Iowa Code 481A.87 – Open seasons — exceptions
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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.
Terms Used In Iowa Code 481A.87
- Commission: means the natural resource commission. See Iowa Code 462A.2
- Commission: means the natural resource commission. See Iowa Code 481A.1
- Fur-bearing animals: means the following which are declared to be fur-bearing animals for the purpose of regulation and protection under the Code: beaver, badger, mink, otter, muskrat, raccoon, skunk, opossum, spotted skunk or civet cat, weasel, coyote, bobcat, wolf, groundhog, red fox, and gray fox. See Iowa Code 481A.1
- Owner: means a person, other than a lienholder, having the property right in or title to a motorboat or vessel. See Iowa Code 462A.2
- Person: means an individual, partnership, firm, corporation, or association. See Iowa Code 462A.2
- Person: shall mean any person, firm, partnership, or corporation. See Iowa Code 481A.1
- property: includes personal and real property. See Iowa Code 4.1
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 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 subsection 2 or 3 shall be disposed of on the site or shall be relinquished to a representative of the commission.