# Title 30 — Game and Fish Department

## Article 30-04 — Fish and Wildlife Management

## Chapter 30-04-04 — Transplanting or Introduction of Fish, Fish Eggs, Game Birds, or Game Animals into North Dakota

### § 30-04-04-01. Health certificate.

All game birds or game animals brought into this state shall be accompanied by a health certificate
certifying that the game birds or game animals have been examined within thirty days previous to the
shipment, and found to be free from all contagious and infectious diseases. The certificate shall further
certify that the game birds or game animals have not been exposed to an infectious or contagious
disease to which they are vulnerable for a period of thirty days prior to shipment.
General Authority: NDCC 20.1-02-05
Law Implemented: NDCC 20.1-02-05
### § 30-04-04-02. Pullorum disease.

1. All provisions for the classification, recognition, control, and eradication of pullorum disease,
as contained in the latest revised issue of the United States department of agriculture
miscellaneous publication number 300, available at fifteen cents per copy from United States
government printing office, Washington 25, D.C., shall be recognized in North Dakota, and all
regulatory provisions therein shall be construed as being a part of this section.
2. Game birds over five months of age shall not be imported into this state unless they have
passed a negative agglutination test for pullorum disease under the supervision of a state
livestock sanitary authority within thirty days preceding the date of importation, or have
originated from flocks authoritatively participating in such pullorum control and eradication
phase of the national poultry improvement plan, or national turkey improvement plan, as may
be adopted in the state of origin.
3. Game birds under five months of age, including baby chicks, started chicks, or other newly
hatched birds, and hatching eggs shipped or otherwise brought into North Dakota, shall have
originated in flocks that meet the pullorum requirements of the national poultry or turkey
improvement plans and this section. Every container of such game, game birds, or eggs, shall
bear an official label or certificate showing the name and address of the shipper, the authority
under which the testing for pullorum was done, and the pullorum control and eradication class
of the product; the use of said certificate or label to be approved by the official state agency or
the livestock sanitary official of the state of origin.
General Authority: NDCC 20.1-02-05
Law Implemented: NDCC 20.1-02-05
### § 30-04-04-03. Permit requirements.

No permit, as provided for under North Dakota Century Code section 20.1-09-02, will be issued for
holding, domesticating, propagating, or releasing game birds or game animals brought into North
Dakota from without the state, unless a certificate showing the name and address of the shipper, the
authority under which the testing or examination was carried out, or the pullorum control and
eradication class of the product accompanies the application for permit.

General Authority: NDCC 20.1-02-05
Law Implemented: NDCC 20.1-02-05
### § 30-04-04-04. Fish or fish eggs.

The introduction of fish or fish eggs into any state waters shall be illegal unless done with the
written consent of the game and fish commissioner or the commissioner's duly designated bonded
employee.
General Authority: NDCC 20.1-02-05
Law Implemented: NDCC 20.1-02-05
### § 30-04-04-05. Bait transfer.

It shall be unlawful for any person to empty the contents of any minnow bucket or other receptacle
containing bait into any of the public waters of the state.
General Authority: NDCC 20.1-02-05
Law Implemented: NDCC 20.1-02-05
