A hunting preserve on which elk are kept must include at least three hundred twenty contiguous acres which are enclosed by a fence as required pursuant to section 484B.5. However, a person may keep elk only on a hunting preserve that includes a fewer number of enclosed acres if either of the following applies:
 1. The commission grants a waiver for the hunting preserve according to terms and conditions required by the commission. The hunting preserve must include at least one hundred sixty contiguous acres.

Terms Used In Iowa Code 484B.4A

  • Commission: means the natural resource commission. See Iowa Code 484B.1
  • Commission: means the natural resource commission. See Iowa Code 462A.2
  • Elk: means an animal belonging to the cervidae family and classified as part of the canadensis species of the cervus genus. See Iowa Code 484B.1
  • following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute mean the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • 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
  • Operate: means to navigate or otherwise use a vessel or motorboat. See Iowa Code 462A.2
  • 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
  • year: means twelve consecutive months. See Iowa Code 4.1
 2. a. The hunting preserve was operated as a business on January 1, 2005.

 b. If the hunting preserve operated as a business on January 1, 2005, the landowner or the landowner’s successor in interest may sell or otherwise transfer ownership of the hunting preserve to another person who may continue to operate the hunting preserve in the same manner as the landowner. However, this paragraph shall not apply if the owner of the hunting preserve or any successor in interest fails to meet the licensing requirements of section 484B.4 each year.
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