(1)
Except as otherwise provided in subsection (1.6) of this section, the division may
issue the following resident and nonresident licenses and shall collect the
following fees:
Fees
Resident Nonresident
(a) to (p) Repealed.
(q) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2018.)
(r) to (u) Repealed.
(v) 3-year possession/hunting
raptor license $ 150.00 Not available
(w) Annual possession/hunting
raptor license Not available $ 80.00
(x) Repealed.
(y) Peregrine falcon
capture license 300.00 Not available
(1.1) to (1.3) Repealed.
(1.4) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (1.5) and (1.6) of this
section, the division may issue the following resident and nonresident licenses and
shall collect the following fees:
Fees
Resident Nonresident
(a) Extra rod stamp $ 9.00 $ 9.00
(b) Fishing - 1 day 12.00 15.00
(c) Fishing - 5 days Not available 30.00
(d) Fishing - annual 33.00 95.00
(d.5) Youth, ages sixteen
and seventeen,
fishing - annual 8.00 Not available
(e) Senior, ages
sixty-four and
older, annual fishing 8.00 Not available
(f) Small game hunting 28.00 80.00
(g) Small game - 1 day 12.00 15.00
(h) Furbearer license 28.00 250.00
(i) (Deleted by amendment, L. 94, p. 1220, � 3, effective May 22, 1994.)
(j) Turkey, fall 23.00 150.00
(j.3) Turkey, spring 28.00 150.00
(j.6) Turkey (youth) 14.00 100.00
(k) Combination fishing and
small game hunting 48.00 Not available
(l) Pronghorn 38.00 395.00
(m) Bear, fall 48.00 660.00
(n) Repealed.
(o) Deer 38.00 395.00
(p) Elk 53.00 660.00
(q) Mountain goat 300.00 2,210.00
(r) Moose 300.00 2,210.00
(s) Mountain lion 48.00 660.00
(t) Rocky mountain bighorn
sheep 300.00 2,210.00
(u) Desert bighorn sheep 300.00 2,210.00
(v) (I) Resident low-income
senior annual fishing 8.00 Not
available
(II) (Deleted by amendment, L. 97, p. 766, � 1, effective May 1, 1997.)
(w) Youth big game (deer,
elk, pronghorn) 13.75 99.75
each each
(x) Youth small game hunting 1.00 1.00
(y) Repealed.
(z) Colorado wildlife habitat
stamp, purchased in conjunction
with the purchase of a hunting
or fishing license 10.00 10.00
(aa) Lifetime Colorado
wildlife habitat stamp 300.00 300.00
(bb) Migratory waterfowl
stamp 10.00 10.00
(cc) [ Editor's note: Subsection (1.4)(cc) is effective January 1, 2026. ]
Bison 374.22 2,756.74
(1.5) (a) With respect to the licenses authorized under subsections (1.4)(d.5)
and (1.4)(e) of this section, the commission may raise the fees by rule as necessary
to maintain sufficient funding for Colorado to remain eligible for federal funding
made available to the states through the Federal Aid In Sport Fish Restoration
Act, 16 U.S.C. secs. 777 to 777k, as amended.
(b) With respect to licenses authorized under subsection (1.4) of this section,
the commission shall consider offering discounted licenses or license combinations
for wildlife management or hunting and fishing recruitment purposes, including
consideration of the creation of a resident low-income license.
(c) Except for the senior annual fishing license, resident low-income fishing
license, youth big game hunting license, annual Colorado wildlife habitat stamp,
lifetime Colorado wildlife stamp, and migratory waterfowl stamp issued in
accordance with subsections (1.4) and (1.5)(b) of this section, the commission may,
by rule, assess a harvest permit surcharge in an amount not to exceed five dollars
for each species that may be taken under any license listed in subsections (1), (1.4),
and (1.5)(b) of this section that is sold by the division or one of its license agents
pursuant to section 33-4-101 when, as determined by the commission by rule, doing
so is necessary for the proper management of the division or is otherwise beneficial
to the management of state wildlife resources.
(1.6) (a) By promulgation of appropriate rule, the commission may, from time
to time, reduce a fee specified in this section and may, by promulgation of
appropriate rule, later raise the license fee up to an amount not to exceed the
statutory limit, when, in the judgment of the commission, one of the following
conditions applies:
(I) If the commission determines that it would be beneficial to issue the
license in conjunction with another type of license and creates a combination
license;
(II) If the commission determines it is proper for management of the division
or otherwise beneficial to the management of state wildlife resources. Licenses so
discounted may be limited to certain geographic areas, by sex of the animal, or as
otherwise deemed appropriate by the commission.
(III) If the commission determines that an activity is regulated at both the
state and federal levels and that issuance of a multi-year state license or collection
of a reduced state annual license fee, or both, would help to coordinate state and
federal regulation and reflect the administrative cost savings realized through
coordination.
(IV) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2018.)
(b) (I) For a fee or surcharge described in articles 1 to 6 of this title 33, the
commission may, by rule, adjust the fee or surcharge by an amount up to the total
amount reflected by the annual percentage change in the United States
department of labor's bureau of labor statistics consumer price index for Denver-Aurora-Lakewood for all items and all urban consumers, or its applicable
predecessor or successor index. The adjustment is not effective until the
commission notifies the joint budget committee of the adjustment.
(II) (A) For a fee for resident and nonresident licenses described in
subsection (1.4) of this section, the commission may, by rule, adjust the fee by an
amount up to the total amount reflected by the annual percentage change in the
United States department of labor's bureau of labor statistics consumer price index
for Denver-Aurora-Lakewood for all items and all urban consumers, or its successor
index.
(B) If the commission adjusts a fee in accordance with subsection
(1.6)(b)(II)(A) of this section, the commission shall base the adjustment on the prices
for fees as those prices were established by Senate Bill 18-143, as enacted in 2018,
and described in subsection (1.4) of this section.
(C) The fee adjustment described in this subsection (1.6)(b)(II) is not effective
until the commission notifies the joint budget committee of the adjustment.
(c) Repealed.
(1.7) Nothing in this section shall be construed to invalidate any senior
lifetime license previously issued by the division.
(1.8) Repealed.
(1.9) (a) (I) The general assembly hereby finds, determines, and declares that:
(A) Service members returning from post-September 11, 2001, overseas
contingency operations who have been injured during combat face a challenging
period of rehabilitation upon their return to the United States;
(B) Many of these service members are so severely injured that they require
medical assistance for many years, or even the rest of their lives, as they reenter
mainstream life;
(C) Although the scope of care provided by the United States armed services
wounded warrior programs varies with each service member, based on the needs of
the individual, these service members may be assigned, upon return to Colorado, to
a medical treatment facility such as Evans army hospital at Fort Carson, Colorado;
(D) Wounded warrior programs are direct efforts by the United States armed
services to care for service members during their long transition from combat-related injury to civilian life and to provide assistance to those service members in
recovery, rehabilitation, and reintegration that is worthy of their service and
sacrifice; and
(E) For those wounded warriors who suffer injuries so severe that they will
require intense, ongoing care or assistance for many years or the rest of their lives,
a significant part of the healing process is enabling and encouraging these service
members to experience some of the recreational activities they enjoyed prior to
their service-related injuries.
(II) The general assembly therefore recognizes the need to provide
opportunities for Colorado's severely injured wounded warriors to enjoy the
natural resources of the state as part of their rehabilitative care. Furthermore,
offering reduced-cost or free big game hunting licenses to such recovering service
members is a small, but recognizable, acknowledgment of their selfless service and
sacrifice.
(b) The commission may promulgate rules to reduce or eliminate big game
license fees and establish a big game hunting license preference for members of
the United States armed services wounded warrior programs who are residents of,
or stationed in, Colorado and who have been so severely injured that they will
require years of intense, ongoing care or assistance.
(c) As used in this subsection (1.9), United States armed services wounded
warrior programs means:
(I) The Army wounded warrior (AW2) program;
(II) The Air Force wounded warrior (AFW2) program;
(III) The Navy safe harbor program;
(IV) The Coast Guard wounded warrior regiment; and
(V) Any successor program administered by a branch of the United States
armed services to provide individualized support for service members who have
been severely injured in overseas contingency operations undertaken since
September 11, 2001.
(d) The commission may adopt rules to implement this subsection (1.9),
including rules defining severely injured and establishing residency requirements
for service members eligible under this subsection (1.9).
(2) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (1.6) of this section, the
division may issue the following special licenses and shall collect the following
fees:
Fees
(a) Scientific collecting license for the collection of wildlife species
outside of established seasons and bag limits$ 28.00
(b) Importation license, issued for the purpose of importing wildlife
into the state75.00
(c) Field trial license23.00
(d) Commercial lake license, issued for the operation of privately
owned lakes for purposes of charging customers to fish; live fish or viable
gametes may not be sold or transported from the premises200.00
(e) Private lake license, issued for the operation of privately owned
lakes for the purpose of fishing when no fee is charged; fish or gametes
may not be sold, and live fish or viable gametes may not be transported
from the premises14.00
(f) Commercial wildlife park license, issued for the operation of
privately owned wildlife parks and for related buying, selling, or trading of
lawfully acquired wildlife or for charging customers to hunt at the park150.00
(g) Noncommercial park license, issued to persons who wish to
keep lawfully acquired native birds except raptors as pets28.00
(h) (Deleted by amendment, L. 91, p. 199, � 4, effective June 7, 1991.)
(i) Wildlife sanctuary license150.00
(3) The fee for any license issued by the division for which a fee is not
provided in subsection (1), (1.4), or (2) of this section must not exceed one hundred
dollars.
(4) Repealed.
(5) Any person may obtain more than one one-day or five-day fishing license
during a calendar year. The effective date shall appear on every such fishing
license. Said date may be the date it is procured or any future date during the
fishing season specified by the license.
(6) (a) Moneys received in payment for any licenses issued under this title
shall not be refunded except for proven error committed by the division in issuing
licenses or upon the death of a licensee in possession of a big game license if death
occurs before the starting date of the season specified on said license or if
authorized by the director under rules of the commission.
(b) Repealed.
(7) Any person claiming residency in Colorado as set forth in section 33-1-102, for the purpose of purchasing a resident license of any kind, must produce
evidence of such residency at the time of purchase.
(7.5) The division or a license agent issuing a license on the division's behalf
need not comply with section 24-72.1-103 concerning secure and verifiable identity
documents when issuing a license pursuant to this section.
(8) In the event of the loss, theft, or destruction of any wildlife license issued
by the division, the person to whom the license was issued may receive a duplicate
license from the division upon payment of a fee of up to fifty percent of the cost of
the original license, not to exceed twenty-five dollars, as established by the
commission by rule, and completion of an affidavit stating where and by whom the
license was issued and the circumstances under which the license was lost, stolen,
or destroyed. In the event the division determines that the original license has been
lost or destroyed in the mail, the person to whom the license was issued may obtain
a duplicate license from the division without charge by submitting to the division a
signed affidavit stating that the license was never received.
(8.5) (a) Except for the annual Colorado wildlife habitat stamp, the lifetime
Colorado wildlife stamp, the migratory waterfowl stamp, and the youth small game
hunting license, the commission shall, by rule, assess a surcharge in an amount not
to exceed one dollar and fifty cents on each license listed in subsections (1) and
(1.4) of this section that is sold by the division or one of its license agents pursuant
to section 33-4-101. Revenues derived from the assessment of the surcharge,
together with any interest earned on the revenues, shall be deposited into the
wildlife management public education fund created in section 33-1-112 (3.5)(a).
(b) to (e) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2005, p. 469, � 1, effective January 1,
2006.)
(9) All licenses issued pursuant to this section expire on the date written or
printed thereon, unless otherwise provided by the commission or by any other law.
(10) Repealed.
(11) With respect to licenses that are issued in limited numbers for the taking
of game wildlife, the division may collect from each resident license applicant a
nonrefundable processing fee not to exceed ten dollars and from each nonresident
license applicant a nonrefundable processing fee not to exceed twenty dollars,
which fees the commission shall establish by rule.
(12) (a) A person holding a valid aquaculture facility permit pursuant to
section 35-24.5-109, C.R.S., may charge a fee for fishing at the production facility;
no state fishing license is required.
(b) Several satellite stations of a fish production facility may operate under
one aquaculture license provided all such satellite stations are listed on such
license.
(13) (a) The commission shall establish a license classification for zoological
parks. Each licensed zoological park shall be subject to the following requirements:
(I) The primary purpose of the park shall be the exhibition of captive wild or
exotic animals for the education of the general public; except that this
subparagraph (I) shall not be construed to prohibit the carrying on of reasonable
incidental activities such as propagation, purchase, sale, and exchange of animals;
(II) The park shall be operated under the direction of a professional staff that
has generally recognized formal or practical training in the husbandry of the types
of animals kept in the park;
(III) The park shall have a state-licensed veterinarian on staff or under
contract with the park and available to provide professional consultation and care
when needed;
(IV) The park shall maintain regular hours during which it is open to the
public;
(V) The animals kept at the park shall be confined by at least one fence or
other enclosure surrounding the area in which they are housed or displayed and by
at least one additional fence, no less than eight feet in height, surrounding the
perimeter of the park.
(b) A licensed zoological park may move animals within Colorado in
connection with the buying, selling, exchanging, or loaning of such animals with
another licensed or accredited zoological park or in connection with the export of
such animals from Colorado.
(c) No licensed zoological park may import noncervid ruminants or camelids
into Colorado unless, in each such instance, the animal has been subjected to the
following process:
(I) Before importation, the animal is tested for tuberculosis and found not to
be infected;
(II) After such test, the animal is imported and held in isolation in an isolation
facility for a continuous period of least sixty days; and
(III) After the end of such isolation period, the animal is again tested for
tuberculosis. If the test result is negative, the animal may then be incorporated into
the animal population of the park.
(d) Importation and testing of cervid animals by licensed zoological parks
shall be subject to regulation by the division.
(e) A license issued to a zoological park shall cover the park and also other
property used in conjunction with the park for the selling, buying, brokering,
trading, or breeding of or caring for animals used at the park. Animals may be
moved between the park and such other property as may be reasonably necessary
for the operation of the park.
(f) The annual fee for a zoological park license shall not exceed the annual
fee for a commercial park license.
(g) (I) Except as provided in subparagraph (II) of this paragraph (g), this
subsection (13) does not apply to any zoological park that is accredited by the
American zoo and aquarium association. Any intrastate transfer and movement of
wildlife by a zoological park accredited by the American zoo and aquarium
association to another zoological park accredited by the American zoo and
aquarium association is not subject to the rules of the commission regarding
movement and disease testing.
(II) Any intrastate transfer and movement of wildlife by a zoological park
accredited by the American zoo and aquarium association to any person or entity
not accredited by the American zoo and aquarium association is subject to the rules
of the commission regarding movement and disease testing.
(14) (a) The commission shall establish a license classification for wildlife
sanctuaries. Each license for a wildlife sanctuary shall be subject to the following
requirements:
(I) The purpose of the wildlife sanctuary shall be to operate as a place of
refuge where abused, neglected, unwanted, impounded, abandoned, orphaned, or
displaced wildlife are provided care for their lifetime;
(II) The wildlife sanctuary shall be operated under the direction of a
professional staff that has generally-recognized formal or practical training in the
husbandry of the types of wildlife kept at the sanctuary; and
(III) The wildlife sanctuary shall have a state-licensed veterinarian on staff or
under contract with the sanctuary and available to provide professional
consultation and care when needed.
(b) An application for a license for a wildlife sanctuary shall include the
following:
(I) The name, complete street address, mailing address if different from the
street address, and telephone number of the facility;
(II) Evidence of the wildlife sanctuary's status under section 501 (c)(3) of the
federal Internal Revenue Code;
(III) The specific location where wildlife is housed;
(IV) The current wildlife inventory, including the common and scientific
name, gender, age, and origin of each animal; and
(V) A signed statement by a licensed veterinarian stating the veterinarian is
the veterinarian of record for the applicant and the veterinarian's complete address,
telephone number, and license number. The veterinarian shall certify that the
veterinarian has observed each of the applicant's animals at least once during the
previous three months and that the wildlife have been appropriately immunized and
cared for.
(c) Repealed.
(15) Notwithstanding any provision of this article to the contrary, revenue
generated from the fees increased by House Bill 05-1266, enacted at the first
regular session of the sixty-fifth general assembly, shall be used to implement key
priorities in the commission's strategic plan.