House
File
317
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Enrolled
House
File
317
AN
ACT
RELATING
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
when
the
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
House
File
317,
p.
2
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
GRASSLEY
Speaker
of
the
House
______________________________
AMY
SINCLAIR
President
of
the
Senate
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
House
and
is
known
as
House
File
317,
Ninetieth
General
Assembly.
______________________________
MEGHAN
NELSON
Chief
Clerk
of
the
House
Approved
_______________,
2023
______________________________
KIM
REYNOLDS
Governor