Iowa

481A.1 Definitions.

481A.2 State ownership and title — exceptions.

481A.3 Conclusive presumption.

481A.4 Fish hatcheries — game farms.

481A.5 State game refuges.

481A.6 Game management area.

481A.6A Pen-reared pheasants — release by landowners and tenants.

481A.6B Pheasant population studies — reports. Repealed by its own terms; 2012 Acts, ch 1106, §1.

481A.7 Hunting on game refuges.

481A.8 Notice of establishment.

481A.9 Spawning grounds.

481A.10 Reports and accounting.

481A.10A Farmer advisory committee. Repealed by 2024 Acts, ch 1170, §368.

481A.11 Seized or accidentally killed game — disposition.

481A.12 Seizure of wildlife taken or handled illegally.

481A.13 Search warrants.

481A.13A Conviction required for property confiscation — return of property.

481A.14 Dams — fishways.

481A.15 Destruction or alteration of dam.

481A.16 Taking by director for stocking and exchange.

481A.17 Target shooting sports program.

481A.18 Hunting incidents — mandatory reporting.

481A.19 Reciprocity of states.

481A.20 Parrots and canaries.

481A.21 Birds as targets.

481A.22 Field and retriever meets — permits and tags required.

481A.23 Transportation for sale prohibited.

481A.24 Use of mobile radio transmitter prohibited — exceptions.

481A.25 Reserved.

481A.26 Unlawful transportation.

481A.27 Reserved.

481A.28 Reserved.

481A.29 Reserved.

481A.30 Entire shipment contraband.

481A.31 Game brought into state.

481A.32 Violations — penalties.

481A.33 Violations relating to dams.

481A.34 Violations by common carrier.

481A.35 Attorney general and county attorneys.

481A.36 Information — venue.

481A.37 Presumptive evidence.

481A.38 Prohibited acts — restrictions on the taking of wildlife — special licenses.

481A.39 Biological balance maintained.

481A.40 Use of drugs on wildlife — penalty.

481A.41 Reserved.

481A.42 Nongame protected — exclusion.

481A.43 Reserved.

481A.44 Reserved.

481A.45 Reserved.

481A.46 Reserved.

481A.47 Importing fish and game — permits.

481A.48 Restrictions on game birds and animals.

481A.49 Reserved.

481A.50 Selling birds.

481A.51 Hunting license not trapping license.

481A.52 Exhibiting catch to officer.

481A.53 Chasing from dens.

481A.54 Shooting rifle, shotgun, pistol, or revolver over water, highway, or railroad right-of-way.

481A.55 Selling game.

481A.56 Training dogs.

481A.56A Retrieval of wounded deer by leashed dogs.

481A.57 Possession and storage.

481A.58 Trapping birds or poisoning animals.

481A.59 Pigeons — interference prohibited.

481A.60 Raising game — rulemaking authority.

481A.61 Licensed game breeders — marketing game — penalty.

481A.62 Records — reports — inspection.

481A.65 Licenses.

481A.66 Banding or marking.

481A.67 Seasons and limits — turtle harvesting restrictions.

481A.68 Tip-up fishing device.

481A.69 Fish designated.

481A.70 Reserved.

481A.71 Releasing unlawful catch.

481A.72 Hooks and lines.

481A.73 Trotlines and tagged lines.

481A.74 Where permitted.

481A.75 Reserved.

481A.76 Unlawful means — exception.

481A.77 Reserved.

481A.78 Stocking private water.

481A.83 Prohibited stocking.

481A.84 Frogs — catching — selling.

481A.85 Prohibited areas.

481A.86 Federal employees excepted.

481A.87 Open seasons — exceptions.

481A.88 Reserved.

481A.89 Permit to hold hides.

481A.90 Disturbing dens.

481A.91 Shooting or spearing.

481A.92 Traps — disturbing dens — tags for traps.

481A.93 Hunting by artificial light.

481A.94 Definition.

481A.95 License — reciprocity.

481A.96 Possession by dealer.

481A.97 Reports.

481A.98 Reporting violations.

481A.99 Reserved.

481A.100 Reserved.

481A.101 Reserved.

481A.102 Reserved.

481A.103 Reserved.

481A.104 Reserved.

481A.105 Reserved.

481A.106 Reserved.

481A.107 Reserved.

481A.108 Reserved.

481A.109 Reserved.

481A.110 Reserved.

481A.111 Reserved.

481A.112 Reserved.

481A.113 Reserved.

481A.114 Reserved.

481A.115 Reserved.

481A.116 Reserved.

481A.117 Reserved.

481A.118 Reserved.

481A.119 Reserved.

481A.120 Hunting from aircraft or snowmobiles prohibited.

481A.121 Turtles and crayfish — taking by nonresidents or aliens.

481A.122 Hunters’ orange apparel.

481A.123 Prohibited hunting near buildings, feedlots.

481A.124 Taking predominantly white deer of the whitetail species prohibited.

481A.125 Intentional interference with lawful hunting, fishing, or fur-harvesting activities — penalties.

481A.125A Remote control or internet hunting — criminal and civil penalties.

481A.126 Taxidermy.

481A.127 Reserved.

481A.128 Reserved.

481A.129 Reserved.

481A.130 Damages in addition to penalty — animals — ginseng.

481A.131 Judgment — execution.

481A.132 Service of process or arrest — pendency of damage claim.

481A.133 Suspension of licenses, certificates, and permits.

481A.134 Authority to cancel, suspend, or revoke license — point system.

481A.135 Repeat offender — records, enforcement, and penalties.

481A.136 Unlawful commercialization of wildlife — penalty.

481A.137 Abandonment of dead or injured wildlife.

481A.138 Reserved.

481A.139 Reserved.

481A.140 Reserved.

481A.141 Aquaculture — license required.

481A.142 Licensed aquaculture units — activities allowed.

481A.143 Licensed aquaculture units — requirements.

481A.144 Licensed bait dealers — requirements.

481A.145 Taking and selling of minnows and other bait — regulations.

481A.146 Authority of the director.

481A.147 Theft of fish.

481A.148 Reserved.

481A.149 Reserved.

481A.150 Reserved.

481A.151 Restitution for pollution causing injury to wild animals.