Section 481A.87. Open seasons.

  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 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. All fur-bearing animals and all parts thereof taken as provided in this section shall be disposed of on the site or shall be relinquished to a representative of the commission.

[C97, §2553; SS15, §2553; C24, §1766; C27, 31, §1766, 1766-a1; C39, §1794.049; C46, §109.87, 109.93; C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §109.87]

88 Acts, ch 1216, §31

C93, §481A.87

94 Acts, ch 1148, §2

For applicable scheduled fines, see §805.8B, subsection 3, paragraph “l”