AI-assisted research summary: This provision makes certain wildlife-related violations a simple misdemeanor and sets minimum fines.
1. A person who does any of the following is guilty of a simple misdemeanor and shall be assessed a minimum fine of twenty dollars for each offense for which no other punishment is provided: a. Takes, catches, kills, injures, destroys, has in possession, buys, sells, ships, or transports any frogs, fish, mussels, birds, their nests, eggs, or plumage, fowls, game, or animals or their fur or raw pelt in violation of the provisions of this chapter or of administrative rules of the commission. b. Uses any device, equipment, seine, trap, net, tackle, firearm, drug, poison, explosive, or other substance or means, the use of which is prohibited by this chapter. c. Uses any device, equipment, seine, trap, net, tackle, firearm, drug, poison, explosive, or other substance or means at a time, place, or in a manner or for a purpose prohibited. d. Does any other act in violation of the provisions of this chapter or of administrative rules of the commission. 2. Each fish, fowl, bird, bird’s nest, egg, or plumage, and animal unlawfully caught, taken, killed, injured, destroyed, possessed, bought, sold, or shipped shall be a separate offense. 3. A person convicted of taking a deer, antelope, moose, buffalo, or elk with a prohibited weapon as defined by rules of the department, is subject to a fine of one hundred dollars for each offense committed while taking the animal with the prohibited weapon. [R60, §4381 – 4383; C73, §4048, 4053, 4063; C97, §2543, 2544, 2551, 2552, 2556, 2558, 2561; S13, §2547-e, 2551-b, 2561, 2563-a8, -i, -o, -s, -v; SS15, §2540-a, 2544, 2551, 2552, 2556; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1789; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §109.32] 88 Acts, ch 1216, §7, 8 C93, §481A.32 2002 Acts, ch 1147, §1; 2018 Acts, ch 1026, §150 Referred to in §481A.59 Prohibitions and exceptions, see §481A.23 and 481A.38