law Implemented:
NDCC
					 20.1-11-05
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 30 - Game and Fish Department › Article 30-04 - Fish and Wildlife Management › Chapter 30-04-02 - Public Use of Game or Fish Management Areas › Section 30-04-02-15 - Department work

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
This chapter shall not apply to the director, the director's
				  agents and employees, and other persons designated by the director when
				  necessary for law enforcement or for development, management, or maintenance of
				  any wildlife management area.
General Authority:
NDCC 20.1-11-05
Law Implemented:
NDCC
					 20.1-11-05
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 30 - Game and Fish Department › Article 30-04 - Fish and Wildlife Management › Chapter 30-04-02 - Public Use of Game or Fish Management Areas › Section 30-04-02-16 - Glass beverage containers or kegs prohibited

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
No person may use or possess glass beverage containers or
				  kegs on any wildlife management area. Any person who violates this section is
				  guilty of a noncriminal offense and shall pay a one hundred dollar
				  fee.
General Authority:
NDCC 20.1-11-05
Law Implemented:
NDCC
					 20.1-11-05
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 30 - Game and Fish Department › Article 30-04 - Fish and Wildlife Management › Chapter 30-04-02 - Public Use of Game or Fish Management Areas › Section 30-04-02-17 - Baiting

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
Except as otherwise provided herein, no person may place or
				  use bait for attracting, luring, feeding, or habituating wildlife to the bait
				  location for any purpose on a wildlife management area. Bait includes grains,
				  minerals, salt, fruits, vegetables, hay, or any other natural or manufactured
				  feeds. Bait does not include the use of lures, scents, or liquid attractants
				  for hunting, or management activities of the department. A person may use bait
				  to lure and take furbearers when engaged in lawful trapping activities. Any
				  person who violates this section is guilty of a noncriminal offense and shall
				  pay a one hundred dollar fee.
General Authority:
NDCC 20.1-11-05
Law Implemented:
NDCC
					 20.1-11-05
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 30 - Game and Fish Department › Article 30-04 - Fish and Wildlife Management › Chapter 30-04-02 - Public Use of Game or Fish Management Areas › Section 30-04-02-18 - Fireworks, model rocket engines, or combustible orexplosive materials prohibited

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
1. No
				person may possess, discharge, or set off within any wildlife management area
				any form of fireworks, model rocket engine, or combustible or explosive
				material unless authorized by the director or the director's
				designee.
2. The term "fireworks"
				means any combustible or explosive composition, or any substance or combination
				of substances or article prepared to produce a visible or audible effect by
				combustion, explosion, deflagration, or detonation. The term includes any blank
				cartridge, toy pistol, toy cannon, toy cane, or toy gun in which an explosive
				other than a toy paper cap is used; balloon that requires fire underneath to
				propel the balloon; firecracker, torpedo, skyrocket, Roman candle, daygo bomb,
				sparkler, or other item of like construction; item containing any explosive or
				flammable compound; or any tablet or other device containing any explosive
				substance. This section does not apply to any toy paper cap containing not more
				than twenty-five hundredths of a grain [16.20 milligrams] of explosive
				composition per cap.
3. "Model
				rocket engine" means a commercially manufactured, nonreusable rocket propulsion
				device constructed of a nonmetallic casing and solid propellant wherein all of
				the ingredients are self-contained so as not to require mixing or handling by
				the user. The propellant charge may not exceed two and two-tenths ounces [62.37
				grams] per engine.
4. "Combustible
				or explosive material" does not include rifle, shotgun, or handgun ammunition;
				petroleum-base or synthetic fuels and lubricants when contained within a motor
				or recreational vehicle engine or drive train; or matches, butane, kerosene,
				propane, or similar fuels and devices used in the ordinary course of camping.
Any person who violates this section is guilty of a
				  noncriminal offense and shall pay a one hundred dollar fee.
General Authority:
NDCC 20.1-11-05
Law Implemented:
NDCC
					 20.1-11-05
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 30 - Game and Fish Department › Article 30-04 - Fish and Wildlife Management › Chapter 30-04-02 - Public Use of Game or Fish Management Areas › Section 30-04-02-19 - Penalty

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
Any person violating a provision of this chapter for which a
				  penalty is not specifically provided is guilty of a noncriminal offense and
				  shall pay a two hundred fifty dollar fee.
General Authority:
NDCC 20.1-11-05
Law Implemented:
NDCC
					 20.1-11-05
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 30 - Game and Fish Department › Article 30-04 - Fish and Wildlife Management › Chapter 30-04-02 - Public Use of Game or Fish Management Areas › Section 30-04-02-20 - Paintballing prohibited

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
1. No person shall engage in any form of
				paintballing on any state wildlife management area unless authorized by the
				director or the director's designee.
2. The term "paintballing" refers to any
				sport in which participants eliminate opponents from play by hitting them with
				paintballs (spherical gelatin capsules containing primarily polyethylene
				glycol, other nontoxic and water-soluble substances, and dye) shot from a
				compressed gas-powered gun, commonly called a marker.
General Authority:
NDCC 20.1-11-05
Law Implemented:
NDCC
					 20.1-11-05
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 30 - Game and Fish Department › Article 30-04 - Fish and Wildlife Management › Chapter 30-04-02 - Public Use of Game or Fish Management Areas › Section 30-04-02-21 - Geocaching prohibited

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
1. No person shall engage in any form of
				geocaching on any state wildlife management area unless authorized by the
				director or the director's designee.
2. The term "geocaching" refers to an outdoor
				treasure-hunting game in which the participants use a global positioning system
				receiver or other navigational techniques to hide and seek containers, called
				geocaches or caches. A typical cache is a small waterproof container containing
				a logbook and treasure.
General Authority:
NDCC 20.1-11-05
Law Implemented:
NDCC
					 20.1-11-05
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 30 - Game and Fish Department › Article 30-04 - Fish and Wildlife Management › Chapter 30-04-02 - Public Use of Game or Fish Management Areas › Section 30-04-02-22 - Drones prohibited

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
1. A person may not operate a drone or any
						radio-controlled aircraft while on any state wildlife management area unless
						authorized by the director or the director's designee.
2. The term drone refers to an unmanned
						aerial vehicle that can fly autonomously or by remote control.
General Authority:
NDCC 20.1-11-05
Law Implemented:
NDCC
								20.1-11-05
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 30 - Game and Fish Department › Article 30-04 - Fish and Wildlife Management › Chapter 30-04-03 - Guides and Outfitters › Section 30-04-03-01 - License required

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
Determined repealed by the office of the legislative council
				  under North Dakota Century Code section
				  28-32-06 because statutory
				  authority supersedes the rule under North Dakota Century Code section
				  20.1-03-37.
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 30 - Game and Fish Department › Article 30-04 - Fish and Wildlife Management › Chapter 30-04-03 - Guides and Outfitters › Section 30-04-03-07 - Advance charge list

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
Each licensed outfitter, prior to consummation of contract
				  for service, shall furnish to each client a printed form listing in detail all
				  acts of service and any other accommodations which the outfitter will provide
				  for the fee received, and such form shall specify the charge per day for such
				  service or accommodations.
General Authority: NDCC 20.1-02-04(2), 20.1-03-38(1)
Law Implemented: NDCC
					 20.1-02-15
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 30 - Game and Fish Department › Article 30-04 - Fish and Wildlife Management › Chapter 30-04-03 - Guides and Outfitters › Section 30-04-03-08 - Receipt required

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
Each licensed outfitter, upon payment received for service,
				  shall immediately issue to the payee a receipt showing the amount received and
				  shall indicate "for guide or outfitting service" and the period for which the
				  service was rendered, and the receipt shall bear the outfitter's signature and
				  complete permanent address.
General Authority: NDCC 20.1-02-04(2), 20.1-03-38(1)
Law Implemented: NDCC 20.1-02-02, 20.1-02-15, 20.1-03-36.2,
					 20.1-03-38
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 30 - Game and Fish Department › Article 30-04 - Fish and Wildlife Management › Chapter 30-04-03 - Guides and Outfitters › Section 30-04-03-12 - General penalty

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
Any person violating a provision of this chapter for which a
				  penalty is not specifically provided is guilty of a noncriminal offense and
				  shall pay a one hundred dollar fee.
General Authority: NDCC 20.1-02-04
Law Implemented: NDCC
					 20.1-02-04
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 30 - Game and Fish Department › Article 30-04 - Fish and Wildlife Management › Chapter 30-04-03 - Guides and Outfitters › Section 30-04-03-13 - Hunting guide and hunting outfitter examination

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
If an applicant is required to take the written examination
				  to be eligible for a hunting guide or hunting outfitter license in North
				  Dakota, the applicant must preregister for the examination with the department.
				  Dates, times, and locations of the examinations shall be announced to the
				  public by news release and be available as a notice on the department's web
				  site.
General Authority: NDCC 20.1-02-04(2), 20.1-03-38(1)
Law Implemented: NDCC
					 20.1-03-38
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 30 - Game and Fish Department › Article 30-04 - Fish and Wildlife Management › Chapter 30-04-03 - Guides and Outfitters › Section 30-04-03-15 - Applicant to renew hunting guide's or outfitter's application

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
A hunting guide or hunting outfitter who was licensed in
				  North Dakota during the previous year and who seeks license renewal shall not
				  be required to retake the hunting guide and hunting outfitter examination. All
				  applicants for renewal, however, shall complete the application form provided
				  by the department and provide:
1. If
				the applicant seeks a hunting guide or hunting outfitter license renewal, proof
				the applicant is currently certified in adult cardiopulmonary resuscitation or
				its equivalent and in standard or first aid or its equivalent.
2. A signed certification on a form provided
				by the department that the applicant has not been convicted of a state or
				federal criminal game or fish violation in the last year from the date of the
				application for renewal or whose license to hunt or fish is under suspension or
				revocation in North Dakota or any other state.
3. Insurance - new certificate. A licensed
				hunting guide or outfitter shall notify the department within ten days of any
				change to the information reported under this section.
4. The department may require additional
				documentation to substantiate the information provided in this section before
				approving an applicant for initial licensure or license renewal.
5. If the applicant is renewing a hunting
				outfitter license, the applicant must provide a report of any day lease or
				freelance acres used in the previous year giving the number of acres used and
				the county in which those acres were located if the applicant held a day lease
				or freelance permit and a list of land to be used by the applicant to provide
				services during the application year with the same information required in an
				initial application.
6. If the
				applicant is renewing a hunting guide license, the applicant must provide
				written certification from an employing or contracting licensed outfitter in
				the same manner required in an initial application.
General Authority: NDCC 20.1-02-04(2), 20.1-03-38(1)
Law Implemented: NDCC
					 20.1-03-37
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 30 - Game and Fish Department › Article 30-04 - Fish and Wildlife Management › Chapter 30-04-03 - Guides and Outfitters › Section 30-04-03-16 - Failure to renew license

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
The department may not issue a license to a person who held a
				  guide or outfitter license and who has failed to renew the license under this
				  chapter for two or more consecutive years unless the person again meets the
				  qualifications for initial issuance of the license.
General Authority: NDCC 20.1-02-04(2), 20.1-03-38(1)
Law Implemented: NDCC
					 20.1-03-38
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 30 - Game and Fish Department › Article 30-04 - Fish and Wildlife Management › Chapter 30-04-03 - Guides and Outfitters › Section 30-04-03-17 - Hunting guide and hunting outfitter examination

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
Any written examination required will be administered from at
				  least one regional department office or electronically on the assigned time and
				  date. Once an applicant has passed the written examination, the applicant must
				  become licensed by the end of the following calendar year. To pass the written
				  test, a score of eighty percent must be achieved. A person who fails to obtain
				  the license by the end of the following calendar year or fails to maintain a
				  hunting guide or hunting outfitter license for two calendar years or more after
				  obtaining a license, in addition to the annual eligibility requirements, must
				  retake the written examination before being issued another hunting guide or
				  hunting outfitter license. A hunting guide or hunting outfitter, whose license
				  has been revoked, in addition to the annual eligibility requirements, must
				  successfully retake the written examination before being issued a new license
				  under this section.
General Authority:
NDCC 20.1-02-04(2),
					 20.1-03-38(1)
Law Implemented:
NDCC
					 20.1-03-38
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 30 - Game and Fish Department › Article 30-04 - Fish and Wildlife Management › Chapter 30-04-03 - Guides and Outfitters › Section 30-04-03-18 - Guide requirements

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
It is the responsibility of a licensed guide and outfitter
				  acting as a guide to:
1. Ensure that
				the appropriate tags are attached to any game or fish taken by a client and all
				game or fish transported is prepared in compliance with applicable state and
				federal laws.
2. Ensure that the
				proper licenses and game tags are in the client's possession before the hunt
				begins.
3. Take every reasonable
				measure to assure the safety of the client.
4. Promptly report any violation of state or
				federal law or regulation governing wildlife, game, and fish that occur during
				the guiding activity to any law enforcement officer or the department.
5. Use every lawful means at the
				licensee's disposal to retrieve a wounded animal while it is in danger of
				escaping.
6. Advise clients and
				employees involved in a hunt of all applicable state and federal statutes and
				regulations related to the hunting or fishing activity to be conducted.
General Authority: NDCC 20.1-02-04(2), 20.1-03-38(1)
Law Implemented: NDCC 20.1-03-27, 20.1-03-38, 20.1-04-06,
					 20.1-05-02, 20.1-05-03
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 30 - Game and Fish Department › Article 30-04 - Fish and Wildlife Management › Chapter 30-04-03 - Guides and Outfitters › Section 30-04-03-19 - Hunt or fish records

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
The licensed outfitter shall keep a complete and current
				  record of all transactions as a guide or outfitter, including a hunt or fish
				  record for each hunting or fishing client. The records shall be kept by the
				  outfitter for at least three years and shall be subject to inspection at any
				  time on demand of the director, the director's authorized personnel, or any law
				  enforcement officer. A copy of these records must be submitted to the director
				  no later than thirty days following expiration of the license. The department
				  shall provide the hunt or fish record form to all licensed outfitters. The
				  records shall be kept and maintained in North Dakota. The information on the
				  department form must include, at a minimum:
1. The client's name, address, and hunting or
				fishing license number.
2. The
				contracting outfitter's name and original signature attesting to the accuracy
				of the information supplied on the hunt or fish record form.
3. The names of all hunting guides, hunting
				outfitters, or fishing outfitters who will accompany the client in the
				field.
4. For each guided client,
				at the conclusion of the hunting or fishing trip, the licensed outfitter shall
				complete the applicable remaining portions of the hunt or fish record,
				including:
a. The dates the client was in the
				field.
b. The species of game
				hunted or fish pursued.
c. For each
				animal, bird, or fish species taken, the:
(1)
				Date taken.
(2) Number of each
				species taken.
d. For
				each fish species taken, the:
(1) Name of the
				waterbody where the fish were taken.
(2) County where the fish were
				taken.
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 30 - Game and Fish Department › Article 30-04 - Fish and Wildlife Management › Chapter 30-04-03 - Guides and Outfitters › Section 30-04-03-20 - Falsification of required records

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
Any person completing or maintaining required records
				  containing knowingly false information shall be deemed to have made a false
				  statement in a governmental matter and is liable under subdivision c of
				  subsection 2 of North Dakota Century Code section 12.1-11-02.
General Authority: NDCC 20.1-02-04(2), 20.1-03-38(1)
Law Implemented: NDCC
					 12.1-11-02(2)(c)