1. The director shall develop, administer, and enforce hunting preserve programs and requirements within the state which implement the provisions of this chapter and rules adopted by the commission pursuant to this chapter.

Terms Used In Iowa Code 484B.3

  • Department: means the department of natural resources. See Iowa Code 484B.1
  • Department: means the department of natural resources. See Iowa Code 462A.2
  • Hunting preserve: means property and facilities either privately owned or leased for holding, rearing, releasing, or processing captive-raised game for the purpose of hunting, for a fee, over an extended season. See Iowa Code 484B.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
  • Pen-reared: means the propagation and holding of game birds and game animals whose origins are from captive populations. See Iowa Code 484B.1
  • Person: means an individual, partnership, firm, corporation, or association. See Iowa Code 462A.2
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the said district and territories. See Iowa Code 4.1
 2. a. The chapter does not apply to keeping farm deer as regulated by the department of agriculture and land stewardship pursuant to chapter 170 or to preserve whitetail kept on a hunting preserve as regulated by the department of natural resources pursuant to chapter 484C.

 b. This chapter does not apply to an owner or tenant of land raising or releasing pen-reared pheasants on the owner’s or tenant’s land as provided in section 481A.6A, provided that a person taking a pen-reared pheasant complies with all requirements provided in chapters 481A and 483A.