State Laws

Topics:   Definitions; Wildlife ownership; Who to enforce law; Unauthorized methods of taking game; Artificial light; Hunting while intoxicated; Motor-driven vehicles; Guns for taking raccoon with flashlight; Hunting for another; Aid in concealing unlawfully taken game; Common carrier; Harassing game with aircraft, motor vehicle, or snowmobile; Posting and when posted land may be entered; Depositing refuse; Suspension of privileges; Interfering with hunting or fishing; Exploitation of wildlife; Fence gates; Hunting near occupied buildings or in unharvested crops; Impersonating game warden; Tampering with traps; Animals killed by motor vehicle; Noncriminal violations and fees; Use of handguns while bowhunting. Crossbow legal weapon.  Go to 20.1-01, General Provisions.

Topics:   Director, deputy director, game warden, biologists, technicians - appointment, removal, compensation, duties; Uniform complaint, summons; Police powers; Rewards for violators; Game and Fish and nongame fund: Clam harvesting fee; Motorboat safety account; Land acquisition - state and federal - submission to county commission - leases, easements; Game and Fish advisory board - compensation, meetings, duties; Bighorn sheep horns to be plugged; Public access program; Deer proof hay yard; Protection of personal information; PLOTS program - biomass project.  Go to 20.1-02, Game & Fish Department.

Topics:  Director appoints hunter education instructors; Hunter education requirements, exemptions; Apprentice hunter; When licenses required; General game license not needed to hunt Indian land; Frog license; Licenses not transferable; Resident family fishing license; Nonresident waterfowl, youth, spring white goose, short-term fishing licenses; License to hunt big game required; Combination license; Hunting outfitters - white-tailed deer licenses; Fees for licenses and permits; Habitat restoration stamp, use of revenue, land purchases not allowed; Stocking, propagation of upland game; Taxidermy; Who to issue licenses - county auditor appoints agents - auditors duties; License required to buy or ship green furs - records and reports; Transportation of game or fish; Permits to transport big game; Licenses to be carried on person and shown upon demand; Misrepresentation in application for license; Claiming as one's own or using license of another; Computer-generated license; Social security number to be furnished; Guides and outfitters licenses and fees, qualifications, rules, suspension of license, and guiding on prohibited lands.  Go to 20.1-03, Licenses and Permits.

Topics:   Big game protected; Unattended dogs harassing or killing big game; Season for taking and transporting big game; Using certain animals and artificial lights prima facie proof of hunting or attempting to hunt unlawfully; Big game hunters to wear daylight fluorescent orange: When seals to be attached to carcasses; Taking of big game by blind person.  Go to 20.1-05, Big Game Animals, Regulations.

Topics:  Ownership of wild furbearers; Furbearers protected during closed seasons; Coyote snaring, restrictions, standards; Depredating furbearers; Manner of taking protected furbearers.  Go to 20.1-07, Fur-Bearing Animals, Regulations.

Topics:  Confiscation of illegally taken wildlife, equipment used in taking; Disposal of confiscated property by courts - proceeds given to Report All Poachers fund; Search warrants; Property seized under warrant.  Go to 20.1-10, Confiscation.

Topics:  Game refuges on privately owned or leased lands or lakes; State game or fish management areas - public record of, posting, hunting or trapping prohibited - when predators may be destroyed; Acquisition of state school lands for wildlife projects. Go to 20.1-11, Game Refuges and Game Management Areas.

Topics:  Private shooting preserve - permits, prerequisites, types of game that may be stocked, tagging, search of premises, guest register, revocation of permit. Go to 20.1-12, Private Shooting Preserves

Topics:  Operation of unnumbered and unlicensed motorboats prohibited; Identification number and license and exemptions; Manufacture and sale of outboard motors; Licensing watercraft for hire; Boat equipment; Prohibited operation; Collisions, accidents, casualties, and liability; Water skis and surfboard; Regattas, races, marine parades, tournaments, or exhibitions; Local regulation prohibited; Owner's civil liability; Enforcement; Boating safety program; Conformity with applicable federal safety standards; Termination of unsafe use; Display of labels evidencing compliance; Personal flotation devices; Evidence of tax payment or exemption. Go to 20.1-13 Boating Regulation.

Topics:  Definitions; Departmental authority. Go to 20.1-14, Falconry.

Topics:   Implied consent to determine alcoholic, drug content of blood; Chemical test of hunter in serious bodily injury or fatal accident; Persons qualified to administer chemical test; Consent of person incapable of refusal not withdrawn; Action following chemical test; Revocation of privilege for refusal to submit to testing; Administrative sanction for being afield while having certain drug concentrations; Judicial review; Credit for suspension of hunting privileges; Interpretation of chemical tests; Proof of refusal admissible; Effect of evidence of chemical test; Liability; Screening tests. Go to 20.1-15, Intoxication Testing of Hunters.

Topics:  Interstate wildlife violator compact; Definitions; Procedures; Department authorization to effect purposes of compact; Suspension of privileges for failure to comply with citation issued in participating state; Hearing on suspension. Go to 20.1-16, Interstate Wildlife Violator Compact.

Topics:  Prevention and control of aquatic nuisance species; Compensation and expenses of appointive members of the aquatic nuisance committee; Management plan; Inspection of watercraft; Infested waters - Restricted and prohibited activities; Seizure; Penalty.  Go to 20.1-17, Aquatic Nuisance Species http://www.legis.nd.gov/cencode/t20-1c17.pdf.