Iowa · statute · Iowa Code ch. 484C · 13 active provisions
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Commission” means the natural resource commission as created pursuant to section 455A.6. 2. “Department” means the department of natural resources as created pursuant to section 455A.2. 3. “Documented event” includes but is not limited to the birth, de…
1. A landowner shall not keep whitetail unless the whitetail are kept as preserve whitetail pursuant to this chapter or as farm deer pursuant to chapter 170. 2. This chapter authorizes the department of natural resources to regulate preserve whitetail. However, the department of agriculture and land stewardship shall r…
The department shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A as necessary to administer this chapter.
The department shall develop, administer, and enforce hunting preserve programs and requirements, which implement the provisions of this chapter and rules adopted by the department pursuant to section 484C.3, regarding fencing, recordkeeping, reporting, and the tagging, transportation, testing, and monitoring for disea…
1. A hunting preserve must include at least three hundred twenty contiguous acres which are enclosed by a fence certified pursuant to section 484C.6. However, the hunting preserve may include a fewer number of enclosed acres if any of the following applies: a. The commission grants a waiver for the hunting preserve acc…
1. A fence required to enclose preserve whitetail under section 484C.5 must be constructed and maintained as prescribed by rules adopted by the department and as certified by the department. The fence shall be constructed and maintained to ensure that the preserve whitetail are kept in the enclosure and all other white…
A landowner who keeps preserve whitetail shall annually register the landowner’s hunting preserve with the department by June 30. The landowner shall pay the department a registration fee. The amount of the registration fee shall not exceed three hundred fifty dollars per fiscal year. The fee shall be deposited into th…
A person shall not release whitetail kept as preserve whitetail onto land unless the landowner complies with all of the following: 1. The landowner must notify the department at least thirty days prior to first releasing the preserve whitetail on the land. The notice shall be provided in a manner required by the depart…
1. The department shall prepare forms for documents, including records and reports, and provide such forms to landowners in order to comply with this section. The department shall provide procedures for the receipt, filing, processing, and return of documents in an electronic format. The department shall provide for th…
The department shall provide transportation tags to a landowner for use in identifying the carcass of preserve whitetail. 1. The tags shall be used to designate all preserve whitetail taken by persons on the hunting preserve. A person taking the preserve whitetail shall tag the preserve whitetail in accordance with the…
If preserve whitetail have been taken, the harvested preserve whitetail may be processed by the hunting preserve as prescribed by rules adopted by the department. The rules shall provide for the marking and shipment of meat.
1. Preserve whitetail that are purchased, propagated, confined, released, or sold by a hunting preserve shall be free of diseases considered reportable for wildlife, poultry, or livestock. The department may provide for the quarantine of diseased preserve whitetail that threaten the health of animal populations. 2. The…
1. A person who violates a provision of this chapter or a rule adopted pursuant to this chapter is guilty of a simple misdemeanor. 2. A landowner who keeps preserve whitetail and who fails to register with the department as required in section 484C.7 is subject to a civil penalty of not more than two thousand five hund…