ID H0141

Defines "commercial wildlife tannery" in Idaho Code Section 36-202 as any person or entity whose primary business is tanning wildlife skins/hides, processes more than 10,000 skins/hides annually, and receives over 75% of business via common carrier in interstate commerce.

Exempts commercial wildlife tanneries from standard recordkeeping requirements in Section 36-603, instead requiring them to record client names, addresses, phone numbers, inventory, and license numbers of taxidermists, fur buyers, hunters, trappers, or tribal/zoological permit holders.

Requires commercial wildlife tanneries to obtain and retain signed compliance statements from all shippers/clients and maintain records for two years in written or electronic form compliant with Idaho Code Section 9-328.

Authorizes the director to seize and confiscate wildlife or portions thereof in the possession of commercial wildlife tanneries, licensed or unlicensed, unless satisfactory records of lawful origin and proof of ownership can be produced.

Specifies that compliance with the recordkeeping requirements in Section 36-603 constitutes satisfactory proof of lawful origin and ownership for purposes of seizure and confiscation authority.