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House File 317 - EnrolledAn Actrelating to taking certain animals that are deemed a
nuisance.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
Section 1. Section 481A.87, Code 2023, is amended to read
as follows:
481A.87 Open seasons.
1. Except as otherwise provided, a person shall not take,
capture, kill, or have in possession a fur-bearing animal or
any of its parts at any time except during the open season as
set by the commission except where.
2. A person may shoot, trap, or ensnare a fur-bearing
animal whenthe killing, trapping, or ensnaring is for the
protection of a person or public or private property with the
prior permission of a duly appointed representative of the
commission. If prior permission is impractical or impossible
to obtain and the fur-bearing animal represents a threat to a
person, domestic animal, or private property, the fur-bearing
animal may be taken without prior permission.
3. Prior permission is not required for an owner or tenant
of agricultural property or an associated residence located
outside the corporate limits of a city to take, capture using a
cage trap or dog-proof trap, shoot, or temporarily possess, for
the purpose of destroying or disposing of, a raccoon, opossum,
or skunk on the property if the owner or tenant in good faith
deems the animal to be a nuisance. This subsection does not
apply to animals listed pursuant to the federal Endangered
Species Act or listed as endangered by the commission pursuant
to section 481B.3.
4. All fur-bearing animals and all parts thereof taken as
provided in this section subsection 2 or 3 shall be disposed
of on the site or shall be relinquished to a representative of
the commission.
______________________________
PAT GRASSLEYSpeaker of the House______________________________
AMY SINCLAIRPresident of the Senate I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and is known as House File 317, Ninetieth General Assembly.______________________________
MEGHAN NELSONChief Clerk of the HouseApproved _______________, 2023______________________________
KIM REYNOLDSGovernorjs/rn/md
nuisance.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
Section 1. Section 481A.87, Code 2023, is amended to read
as follows:
481A.87 Open seasons.
1. Except as otherwise provided, a person shall not take,
capture, kill, or have in possession a fur-bearing animal or
any of its parts at any time except during the open season as
set by the commission except where.
2. A person may shoot, trap, or ensnare a fur-bearing
animal whenthe killing, trapping, or ensnaring is for the
protection of a person or public or private property with the
prior permission of a duly appointed representative of the
commission. If prior permission is impractical or impossible
to obtain and the fur-bearing animal represents a threat to a
person, domestic animal, or private property, the fur-bearing
animal may be taken without prior permission.
3. Prior permission is not required for an owner or tenant
of agricultural property or an associated residence located
outside the corporate limits of a city to take, capture using a
cage trap or dog-proof trap, shoot, or temporarily possess, for
the purpose of destroying or disposing of, a raccoon, opossum,
or skunk on the property if the owner or tenant in good faith
deems the animal to be a nuisance. This subsection does not
apply to animals listed pursuant to the federal Endangered
Species Act or listed as endangered by the commission pursuant
to section 481B.3.
4. All fur-bearing animals and all parts thereof taken as
provided in this section subsection 2 or 3 shall be disposed
of on the site or shall be relinquished to a representative of
the commission.
______________________________
PAT GRASSLEYSpeaker of the House______________________________
AMY SINCLAIRPresident of the Senate I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and is known as House File 317, Ninetieth General Assembly.______________________________
MEGHAN NELSONChief Clerk of the HouseApproved _______________, 2023______________________________
KIM REYNOLDSGovernorjs/rn/md