14-22-25-1 Applicability of chapter
14-22-25-2 Requirement
14-22-25-3 Application; fee
14-22-25-4 Conditions and restrictions
14-22-25-1 Applicability of chapter
Sec. 1. This chapter does not apply to the following:
(1) Animals imported into Indiana for the purpose of being confined and exhibited in a zoo or other public display of animals.
(2) Other animals that the department designates.
(3) Animals regulated under IC 14-22-31-7.
(4) Game birds under a game breeder's license issued under IC 14-22-20.
Credits
As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.15. Amended by P.L.289-2013, SEC.14, eff. July 1, 2013; P.L.195-2017, SEC.30, eff. July 1, 2017.
Sec. 2. A person may not bring into Indiana, for the purpose of release or selling for release in Indiana, live fish, the fry of live fish, or any other living wild animal without a permit issued by the department.
CREDIT(S)
As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.15.
Sec. 3. An application for a permit must be filed with the director not less than ten (10) days before the proposed date of importation. Subject to IC 14-22-2-10, a minimum fee of five dollars ($5) must accompany the application.
Credits
As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.15. Amended by P.L.195-2017, SEC.31, eff. July 1, 2017.
14-22-25-4 Conditions and restrictions
Sec. 4. (a) A permit may be granted only upon satisfactory proof that the specific animals intended to be imported meet the following conditions:
(1) The animals are free of a communicable disease at the time of importation.
(2) The animals will not become a nuisance.
(3) The animals will not cause damage to a native wild or domestic species.
(b) The director may incorporate in the permit the restrictions that the director considers necessary.
CREDIT(S)
As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.15.