Navigation, recreation, hunting, and fishing scheduled violations.

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805.8B Navigation, recreation, hunting, and fishing scheduled violations.

1. Navigation violations.

a. For violations of registration, inspections, identification, and record provisions under sections 462A.5, 462A.35, and 462A.37, and for unused or improper or defective lights and warning devices under section 462A.9, subsections 3, 4, 5, 9, and 10, the scheduled fine is twenty dollars.

b. For violations of registration, identification, and record provisions under sections 462A.4 and 462A.10, and for unused or improper or defective equipment under section 462A.9, subsections 2, 6, 7, 8, 13, and 14, and section 462A.11, and for operation violations under sections 462A.26, 462A.31, and 462A.33, the scheduled fine is thirty dollars.

c. For operating violations under sections 462A.12, 462A.15, subsection 1, sections 462A.24, and 462A.34, the scheduled fine is thirty-five dollars. However, a violation of section 462A.12, subsection 2, is not a scheduled violation.

d. For violations of use, location, and storage of vessels, devices, and structures under sections 462A.27, 462A.28, and 462A.32, the scheduled fine is twenty-five dollars.

e. For violations of all subdivision ordinances under section 462A.17, subsection 2, except those relating to matters subject to regulation by authority of section 462A.31, subsection 5, the scheduled fine is the same as prescribed for similar violations of state law. For violations of subdivision ordinances for which there is no comparable state law, the scheduled fine is twenty dollars.

2. Snowmobile violations.

a. For registration or user permit violations under section 321G.3, subsection 1, or section 321G.4B, the scheduled fine is sixty-five dollars.

b. (1) For operating violations under section 321G.9, the scheduled fine is seventy dollars.

(2) For operating violations under sections 321G.11 and 321G.13, subsection 1, paragraph “d”, the scheduled fine is thirty dollars.

(3) For operating violations under section 321G.13, subsection 1, paragraphs “a”, “b”, “e”, “f”, “g”, “h”, and “i”, and section 321G.13, subsections 2 and 3, the scheduled fine is one hundred thirty-five dollars.

c. For improper or defective equipment under section 321G.12, the scheduled fine is thirty dollars.

d. For violations of section 321G.19, the scheduled fine is thirty dollars.

e. For decal violations under section 321G.5, the scheduled fine is thirty dollars.

f. For stop signal violations under section 321G.17, the scheduled fine is one hundred thirty-five dollars.

g. For violations of section 321G.20 and for education certificate violations under section 321G.24, subsection 1, the scheduled fine is seventy dollars.

h. For violations of section 321G.21, the scheduled fine is one hundred thirty-five dollars.

2A. All-terrain vehicle violations.

a. For registration or user permit violations under section 321I.3, subsection 1, the scheduled fine is seventy dollars.

b. (1) For operating violations under sections 321I.12 and 321I.14, subsection 1, paragraph “d”, the scheduled fine is thirty dollars.

(2) For operating violations under section 321I.10, subsections 1 and 4, the scheduled fine is seventy dollars.

(3) For operating violations under section 321I.14, subsection 1, paragraphs “a”, “e”, “f”, “g”, and “h”, and section 321I.14, subsections 2, 3, 4, and 5, the scheduled fine is one hundred thirty-five dollars.

c. For improper or defective equipment under section 321I.13, the scheduled fine is thirty dollars.

d. For violations of section 321I.20, the scheduled fine is thirty dollars.

e. For decal violations under section 321I.6, the scheduled fine is thirty dollars.

f. For stop signal violations under section 321I.18, the scheduled fine is one hundred thirty-five dollars.

g. For violations of section 321I.21 and for education certificate violations under section 321I.26, subsection 1, the scheduled fine is seventy dollars.

h. For violations of section 321I.22, the scheduled fine is one hundred thirty-five dollars.

3. Hunting and fishing violations.

a. For violations of section 484A.2, the scheduled fine is twenty dollars.

b. For violations of sections 481A.54, 481A.69, 481A.71, 481A.72, 482.6, 483A.3, 483A.6, 483A.8A, 483A.19, 483A.27, and 483A.27A, the scheduled fine is thirty dollars.

c. For violations of sections 481A.6, 481A.21, 481A.22, 481A.26, 481A.50, 481A.56, 481A.60 through 481A.62, 481A.83, 481A.84, 481A.92, 481A.123, 481A.145, subsection 3, sections 483A.6A, 483A.7, 483A.8, 483A.23, 483A.24, and 483A.28, the scheduled fine is thirty-five dollars.

d. For violations of sections 481A.7, 481A.24, 481A.47, 481A.52, 481A.53, 481A.55, 481A.58, 481A.76, 481A.90, 481A.91, 481A.97, 481A.122, 481A.126, 481A.142, 481A.145, subsection 2, sections 482.5, 482.7, 482.8, 482.10, and 483A.37, the scheduled fine is seventy dollars.

e. For violations of sections 481A.57, 481A.85, 481A.93, 481A.95, 481A.120, 481A.137, 481B.5, 482.3, 482.9, 482.15, and 483A.42, the scheduled fine is one hundred thirty-five dollars.

f. For violations of section 481A.38 relating to the taking, pursuing, killing, trapping or ensnaring, buying, selling, possessing, or transporting any game, protected nongame animals, fur-bearing animals, or fur or skin of the animals, mussels, frogs, or fish or part of them, the scheduled fines are as follows:

(1) For deer or turkey, the scheduled fine is one hundred thirty-five dollars.

(2) For protected nongame, the scheduled fine is one hundred thirty-five dollars.

(3) For mussels, frogs, spawn, or fish, the scheduled fine is thirty-five dollars.

(4) For other game, the scheduled fine is seventy dollars.

(5) For fur-bearing animals, the scheduled fine is one hundred dollars.

g. For violations of section 481A.38 relating to an attempt to take, pursue, kill, trap, buy, sell, possess, or transport any game, protected nongame animals, fur-bearing animals, or fur or skin of the animals, mussels, frogs, or fish or part of them, the scheduled fines are as follows:

(1) For game or fur-bearing animals, the scheduled fine is seventy dollars.

(2) For protected nongame, the scheduled fine is seventy dollars.

(3) For mussels, frogs, spawn, or fish, the scheduled fine is twenty dollars.

h. For violations of section 481A.48 relating to restrictions on game birds and animals, the scheduled fines are as follows:

(1) For out-of-season, the scheduled fine is one hundred thirty-five dollars.

(2) For over limit, the scheduled fine is one hundred thirty-five dollars.

(3) For attempt to take, the scheduled fine is seventy dollars.

(4) For general waterfowl restrictions, the scheduled fine is seventy dollars.

(a) For no federal stamp, the scheduled fine is seventy dollars.

(b) For unplugged shotgun, the scheduled fine is twenty dollars.

(c) For possession of other than steel shot, the scheduled fine is thirty-five dollars.

(d) For early or late shooting, the scheduled fine is thirty-five dollars.

(5) For possession of a prohibited pistol or revolver while hunting deer, the scheduled fine is one hundred thirty-five dollars.

(6) For possession of a prohibited rifle while hunting deer, the scheduled fine is three hundred twenty-five dollars.

i. For violations of section 481A.67 relating to general violations of fishing laws, the scheduled fine is thirty-five dollars.

(1) For over limit catch, the scheduled fine is forty-five dollars.

(2) For under minimum length or weight, the scheduled fine is thirty dollars.

(3) For out-of-season fishing, the scheduled fine is seventy dollars.

j. For violations of section 481A.73 relating to trotlines and throwlines:

(1) For trotline or throwline violations in legal waters, the scheduled fine is thirty-five dollars.

(2) For trotline or throwline violations in illegal waters, the scheduled fine is seventy dollars.

k. For violations of section 481A.144, subsection 4, or section 481A.145, subsections 4, 5, and 6, relating to minnows:

(1) For general minnow violations, the scheduled fine is thirty-five dollars.

(2) For commercial purposes, the scheduled fine is seventy dollars.

l. For violations of section 481A.87 relating to the taking or possessing of fur-bearing animals out of season:

(1) For red fox, gray fox, or mink, the scheduled fine is one hundred thirty-five dollars.

(2) For all other furbearers, the scheduled fine is seventy dollars.

m. For violations of section 482.4 relating to gear tags:

(1) For commercial license violations, the scheduled fine is one hundred thirty-five dollars.

(2) For no gear tags, the scheduled fine is thirty-five dollars.

n. For violations of section 482.11, the scheduled fine is one hundred thirty-five dollars.

o. For violations of rules adopted pursuant to section 483A.1 relating to licenses and permits, the scheduled fines are as follows:

(1) For a license or permit costing ten dollars or less, the scheduled fine is thirty dollars.

(2) For a license or permit costing more than ten dollars but not more than twenty dollars, the scheduled fine is forty-five dollars.

(3) For a license or permit costing more than twenty dollars but not more than forty dollars, the scheduled fine is seventy dollars.

(4) For a license or permit costing more than forty dollars but not more than fifty dollars, the scheduled fine is ninety-five dollars.

(5) For a license or permit costing more than fifty dollars but less than one hundred dollars, the scheduled fine is one hundred thirty-five dollars.

(6) For a license or permit costing one hundred dollars or more, the scheduled fine is two times the cost of the original license or permit.

p. For violations of section 483A.26 relating to false claims for licenses:

(1) For making a false claim for a license by a resident, the scheduled fine is seventy dollars.

(2) For making a false claim for a license by a nonresident, the scheduled fine is one hundred thirty-five dollars.

q. For violations of section 483A.36 relating to the conveyance of guns:

(1) For conveying an assembled, unloaded gun, the scheduled fine is thirty-five dollars.

(2) For conveying a loaded gun, the scheduled fine is seventy dollars.

r. For violations of section 481A.56A, the scheduled fine is two hundred fifty dollars.

4. Ginseng violations. For a violation of section 456A.24, subsection 11, the scheduled fine is one hundred thirty-five dollars.

5. Aquatic invasive species violations. For violations of section 456A.37, subsection 3, the scheduled fine is as follows:

a. For violations of section 456A.37, subsection 3, paragraph “a”, the scheduled fine is six hundred forty-five dollars.

b. For violations of section 456A.37, subsection 3, paragraph “b”, the scheduled fine is one hundred dollars.

c. For repeat violations of section 456A.37, subsection 3, paragraph “a” or “b”, within the same twelve-month period, the scheduled fine shall include an additional fine of six hundred forty-five dollars for each violation.

6. Misuse of parks and preserves.

a. For violations under sections 461A.39, 461A.45, and 461A.50, the scheduled fine is twenty dollars.

b. For violations under sections 461A.40, 461A.46, and 461A.49, the scheduled fine is twenty-five dollars.

c. For violations of sections 461A.35, 461A.42, and 461A.44, the scheduled fine is seventy dollars.

d. For violations of section 461A.48, the scheduled fine is thirty-five dollars.

e. For violations under section 461A.43, the scheduled fine is forty-five dollars.

2001 Acts, ch 137, §3; 2002 Acts, ch 1001, §3; 2002 Acts, ch 1147, §3; 2004 Acts, ch 1132, §93; 2004 Acts, ch 1137, §2; 2006 Acts, ch 1087, §5, 6; 2007 Acts, ch 28, §22; 2007 Acts, ch 141, §54, 55; 2008 Acts, ch 1161, §22; 2009 Acts, ch 133, §185, 186; 2009 Acts, ch 144, §45 – 47; 2012 Acts, ch 1100, §65 – 68; 2012 Acts, ch 1118, §19; 2013 Acts, ch 30, §169, 170; 2013 Acts, ch 67, §2; 2014 Acts, ch 1058, §5; 2014 Acts, ch 1141, §58; 2015 Acts, ch 26, §10; 2015 Acts, ch 49, §1; 2017 Acts, ch 68, §2; 2018 Acts, ch 1041, §116; 2018 Acts, ch 1159, §26, 28; 2020 Acts, ch 1074, §43, 93; 2020 Acts, ch 1096, §2

Referred to in §321.486, 321G.3, 321G.4B, 321I.3, 456A.24, 456A.37, 461A.35, 461A.42, 481A.48, 481A.137, 481A.142, 482.15, 483A.42, 803.3, 805.1, 805.6, 805.8, 805.8A(12)(e), 805.11, 805.15

2020 amendment by 2020 Acts, ch 10742020 Acts, ch 1074, effective July 15, 2020; 2020 Acts, ch 1074, §93

See Code editor’s note on simple harmonization at the beginning of this Code volume

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