Iowa · statute · Iowa Code ch. 483A · 55 active provisions
1. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a person shall not fish, trap, hunt, pursue, catch, kill, take in any manner, use, have possession of, sell, or transport all or a part of any wild animal, bird, game, turtle, or fish, the protection and regulation of which is desirable for the conservation of resources…
As used in this chapter unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Boundary waters” means the waters of the Mississippi, Missouri, and Big Sioux rivers. 2. “Commission” means the natural resource commission created under section 455A.5. 3. “Department” means the department of natural resources created under section 455…
A resident license shall be limited to persons who do not claim any resident privileges, except as defined in section 483A.1A, subsection 10, paragraphs “b”, “c”, “d”, and “e”, in another state or country. A person shall not purchase or apply for any resident license or permit if that person has claimed residency in an…
1. a. A resident or nonresident person required to have a hunting or fur harvester license shall not hunt or trap unless the person purchases a hunting or fur harvester license that includes the wildlife habitat fee, in an amount established by rules adopted by the commission pursuant to section 483A.1. b. Residents wh…
Three dollars from each resident and nonresident annual and seven-day fishing license and nine dollars from each resident multi-year fishing license sold shall be deposited in the state fish and game protection fund and shall be used within this state for fish habitat development. Not less than fifty percent of this am…
1Allocation of revenue accounts. All revenue collected from wildlife habitat fees as provided in section 483A.3, subsection 1, paragraph “d”, that is deposited in the state fish and game protection fund and that is allocated pursuant to this section shall be allocated as follows: a. Not less than two dollars of each wi…
For the purpose of obtaining a license, a person has a “permanent disability” if any of the following apply: 1. The person has been found under the provisions of the federal Social Security Act, Tit. II, or any other public or private pension system to have a total, permanent physical or mental condition which prevents…
A fur harvester license is required to hunt and to trap any fur-bearing animal. A hunting license is not required when hunting furbearers with a fur harvester license. However, coyote and groundhog may be hunted with a hunting or a fur harvester license.
Any person required to have a fishing license shall not fish for or possess trout unless that person has paid the trout fishing fee. The proceeds from the fee shall be used exclusively for the trout program designated by the commission. The commission may grant a permit to a community event in which trout will be stock…
1. A resident fishing for paddlefish on the Missouri or Big Sioux river who is required to have a fishing license must purchase a paddlefish fishing license, in addition to a resident fishing license. 2. A nonresident fishing for paddlefish on the Missouri or Big Sioux river is required to have a fishing license that i…
1. A resident hunting wild turkey who is required to have a license must purchase a resident hunting license that includes the wildlife habitat fee in addition to the wild turkey hunting license. Upon application and payment of the required fees for archery-only licenses, a resident archer shall be issued two wild turk…
1. A resident hunting deer who is required to have a hunting license must purchase a resident hunting license that includes the wildlife habitat fee, in addition to the deer hunting license. In addition, a resident who purchases a deer hunting license shall pay a one dollar fee that shall be used and is appropriated fo…
1. The commission shall provide, by rule, for the establishment of a deer and wild turkey harvest reporting system for the purpose of collecting information from hunters concerning the deer and wild turkey population in this state. Each person who is issued a deer or wild turkey hunting license in this state shall repo…
1. A person who is a resident and who is sixty-five years of age or older may be issued one special senior statewide antlerless deer only crossbow deer hunting license to hunt deer during bow season as established by rule by the commission. A person who obtains a license to hunt deer under this section is not required…
1. A nonambulatory person who is a resident may be issued one any sex deer hunting license to hunt deer with a shotgun, muzzleloading rifle, or any handgun or rifle described in section 481A.48 during any established deer hunting season. If the tag is filled during one of the seasons, the license will not be valid in s…
1. A disabled veteran who is a resident may be issued one any sex deer hunting license to hunt deer during any established firearm deer hunting season using the method of take authorized for the season being hunted. A person who applies for a license pursuant to this section shall complete a form, as required by rule,…
The director shall provide blanks for, and determine the method, means, and requirements of issuing licenses, including the issuance of licenses by electronic means.
1. The commission is authorized, pursuant to rules adopted under chapter 17A, to develop combination packages of licenses in order to offer incentives to residents to purchase additional licenses or for the specific purpose of increasing sales of licenses that will help to recruit or retain hunters, anglers, and trappe…
1. The licenses and combination packages of licenses issued pursuant to this chapter shall be issued by the department or the license agents as specified by rules of the commission. A county recorder may issue licenses or combination packages of licenses subject to the rules of the commission. 2. The rules shall includ…
The director may designate license agents for the sale of licenses, but in so doing the interest of the state shall be fully protected.
1. The license agent shall be responsible for all fees for the issuance of hunting, fishing, and fur harvester licenses and combination packages of licenses sold by the license agent. All unused license blanks shall be surrendered to the department upon the department’s demand. 2. A license agent shall retain a writing…
When license blanks in the possession of a license agent are accidentally destroyed, the holder of the blanks shall only be relieved from accountability upon the presentation of satisfactory explanation and the filing of a bond to the director that the blanks have actually been so destroyed. The commission may determin…
When any license for which a fee has been set has been lost, destroyed, or stolen, the director or a license agent may issue a replacement license, if evidence is available to demonstrate issuance of the original license and a fee of two dollars is paid, to be placed in the fish and game protection fund. If, on examina…
The director shall establish, by rule, specific requirements for remittance of funds, and the necessary accounting and reporting for all types of licenses issued based on the manner and location of the issuance.
Every license, except as otherwise provided in this chapter, is valid from the date issued to January 10 of the succeeding calendar year for which it is issued. A license shall not be issued prior to December 15 for the subsequent calendar year except for a multi-year fishing license or a multi-year hunting license iss…