Sect 935.09 -Director of Agriculture responsible for permits, will perform criminal records check for felony drug abuse or violent felonies OR convicted of animal abuse OR the failure to report the escape of a non-native and/or dangerous animal
If person dies, same responsibilities passed on to next of kin (with option to transfer ownership to someone else)
Sect 935.10 - To keep AND breed/sell Restricted Snakes you must obtain a Restricted Snake Propagation Permit by 1/1/2014
Annual fee for 3 or fewer snakes = $200, for 4-15 snakes = $600, for 16 snakes = $1k
Sect 935.11 - If you have Dangerous Wild Animals AND Restricted Snakes, you must apply for both applicable permits
Sect 935.12 - For Dangerous Wild Animals there are certain caging/care requirements that I won’t get into here because they don’t apply to the Restricted Snakes.
For Restricted Snakes, caging requirements must adhere to the Zoological Association of America standards:

“In addition to requirements of this section, each enclosure shall be provided with an environment or devices that allow for temperature regulation necessary to insure the well-being of the species. The environment or devices shall be non-injurious, and may include, but are not limited to hot rocks, artificial lights, natural sunlight and heat strips. Each enclosure shall be provided with a non-injurious substrate such as newspaper, processed wood shavings, rocks, sand or indoor-outdoor carpet. Such substrate shall be disposed of or sanitized at intervals sufficient to insure the health of the animal(s).

Enclosure sizes for all snakes and glass lizards shall be based upon the length of the longest specimen in the enclosure.

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