North Dakota Code 20.1-04-12.1 – Gun dog activities – Permit required – Fee
1. The director shall issue a permit for the following gun dog activities:
Terms Used In North Dakota Code 20.1-04-12.1
- Director: means the director of the department. See North Dakota Code 20.1-01-02
- following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute means the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
- Gun dogs: includes any dog used to hunt protected wildlife. See North Dakota Code 20.1-01-02
- nonresident: is a ny person who has not actually lived within this state or maintained that person's residence within this state for at least six months immediately preceding the date that residence is to be determined. 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
- Resident: means any person who has actually lived within this state or maintained that person's residence therein for at least six months immediately preceding the date that residence is to be determined. 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
a. The training exercises of a resident or nonresident professional trainer; b. The training exercises of a nonresident amateur trainer who brings more than four gun dogs into the state; and
c. Hosting field trials that use live wild birds.
2. The application for the permit must be in a form prescribed by the director and must be accompanied by the appropriate fee.
3. Upon the receipt of the completed application and fee the director shall issue a permit for a specified period of time and shall require the permitholder to submit an annual report.
4. The fees for the permits are:
a. For a resident professional gun dog trainer for training exercises or hosting field trials, ten dollars.
b. For a nonresident professional gun dog trainer for training exercises or hosting field trials, one hundred dollars.
c. For a permit to a nonresident amateur who brings more than four gun dogs into this state, twenty-five dollars.
5. For purposes of this section, a professional trainer is a person who trains any breed of gun dog for remuneration that is the basis for that person’s livelihood.