HF434 • 2026

A bill for an act relating to taking otters on one’s own property.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: OLSON
Last action: 2025-02-17
Official status: Introduced, referred to Natural Resources. H.J. 337 .
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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A bill for an act relating to taking otters on one’s own property.

What This Bill Does

A bill for an act relating to taking otters on one’s own property.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

2025-02-17 Iowa Legislature
Introduced, referred to Natural Resources. H.J. 337 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act relating to taking otters on one’s own property.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text

House

File

434

-

Introduced

HOUSE

FILE

434

BY

OLSON

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

relating

to

taking

otters

on

one’s

own

property.

1

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

2

TLSB

2175YH

(2)

91

sb/js

H.F.

434

Section

1.

Section

481A.87,

Code

2025,

is

amended

by

adding

1

the

following

new

subsection:

2

NEW

SUBSECTION

.

5.

An

owner

of

property

may

at

any

3

time

take

an

otter

on

the

owner’s

property,

subject

to

the

4

prohibitions

provided

in

sections

481A.91

and

481A.92.

5

EXPLANATION

6

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

7

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

8

This

bill

relates

to

taking

otters

on

one’s

own

property.

9

The

bill

allows

a

property

owner

to

take

an

otter

on

the

10

owner’s

property

at

any

time

subject

to

certain

limitations.

11

The

bill

prohibits

a

property

owner

from

using

a

shotgun

or

12

spear

to

kill

an

otter

and

provides

limitations

on

methods

of

13

trapping

an

otter.

14

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2175YH

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