481A.84  Frogs--catching--selling.

Frogs may be taken by holders of a fishing license only and they may be used for bait or food purposes, but no person shall take more than four dozen frogs in any one day or have in possession at any one time more than eight dozen frogs. Licensed bait dealers authorized by law to sell bait may have in their possession to supply the bait needs of their customers, not more than twenty dozen frogs.

No person shall use any device, net, barrier or fence of any kind which prevents frogs from having free access to and egress from the water.

Transportation out of the state in any manner or for any purposes, of frogs taken in Iowa, is prohibited.

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prevent the purchase, sale or possession of frogs or any portion of the carcasses of frogs that have been legally taken and shipped in from without the state.

Nothing herein shall prevent any person from catching frogs on the person's own premises for the person's private use.

Section History: Early form

  [C39, § 1794.046; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 109.84]

Section History: Recent form

  C93, § 481A.84

Internal References

  Referred to in § 805.8(5c)

Footnotes

  See § 481A.67


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