§ 51-24A.23. Department of Wildlife Conservation - Confidentiality of information relating to hunting and fishing licenses – Exceptions – Disclosure of antler descriptions.

A.  The Department of Wildlife Conservation shall keep confidential the information provided by persons, including the name and address of the person, applying for or holding any permit or license issued by the Department, to the extent the information individually identifies the person.  The Department may use the information for Department purposes or allow the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to use the information for survey purposes only.  The Department shall allow any public body to have access to the information for purposes specifically related to the public body's function.

B.  The provisions of subsection A of this section shall not apply to information provided by persons applying for or holding a commercial hunting or fishing license.

C.  The provisions of subsection A of this section shall not apply to information voluntarily provided by persons for promotional purposes by the Department.

D.  Based upon the information required to be submitted through the electronic game harvest check system for harvested deer, the Department shall publicly disclose, in a timely manner, online or in published listings, by county of harvest, an antler description of each deer harvested and the name of the hunter who harvested the deer.  The hunter shall be allowed to choose when entering the harvest information whether or not the name of the hunter is released.  The Department shall not release the name of the hunter if the hunter elects not to release that information.

Added by Laws 1996, c. 32, § 1, eff. July 1, 1996.  Amended by Laws 2013, c. 288, § 2, emerg. eff. May 15, 2013.