North Dakota Code 20.1-02-15 – Police powers of director, deputy director, and bonded appointees of director
The director, deputy director, and any bonded appointees of the director have the power:
Terms Used In North Dakota Code 20.1-02-15
- Deputy director: means the deputy director of the department. See North Dakota Code 20.1-01-02
- Director: means the director of the department. See North Dakota Code 20.1-01-02
- Person: includes every partnership, association, corporation, and limited liability company. See North Dakota Code 20.1-01-02
- Possession: means control, actual possession, and constructive possession of the article or thing specified. See North Dakota Code 20.1-01-02
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
- Wildlife: means any member of the animal kingdom including any mammal, fish, bird (including any migratory, nonmigratory, or endangered bird for which protection is also afforded by treaty or other international agreement), amphibian, reptile, mollusk, crustacean, or other invertebrate, and includes any part, product, egg, or offspring thereof, or the dead body or parts thereof. See North Dakota Code 20.1-01-02
1. Of a peace officer for the purpose of enforcing this title and any other state laws or rules relating to wildlife.
2. To make arrests upon view and without warrant for any violation, committed in that person‘s presence, of this title and any other state laws or rules relating to wildlife.
3. To regulate dealers in green furs, propagation or possession of live protected wildlife, taxidermists, shooting preserves, guides and outfitters, commercial fishing operations, private fish hatcheries, and commercial bait vendors. In the regulation of these licensed activities, the premises used to conduct the business and records required by law must be open for inspection at reasonable hours by game and fish law enforcement officers.