170.5 - REQUIREMENTS FOR RELEASING WHITETAIL -- PROPERTY INTERESTS.
170.5 REQUIREMENTS FOR RELEASING WHITETAIL --
PROPERTY INTERESTS.
A person shall not release whitetail kept as farm deer onto land
unless the landowner complies with all of the following:
1. The landowner must notify the department of natural resources
and the department of agriculture and land stewardship at least
thirty days prior to first releasing the whitetail on the land. The
notice shall be provided in a manner required by the departments.
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 of agriculture and land
stewardship pursuant to section 170.4.
b. The landowner's name.
c. The location of the land enclosed by the fence.
2. The landowner shall cooperate with the department of natural
resources and the department of agriculture and land stewardship 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 cooperating departments 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
property of the landowner. Section History: Recent Form
2003 Acts, ch 149, §8, 23
Referred to in § 170.6, 481A.130