H.F. 317 Section 1. Section 481A.87, Code 2023, is amended to read 1 as follows: 2 481A.87 Open seasons. 3 1. Except as otherwise provided, a person shall not take, 4 capture, kill, or have in possession a fur-bearing animal or 5 any of its parts at any time except during the open season as 6 set by the commission except where . 7 2. A person may shoot, trap, or ensnare a fur-bearing 8 animal when the killing, trapping, or ensnaring is for the 9 protection of a person or public or private property with the 10 prior permission of a duly appointed representative of the 11 commission. If prior permission is impractical or impossible 12 to obtain and the fur-bearing animal represents a threat to a 13 person, domestic animal, or private property, the fur-bearing 14 animal may be taken without prior permission. 15 3. Prior permission is not required for an owner or tenant 16 of agricultural property or an associated residence located 17 outside the corporate limits of a city to take, capture using a 18 cage trap or dog-proof trap, shoot, or temporarily possess, for 19 the purpose of destroying or disposing of, a raccoon, opossum, 20 or skunk on the property if the owner or tenant in good faith 21 deems the animal to be a nuisance. This subsection does not 22 apply to animals listed pursuant to the federal Endangered 23 Species Act or listed as endangered by the commission pursuant 24 to section 481B.3. 25 4. All fur-bearing animals and all parts thereof taken as 26 provided in this section subsection 2 or 3 shall be disposed 27 of on the site or shall be relinquished to a representative of 28 the commission. 29 -1- HF 317 (4) 90 js/rn/md 1/ 1