# Title 30 — Game and Fish Department

## Article 30-03 — Fishery Management

## Chapter 30-03-03 — Construction and Use of Fishhouses for Winter Fishing

### § 30-03-03-01. License procurement.

Repealed effective December 1, 1982.
### § 30-03-03-02. Use.

Repealed effective December 1, 1982.
### § 30-03-03-03. Construction.

Any structure used as a fish house or dark house, to include campers, that is required to have the
owner's name and address or telephone number or a registration number issued by the department for
the fish house inscribed on it, shall be constructed of material that will allow it to float and be readily
removable from the ice at any time.
History: Amended effective September 1, 1993; April 1, 2006; April 1, 2009; January 1, 2014;
October 1, 2017.
General Authority: NDCC 20.1-06-07
Law Implemented: NDCC 20.1-06-07
### § 30-03-03-04. Location.

Fishhouses may be placed no closer than fifty feet [15 meters] to each other in any direction and
fish holes outside of any fishhouse may not be placed closer than ten feet [3 meters] from any
fishhouse without consent of the fishhouse occupant.
History: Amended effective April 1, 2006.
General Authority: NDCC 20.1-06-07
Law Implemented: NDCC 20.1-06-07
### § 30-03-03-05. Open when in use.

Fishhouses, when in use, shall be open for inspection.
History: Amended effective October 1, 2020.
General Authority: NDCC 20.1-06-07
Law Implemented: NDCC 20.1-06-07
### § 30-03-03-06. Violations are noncriminal.

Any person who violates any section of this chapter is guilty of a noncriminal offense and shall pay
a twenty-five dollar fee.
History: Effective April 1, 1986.
General Authority: NDCC 20.1-02-05(24)

Law Implemented: NDCC 20.1-02-05(24)
