1. Owners or tenants of land, and their juvenile children, may hunt, fish or trap upon such lands and may shoot by lawful means ground squirrels, gophers, or woodchucks upon adjacent roads without securing a license so to do; except, special licenses to hunt deer and wild turkey shall be required of owners and tenants but they shall not be required to have a special wild turkey hunting license to hunt wild turkey on a hunting preserve licensed under chapter 484B.
2. Upon written application, the department shall issue annually a deer or wild turkey hunting license, or both, to the owner of a farm unit or a member of the family of the farm owner and to the tenant or a member of the family of the tenant.
3. The deer or wild turkey hunting permit shall be valid only for hunting on the farm unit upon which the licensee to whom it is issued resides.
4. An owner of a farm unit or a member of the owner's family who resides with the owner and a tenant or a member of the tenant's family who resides with the tenant, who do not reside on the farm unit but who are actively engaged in farming the farm unit, are also eligible for a free deer license and a wild turkey license as provided in this section. The licenses are valid for hunting on the farm unit only. This paragraph applies to Iowa residents actively engaged in the operation of the farm units.
5. The application required for the deer or wild turkey hunting license shall be on forms furnished by the commission and shall be without fee.
6. Deer and wild turkey hunting licenses issued under this section are subject to all other provisions of the laws and regulations pertaining to the taking of deer and wild turkey. The deer license and turkey license shall be the equivalent of the least restrictive license issued under section 481A.38.
7. As used in this section a "farm unit" is all the parcels of land, not necessarily contiguous, which are operated as a unit for agricultural purposes and which are under the lawful control of the landowner or tenant, and a "tenant" is a person, other than the landowner, who resides on the farm unit and is actively engaged in the operation of the farm unit.
8. A resident of the state under sixteen years of age or a nonresident of the state under fourteen years of age is not required to have a license to fish in the waters of the state. However, residents under sixteen years of age and nonresidents under fourteen years of age must possess a valid trout stamp to possess trout or they must fish for trout with a licensed adult who possesses a valid trout stamp and limit their combined catch to the daily limit established by the commission.
9. No license shall be required of minor pupils of the state school for the blind, state school for the deaf, nor of minor residents of other state institutions under the control of an administrator of a division of the department of human services, nor shall any person who is on active duty with the armed forces of the United States, on authorized leave from a duty station located outside of this state, and a legal resident of the state of Iowa, be required to have a license to hunt or fish in this state. The military personnel shall carry their leave papers while hunting or fishing and, if a deer or wild turkey is taken, shall immediately contact a state conservation officer to obtain an appropriate tag to transport the animal. No license shall be required of residents of county care facilities or any person who is receiving old-age assistance under chapter 249.
10. A resident of the state under sixteen years of age is not required to have a hunting license to hunt game if accompanied by the minor's parent or guardian or in company with any other competent adult with the consent of the minor's parent or guardian, if the person accompanying the minor possesses a valid hunting license; however, there must be one licensed adult accompanying each person under sixteen years of age. The minor must have a deer hunting license to hunt deer and a wild turkey hunting license to hunt wild turkey.
11. A person having a dog entered in a licensed field trial is not required to have a hunting license or fur harvester license to participate in the event or to exercise the person's dog on the area on which the field trial is to be held during the twenty-four hour period immediately preceding the trial.
12. The commission shall issue without charge a special fishing license to residents of Iowa sixteen years or more of age who the commission finds are mentally or physically severely handicapped. The commission is hereby authorized to prepare an application to be used by the person requesting handicapped status, which would require that the person's attending physician sign the form declaring the person handicapped and eligible for exempt status.
13. No person shall be required to have a special wild turkey license to hunt wild turkey on a hunting preserve licensed under chapter 484B.
14. A lessee of a camping space at a campground may fish on a private lake or pond on the premises of the campground without a license if the lease confers an exclusive right to fish in common with the rights of the owner and other lessees.
15. The department may issue a permit, subject to conditions established by the department, which authorizes patients of a substance abuse facility, residents of health care facilities licensed under chapter 135C, and persons cared for in juvenile shelter care homes as provided for in chapter 232 to fish without a license as a supervised group.
16. Upon payment of the fee of thirty dollars for a lifetime hunting and fishing combined license, the department shall issue a hunting and fishing combined license to a veteran who was disabled during the period of a veteran's service listed in this subsection or who was a prisoner of war during that veteran's military service. The department shall prepare an application to be used by a person requesting a hunting and fishing combined license under this subsection. The commission of veterans affairs shall assist the department in verifying the status or claims of applicants under this subsection. As used in this subsection, "veteran" means a person who is a resident of Iowa and who served in the armed forces of the United States of America at any time during World War I between the dates of April 6, 1917, and July 2, 1921, World War II between the dates of December 7, 1941, and December 31, 1946, the Korean conflict between the dates of June 27, 1950, and January 31, 1955, the Vietnam conflict between August 5, 1964, and May 7, 1975, or the Persian Gulf conflict between August 2, 1990, and the date the president or the Congress of the United States declares a permanent cessation of hostilities, all dates inclusive, and "disabled" means entitled to compensation under the United States Code, Title 38, chapter 11.
17. The department shall issue without charge a special annual fishing or combined hunting and fishing license to residents of this state who are permanently disabled and whose income falls below the federal poverty guidelines as published by the United States department of health and human services or residents of this state who are sixty-five years of age or older and whose income falls below the federal poverty guidelines as published by the United States department of health and human services. The commission shall provide for, by rule, an application to be used by an applicant requesting a permanent disabled status or age status. The commission shall require proof of age, income, and proof of permanent disability.
[S13, § 2563-a3; C24, 27, 31, § 1720, 1723; C35, § 1794-e15; C39, § 1794.098; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, § 110.17; C79, 81, § 110.24; 82 Acts, ch 1260, § 16]
83 Acts, ch 96, § 59, 159; 84 Acts, ch 1260, § 10; 85 Acts, ch 10, §3; 85 Acts, ch 67, § 15; 86 Acts, ch 1240, § 5--;7; 86 Acts, ch 1245, § 1877; 88 Acts, ch 1216, §42; 89 Acts, ch 87, §2, 3; 89 Acts, ch 74, § 1; 90 Acts, ch 1178, § 1, 2; 91 Acts, ch 237, § 4, 5; 92 Acts, ch 1140, § 12 ~IC93, § 483A.24 ~I94 Acts, ch 1018, §1; 94 Acts, ch 1023, §58
Referred to in § 481A.38, 483A.4, 805.8(5c)
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