Section 30-02-02-04 - License conditionsIn addition to the general conditions, every license issued shall be subject to the following special conditions:
1. A licensee may not purchase, sell, trade, barter, or receive any compensation for wild raptors. Wild raptors may only be gifted.2. A licensee may purchase, sell, trade, or barter any lawfully possessed raptor that is bred in captivity under authority of a federal raptor propagation permit and banded with a numbered seamless metal band. All transactions of this type are subject to additional conditions specified by 50 CFR 21.30.3. A licensee may not propagate raptors without prior acquisition of a valid federal raptor propagation permit as described in 50 CFR 21.30 and as required by North Dakota Century Code chapters 20.1-09 and 36-01.4. A licensee may not take, purchase, receive, or otherwise acquire, sell, barter, transfer, or otherwise dispose of any raptor unless such licensee submits electronically a form 3-186A (migratory bird acquisition/disposition report) for each bird possessed within five days of acquisition, disposition, or death of the bird (http://permits.fws.gov/186A).5. A licensee must keep copies of all electronic database submissions of each falconry raptor for five years after the disposition, transfer, loss, or death of the bird.6. If a raptor is stolen, missing, or lost, the licensee must report the incident to the department and the United States fish and wildlife service regional law enforcement office within twenty-four hours.7. A license or legible copies of a license must be in the licensee's immediate possession if trapping, transporting, working with, or flying falconry raptors. Any person who violates this section is guilty of a noncriminal offense and shall pay a two hundred dollar fee.
N.D. Admin Code 30-02-02-04
Amended effective April 1, 1986; January 1, 2000; January 1, 2013.General Authority: NDCC 20.1-14-03, 20.1-02-05
Law Implemented: NDCC 20.1-14-03; 50 CFR