571—112.12(484B,484C) General conditions for registrants.

1. 112.12(1)  Records and facilities shall be available for inspection by officers of the department during reasonable hours. The department may conduct an annual site visit and visual inventory of whitetails or other ungulates observed.
2. 112.12(2)  All records and reports must be kept current and reflect a true and accurate account of the registrant’s activities.
3. 112.12(3)  The department must be notified within 30 days in writing if the registrant ceases operation as a hunting preserve, at which time all unused transportation tags shall be returned to the department.
4. 112.12(4)  Whitetail or other ungulate hunting preserves that cease operation shall not remove boundary fencing without approval from the department. Whitetail or other ungulate hunting preserves shall be depopulated prior to any boundary fence removal.

5. 112.12(5)  Game bird and ungulates-other-than-whitetail hunting preserves.

   1. a. Registrants must seek to renew their hunting preserve operator’s registration within 30 days following the expiration date. Renewal requests received after this period may be considered a new application pursuant to 571—112.2(484B,484C) and 571—112.3(484B,484C).
   2. b. All new hunting preserve operator’s applications shall be considered on a first-come, first-served basis following April 30 of each year.

6. 112.12(6)  Whitetail preserves.

   1. a. A registrant shall renew the hunting preserve operator’s registration and recertify no later than June 30. Registration renewal and recertification requests received by the department after June 30 shall be considered delinquent.
   2. b. The department shall not renew a hunting preserve operator’s registration unless a completed annual report, including all documented events for the reporting period, has been received by the department prior to the reporting deadline.
   3. c. For purposes of this chapter, there shall be a continuous open season on whitetails enclosed on registered preserves.
   4. d. Individuals may use centerfire rifles, pistols, crossbows, modern or traditional archery equipment, muzzleloaders, or shotguns to hunt and harvest preserve whitetails.

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