A person shall not release whitetail kept as preserve whitetail onto land unless the landowner complies with all of the following:
 1. The landowner must notify the department at least thirty days prior to first releasing the preserve whitetail on the land. The notice shall be provided in a manner required by the department. The notice must at least provide all of the following:

 a. A statement verifying that the fence which encloses the land is certified by the department pursuant to section 484C.6.
 b. The landowner’s name.
 c. The location of the land enclosed by the fence.

Terms Used In Iowa Code 484C.8

  • Department: means the department of natural resources as created pursuant to section 455A. See Iowa Code 484C.1
  • Fence: means a boundary fence which encloses preserve whitetail within a landowner's property as required to be constructed and maintained pursuant to this chapter. See Iowa Code 484C.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 land where a landowner keeps preserve whitetail as part of a business, if the business's purpose is to provide persons with the opportunity to hunt the preserve whitetail. See Iowa Code 484C.1
  • Landowner: means a person who holds an interest in land, including a titleholder. See Iowa Code 484C.1
  • Person: means an individual, partnership, firm, corporation, or association. See Iowa Code 462A.2
  • Preserve whitetail: means whitetail kept on a hunting preserve. See Iowa Code 484C.1
  • property: includes personal and real property. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • 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
  • Whitetail: means an animal belonging to the cervidae family and classified as part of the virginianus species of the odocoileus genus. See Iowa Code 484C.1
 2. The landowner shall cooperate with the department to remove any whitetail from the enclosed land. However, after the thirtieth day following receipt of the notice, the state shall relinquish its property interest in any remaining whitetail that the landowner and the department were unable to remove from the enclosed land. Any remaining whitetail existing at that time on the enclosed land, and any progeny of the whitetail, shall become preserve whitetail and property of the landowner.
 3. A hunting preserve may include whitetail which were regulated as farm deer by the department of agriculture and land stewardship pursuant to chapter 170 and transported to the hunting preserve. The whitetail shall be considered farm deer until released onto the hunting preserve. Once released onto the hunting preserve, the whitetail and its progeny become preserve whitetail and are subject to regulation by the department of natural resources.
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