The owner or lessee of any lands or lake set aside as a state game refuge under this chapter may not hunt or carry firearms within the limits thereof, nor permit the members of that person‘s family or other persons to do so. However, if that person has reason to believe there are carnivorous birds or animals within the refuge, or if that person finds any of the same thereon, that person may, with the director‘s written permission, hunt, trap, and kill any carnivorous or unprotected birds and animals that prey upon protected game birds or animals found within the refuge.

Terms Used In North Dakota Code 20.1-11-08

  • Director: means the director of the department. See North Dakota Code 20.1-01-02
  • Game birds: includes all varieties of geese, brant, swans, ducks, plovers, snipes, woodcocks, grouse, sagehens, pheasants, Hungarian partridges, quails, partridges, cranes, rails, coots, wild turkeys, mourning doves, and crows. See North Dakota Code 20.1-01-02
  • Owner: means a person, other than a lienholder, having the property in or title to a motorboat. 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
  • 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
  • written: include "typewriting" and "typewritten" and "printing" and "printed" except in the case of signatures and when the words are used by way of contrast to typewriting and printing. See North Dakota Code 1-01-37