571—49.2(462A) Definitions.

“Department” means the department of natural resources.

“Meandered stream” means a lake or stream that, at the time of the original government survey, was surveyed as a navigable and important water body and was transferred to the state upon admission to the union to be transferred or retained by the public in accordance with the laws of the state upon admission to the union.

“Motor vehicle” means a vehicle that is self-propelled and not operated upon rails. A motor vehicle is not a watercraft as defined in Iowa Code section 462A.2(43).

“Navigable stream” means all streams that can support a vessel capable of carrying one or more persons during a total of a six-month period in one out of every ten years.

“Trout stream” means a stream that, by natural or artificial methods, supports trout fish species.

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