Iowa Code § 483A.1
Licenses — fees — rules
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Current — January 1, 2024
As of January 1, 2012
Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a person shall not fish, trap, hunt, pursue, catch, kill, take in any manner, use, have possession of, sell, or transport all or a part of any wild animal, bird, game, or fish, the protection and regulation of which is desirable for the conservation of resources of the state, without first obtaining a license for that purpose and the payment of a fee as follows:
1. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a person shall not fish, trap, hunt, pursue, catch, kill, take in any manner, use, have possession of, sell, or transport all or a part of any wild animal, bird, game, turtle, or fish, the protection and regulation of which is desirable for the conservation of resources of the state, without first obtaining a license for that purpose, and the payment of a fee as established by rules adopted by the commission pursuant to chapter 17A.
1. Residents:
a. Fishing license $ 17.00
b. Fishing license, lifetime, sixty-five
years or older $ 50.50
c. Hunting license $ 17.00
d. Hunting license, lifetime, sixty-five
years or older $ 50.50
e. Deer hunting license $ 25.50
f. Wild turkey hunting license $ 22.50
g. Fur harvester license, sixteen years
or older $ 20.50
h. Fur harvester license, under sixteen
years of age $ 5.50
i. Fur dealer license $225.50
j. Aquaculture unit license $ 25.50
k. Retail bait dealer license $ 30.50
l. Fishing license, seven-day $ 11.50
m. Trout fishing fee $ 10.50
n. Game breeder license $ 15.50
o. Taxidermy license $ 15.50
p. Falconry license $ 20.50
q. Wildlife habitat fee $ 11.00
r. Migratory game bird fee $ 8.00
s. Fishing license, one-day $ 7.50
t. Wholesale bait dealer license $125.00
u. Boundary waters sport trotline
license, annual $ 20.50
2. Nonresidents:
a. Fishing license, annual $ 39.00
b. Fishing license, seven-day $ 30.00
c. Hunting license, eighteen years of
age or older $110.00
d. Hunting license, under eighteen
years of age $ 30.00
e. Deer hunting license, antlered or
any sex deer $295.00
f. Preference point issued under
section 483A.7, subsection 3,
paragraph “b”, or section 483A.8,
subsection 3, paragraph “e” $ 50.00
g. Deer hunting license, antlerless
deer only, required with the purchase
of an antlered or any sex deer hunting
license $125.00
h. Deer hunting license, antlerless
deer only $225.00
i. Holiday deer hunting license
issued under section 483A.8, subsection 6,
antlerless deer only $ 75.00
j. Wild turkey hunting license $100.00
k. Fur harvester license $200.00
l. Fur dealer license $501.00
m. Location permit for fur dealers$ 56.00
n. Aquaculture unit license $ 56.00
o. Retail bait dealer license or the $125.00
amount for the same type of license
in the nonresident’s state,
is greater
p. Trout fishing fee $ 13.00
q. Game breeder license $ 26.00
r. Taxidermy license $ 26.00
s. Falconry license $ 26.00
t. Wildlife habitat fee $ 11.00
u. Migratory game bird fee $ 8.00
v. Fishing license, three-day $ 15.50
w. Wholesale bait dealer license $250.00
or the amount for the same type of
license in the nonresident’s state,
whichever is greater
x. Fishing license, one-day $ 8.50
y. Boundary waters sport trotline
license, annual $ 40.50
2. a. The fees established by rule pursuant to subsection 1 shall be periodically evaluated by the department, but not less often than once every three years, to ensure that the fees paid are sufficient to meet the needs of natural resource management and the public.
b. By December 15 of each year on and after December 15, 2019, that an evaluation of the license fees is completed, the department shall file a written report with the commission and the general assembly which shall include the evaluation and recommendations for changes, if any. Any fee increase proposed in such a report shall not take effect until on or after December 15 of the year succeeding the report and an individual license fee shall not be increased in any calendar year in an amount that exceeds five percent.
84 Acts, ch 1199, §2; 84 Acts, ch 1260, §2; 86 Acts, ch 1114, §1; 86 Acts, ch 1141, §17; 86 Acts, ch 1240, §1; 89 Acts, ch 90, §2; 89 Acts, ch 237, §1; 89 Acts, ch 238, §1; 91 Acts, ch 237, §3; 92 Acts, ch 1216, §10, 11
84 Acts, ch 1199, §2; 84 Acts, ch 1260, §2; 86 Acts, ch 1114, §1; 86 Acts, ch 1141, §17; 86 Acts, ch 1240, §1; 89 Acts, ch 90, §2; 89 Acts, ch 237, §1; 89 Acts, ch 238, §1; 91 Acts, ch 237, §3; 92 Acts, ch 1216, §10, 11
C93, §483A.1
C93, §483A.1
95 Acts, ch 12, §1; 95 Acts, ch 46, §2; 98 Acts, ch 1199, §5, 27; 98 Acts, ch 1223, §30; 2001 Acts, ch 137, §5; 2001 Acts, ch 148, §1 – 3, 9; 2002 Acts, ch 1141, §1; 2003 Acts, ch 120, §1 – 4, 6; 2003 Acts, ch 152, §1 – 3, 6; 2005 Acts, ch 139, §3; 2007 Acts, ch 194, §1, 2; 2009 Acts, ch 144, §32, 33; 2009 Acts, ch 179, §147, 214, 215, 217
95 Acts, ch 12, §1; 95 Acts, ch 46, §2; 98 Acts, ch 1199, §5, 27; 98 Acts, ch 1223, §30; 2001 Acts, ch 137, §5; 2001 Acts, ch 148, §1 – 3, 9; 2002 Acts, ch 1141, §1; 2003 Acts, ch 120, §1 – 4, 6; 2003 Acts, ch 152, §1 – 3, 6; 2005 Acts, ch 139, §3; 2007 Acts, ch 194, §1, 2; 2009 Acts, ch 144, §32, 33; 2009 Acts, ch 179, §147, 214, 215, 217; 2012 Acts, ch 1096, §5, 23; 2012 Acts, ch 1118, §14; 2013 Acts, ch 62, §1; 2014 Acts, ch 1058, §1, 2; 2018 Acts, ch 1159, §1, 28
Referred to in
Commercial fishing licenses, see §482.4
Commercial fishing licenses, see §482.4
For applicable scheduled fines, see §805.8B, subsection 3, paragraph o
For applicable scheduled fines, see §805.8B, subsection 3, paragraph o
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