§ 481C.2 — Duties

Iowa § 481C.2

• Jurisdiction: Iowa
• Title XI: NATURAL RESOURCES
• Ch. 481C: WILD ANIMAL DEPREDATION PROCEDURES

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1. The director of the department of natural resources shall enter into a memorandum of
agreement with the United States department of agriculture, animal damage control division.
The wild animal depredation unit shall serve and act as the liaison to the department for the
producers in the state who suffer crop, horticultural product, tree, or nursery damage due to
wild animals.
2. The department shall issue depredation permits and deer shooting permits to any
landowner who incurs crop, horticultural product, tree, or nursery damage of one thousand
dollars or more due to wild animals.
3. The criteria for issuing depredation licenses and permits shall be established in
administrative rules. The administrative rules adopted pursuant to this section shall not
require a producer to erect or maintain fencing at a cost exceeding one thousand dollars as
a requisite for receiving a depredation license or permit or for participation in a depredation
plan.