481A.131 - JUDGMENT -- EXECUTION.
481A.131 JUDGMENT -- EXECUTION. In each case of conviction of unlawfully taking, catching, killing, injuring, destroying or having in possession any fish, game or fur-bearing animal, the court shall enter a judgment in favor of the state of Iowa for liquidated damages in an amount as provided in section 481A.130, and it shall be the duty of the commission and the prosecuting attorney or attorney general, to collect the liquidated damages by execution or otherwise. If two or more persons who have acted together are convicted of the unlawful taking, catching, killing, injuring, destroying or having possession of any fish, game or fur-bearing animal, the judgment shall be entered against them jointly. Any liquidated damages received under this section and section 481A.130 shall be remitted to the treasurer of state who shall credit such damages to the state fish and game protection fund. The return of any uninjured fish, game or fur-bearing animal which has been unlawfully taken, caught, or possessed, to the place where taken or caught or to any other place approved by the commission, shall constitute the discharge of any liquidated damages provided under section 481A.130. Civil suits for the collection of judgments may be prosecuted by the attorney general or by county attorneys.
Section History: Early Form [C75, 77, 79, 81, § 109.131; 82 Acts, ch 1211, § 4]
Section History: Recent Form 86 Acts, ch 1245, § 1854 C93, § 481A.131 Referred to in § 716.8