2019 Iowa Code
Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES
Chapter 481A - WILDLIFE CONSERVATION
Section 481A.18 - Hunting incidents — mandatory reporting.

Universal Citation: IA Code § 481A.18 (2019)

481A.18 Hunting incidents — mandatory reporting.

This section applies to a person who is involved in a hunting incident with a firearm or a fall from a device that allows or assists a person to hunt from an elevated location, if the hunting incident results in an injury to a person, or property damage exceeding one hundred dollars. The person shall report the hunting incident to the sheriff’s office in the county where the hunting incident occurred or to the department within twelve hours after the hunting incident occurred. However, if an injury caused by the hunting incident prevents timely reporting, the person shall make the report as soon as practicable. A person who fails to report the hunting incident as required in this section is guilty of a simple misdemeanor.

90 Acts, ch 1198, §1

C91, §109.18

C93, §481A.18

2008 Acts, ch 1161, §15

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