2019 Iowa Code
Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES
Chapter 481A - WILDLIFE CONSERVATION
Section 481A.24 - Use of mobile radio transmitter prohibited — exceptions.
481A.24 Use of mobile radio transmitter prohibited — exceptions.
1. For the purposes of this section:
a. “One-way mobile radio transmitter” means a radio capable of transmitting a signal only but not capable of transmitting a voice signal. The signal may be tracked or located by radio telemetry or located by an audible sound.
b. “Two-way mobile radio transmitter” means a radio capable of transmitting and receiving voice messages including, but not limited to, a citizen band radio or a cellular telephone.
2. Except as otherwise provided in this section, a person who is hunting shall not use a one-way or two-way mobile radio transmitter to communicate the location or direction of game or fur-bearing animals or to coordinate the movement of other hunters. This subsection does not apply to the hunting of coyotes except during the shotgun deer season as set by the commission under section 481A.38.
3. A licensed falconer may use a one-way mobile radio transmitter to recover a free-flying bird of prey properly banded and covered on the falconry permit.
4. A person hunting with the aid of a dog may use at any time a one-way mobile transmitter designed to track or aid in the recovery of the dog.
[C79, 81, §109.24]
88 Acts, ch 1216, §6
C93, §481A.24
93 Acts, ch 119, §1; 94 Acts, ch 1147, §1
Referred to in §805.8B(3)(d)
For applicable scheduled fines, see §805.8B, subsection 3, paragraph d
