§ 20.1-06-07 — Fishhouses - Removal - Penalty

1. A person may erect, have, or maintain on the ice in any waters of this state a
fishhouse, used or to be used while ice fishing, or a dark house, used or to be used for
spearfishing. Fishhouse and dark house owners are subject to the rules the director

may adopt governing the construction, maintenance, and use of these units. The
outside of each unoccupied unit must have inscribed on it, in readily distinguishable
characters at least three inches [7.62 centimeters] high, the registration number issued
by the department for the fishhouse, or the owner's name and address or telephone
number. An unoccupied fishhouse or dark house left on the ice without a registration
number, or an owner's name and address or telephone number may be removed or
destroyed by the department. The department may not issue a fishhouse registration
number, unless the division of the state emergency communications center has
integrated game and fish department license information into the national law
enforcement telecommunications system. Any person who violates this subsection is
guilty of a class 2 noncriminal offense.
2. Each unit must be removed from the ice by that date established by the governor's
proclamation. Failure to remove a unit is deemed an abandonment and the director
may remove or destroy abandoned units.