House File 2310 - Enrolled
House File 2310
AN ACT
RELATING TO CERTAIN TRESPASSING VIOLATIONS AND ASSOCIATED
SCHEDULED FINES.
3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
1 Section 1. Section 716.8, subsection 5, Code 2024, is
2 amended to read as follows:
3 5. A person who commits a trespass while hunting deer,
4 other than hunting a farm deer as defined in section 170.1 or
5 preserve whitetail as defined in section 484C.1, commits a
6 simple misdemeanor punishable as a scheduled violation under
7 section 805.8C, subsection 12. A peace officer shall consider
8 arresting and may arrest the person under section 805.9,
9 subsection 3, paragraph “c”, if the person refuses to leave
10 the property after receiving a citation or immediately returns
11 to the property after receiving a citation, or may arrest the
12 person as otherwise provided under law. The person shall also
13 be subject to civil penalties as provided in sections 481A.130
14 and 481A.131. A deer Any wildlife taken by a person while
15 committing such a trespass shall be subject to seizure as
16 provided in section 481A.12.
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17 Sec. 2. Section 805.8C, subsection 12, Code 2024, is amended
18 to read as follows:
19 12. Trespassing violations. For trespasses punishable under
20 section 716.8, subsection 1 or 5, the scheduled fine is two
21 hundred sixty five hundred dollars for a first violation, six
22 hundred forty-five one thousand dollars for a second violation,
23 and one thousand two hundred eighty-five five hundred dollars
24 for a third or subsequent violation.
______________________________ ______________________________
PAT GRASSLEY AMY SINCLAIR
Speaker of the House President of the Senate
I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and
is known as House File 2310, Ninetieth General Assembly.
______________________________
MEGHAN NELSON
Chief Clerk of the House
Approved _______________, 2024 ______________________________
KIM REYNOLDS
Governor


Statutes affected:
Reprinted: 716.8
Enrolled: 716.8