Section 481A.131. Judgment — execution.

  1.  In each case of conviction of unlawfully taking, catching, killing, injuring, destroying, or having in possession any fish, game, or fur-bearing animal, the court shall enter a judgment in favor of the state of Iowa for liquidated damages in an amount as provided in section 481A.130. If two or more persons who have acted together are convicted of the unlawful taking, catching, killing, injuring, destroying, or having possession of any fish, game, or fur-bearing animal, the judgment shall be entered against them jointly.

  2.  Any liquidated damages assessed under this section and section 481A.130 shall be paid to the clerk of court. The clerk of court shall remit the damages paid to the department of natural resources. The department of natural resources shall credit such damages to the state fish and game protection fund.

  3.  The return of any uninjured fish, game, or fur-bearing animal which has been unlawfully taken, caught, or possessed, to the place where taken or caught or to any other place approved by the commission, shall constitute the discharge of any liquidated damages provided under section 481A.130.

  4.  Civil suits for the collection of judgments may be prosecuted by the attorney general or by county attorneys.

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86 Acts, ch 1245, §1854

2012 Acts, ch 1118, §7