North Dakota Administrative Code
Title 30 - Game and Fish Department
Article 30-02 - Wildlife Management
Chapter 30-02-02 - Falconry
Section 30-02-02-06 - Examination

1. Before a North Dakota apprentice falconry license is issued, the applicant shall be required to answer correctly at least eighty percent of the questions on a supervised examination provided or approved by the service and administered by the department at the Bismarck office, relating to basic biology, care and handling of raptors, literature, laws, regulations, or other appropriate subject matter. An individual has five years from the date of a successful examination to obtain the apprentice license. This requirement does not apply to license renewals under section 30-02-02-03.

2. If a license has lapsed for less than five years, the license will be issued at the level the licensee held previously if proof of certification at that level is provided.

3. If a license has lapsed for five years or more, a licensee must correctly answer at least eighty percent of the questions on an examination administered by the department at the Bismarck office. If the licensee passes the examination, the license may be reinstated at the level previously held. The facilities must pass a facility inspection before the licensee may possess a falconry bird.

4. If the examination is failed, the applicant cannot retake the examination the same day.

Any person who violates this section is guilty of a noncriminal offense and shall pay a two hundred dollar fee.