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97C.611 SNAPPING TURTLES; LIMITS.
A person may not possess more than three snapping turtles of the species Chelydra serpentina
without a turtle seller's license. Until new rules are adopted under section 97C.605, a person may
not take snapping turtles of a size less than ten inches wide including curvature, measured from
side to side across the shell at midpoint. After new rules are adopted under section 97C.605, a
person may only take snapping turtles of a size specified in the adopted rules.
History: 1986 c 386 art 3 s 54; 1989 c 266 s 4; 2002 c 351 s 24

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