Authority: IC 14-22-2-6

Affected: IC 14-22

Sec. 4. (a) An individual must not set or place a stake, a chain, a drag, a trap, any other portion of a trap, or a net that is designed to take a wild animal except:

1. (1) during a season established for trapping that wild animal;
2. (2) for coyotes, during any time of year by a person who possesses that land or has permission from the person who possesses that land;
3. (3) for wild animals that are damaging property and taken by a resident landowner or tenant under 312 IAC 9-3-15;
4. (4) for raptors with a falconry license in accordance with 312 IAC 9-10-13.1;
5. (5) with a scientific purposes license in accordance with 312 IAC 9-10-6; or
6. (6) with a nuisance wild animal control permit in accordance with 312 IAC 9-10-11.

(b) A person must not place or cause to be placed a trap (set or unset) capable of taking a migratory bird on a pole or post, unless the person possesses a permit issued by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under 50 CFR 21, Subpart D and one (1) of the following that authorizes the taking of a migratory bird:

1. (1) A scientific purposes license issued by the department under 312 IAC 9-10-6.
2. (2) A migratory bird depredation permit issued by the department under 312 IAC 9-10-23.

(Natural Resources Commission; 312 IAC 9-2-4; filed May 12, 1997, 10:00 a.m.: 20 IR 2700; readopted filed Jul 28, 2003, 12:00 p.m.: 27 IR 286; readopted filed Nov 24, 2008, 11:08 a.m.: 20081210-IR-312080672RFA; filed Mar 12, 2010, 1:28 p.m.: 20100407-IR-312090479FRA; readopted filed May 20, 2014, 9:43 a.m.: 20140618-IR-312140017RFA; filed Jun 15, 2015, 3:43 p.m.: 20150715-IR-312140453FRA; readopted filed Sep 18, 2019, 1:16 p.m.: 20191016-IR-312190325RFA; readopted filed Mar 25, 2025, 9:50 a.m.: 20250423-IR-312240574RFA)