Sec. 4. (a) If a person commits an offense that involves:

(1) unlawfully taking or possessing a deer or wild turkey;

(2) taking or possessing a deer or wild turkey by illegal methods or with illegal devices; or

(3) except as provided in subsection (c), selling, offering to sell, purchasing, or offering to purchase a deer or wild turkey or a part of a deer or wild turkey;

the court may order the person to reimburse the state five hundred dollars ($500) for the first violation and one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each subsequent violation.

(b) The money shall be deposited in the conservation officers fish and wildlife fund. This penalty is in addition to any other penalty under the law.

(c) Notwithstanding section 6 of this chapter, if a properly tagged deer is brought to a meat processing facility and the owner of the deer:

(1) fails to pick up the processed deer within a reasonable time; or

(2) notifies the meat processing facility that the owner does not want the processed deer;

the deer meat may be given away by the meat processing facility to another person. The meat processing facility may charge the person receiving the deer meat a reasonable and customary processing fee.

(d) In addition to being liable for the reimbursement required under subsection (a), a person who recklessly, knowingly, or intentionally violates subsection (a)(1) or (a)(2) while using or possessing:

(1) a sound suppressor designed for use with or on a firearm, commonly called a silencer; or

(2) a device used as a silencer;

commits unlawful hunting while using or possessing a silencer, a Class C misdemeanor.

[Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-2-3-9(a).]

As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.15. Amended by P.L.75-2005, SEC.1; P.L.2-2008, SEC.32; P.L.289-2013, SEC.17; P.L.195-2014, SEC.17; P.L.89-2016, SEC.11; P.L.85-2017, SEC.69.