Montana § 87-2-202 Application -- Fee

Montana Statutes

§ 87-2-202 — Application -- Fee

Montana·Title 87 FISH AND WILDLIFE·Ch. 2 FISHING, HUNTING, AND TRAPPING LICENSES·Part 2 Wildlife Conservation License

87-2-202 . Application -- fee.

(1)Except as provided in 87-2-817 (2), a conservation license must be sold upon written application. The application must contain the applicant's name, age, [last four digits of the applicant's social security number,] street address of permanent residence, mailing address, qualifying length of time as a resident in the state of Montana, and status as a citizen of the United States or as an alien and must be signed by the applicant. The applicant shall present a valid Montana driver's license, a Montana driver's examiner's identification card, a tribal identification card, or other identification specified by the department to substantiate the required information when applying for a conservation license. It is the applicant's burden to provide documentation

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87-2-202 . Application -- fee. (1) Except as provided in 87-2-817 (2), a conservation license must be sold upon written application. The application must contain the applicant's name, age, [last four digits of the applicant's social security number,] street address of permanent residence, mailing address, qualifying length of time as a resident in the state of Montana, and status as a citizen of the United States or as an alien and must be signed by the applicant. The applicant shall present a valid Montana driver's license, a Montana driver's examiner's identification card, a tribal identification card, or other identification specified by the department to substantiate the required information when applying for a conservation license. It is the applicant's burden to provide documentation establishing the applicant's identity and qualifications to purchase a conservation license or to receive a free conservation license pursuant to 87-2-817 (2).
(2) Hunting, fishing, nonresident wildlife management area shed hunting, or trapping licenses issued in a form determined by the department must be recorded according to rules that the department may prescribe.
(3) (a) Resident conservation licenses may be purchased for a fee of $8, of which 25 cents is a voluntary search and rescue donation.
(b) Nonresident conservation licenses may be purchased for a fee of $10, of which 25 cents is a voluntary search and rescue donation.
(c) A person who purchases a conservation license may make a written election not to pay the additional search and rescue donation in subsections (3)(a) and (3)(b). If a written election is made, the donation may not be collected.
[(4) The department shall keep the applicant's social security number confidential, except that the number may be provided to the department of public health and human services for use in administering Title IV-D of the Social Security Act.]
(5) The department shall delete the applicant's social security number in any electronic database [5 years after the date that application is made for the most recent license]. (Bracketed language terminates or is amended on occurrence of contingency--sec. 3, Ch. 321, L. 2001. The $2 conservation license fee increases in subsections (3)(a) and (3)(b) enacted by Ch. 596, L. 2003, are void on occurrence of contingency--sec. 8, Ch. 596, L. 2003.)

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Legislative History

En. Sec. 2, Ch. 172, L. 1969; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 289, L. 1975; amd. Sec. 8, Ch. 9, L. 1977; amd. Sec. 13, Ch. 417, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 26-230; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 554, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 494, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 321, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 592, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 187, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 29, L. 1999; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 216, L. 2001; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 321, L. 2001; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 528, L. 2001; amd. Sec. 8, Ch. 534, L. 2003; amd. Secs. 7, 10, Ch. 596, L. 2003; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 573, L. 2005; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 585, L. 2005; amd. Sec. 13, Ch. 180, L. 2007; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 237, L. 2007; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 452, L. 2007; amd. Sec. 4, I.M. No. 161, approved Nov. 2, 2010; amd. Sec. 94, Ch. 258, L. 2011; amd. Sec. 8, Ch. 449, L. 2015; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 85, L. 2021; amd. Sec. 8, Ch. 563, L. 2021; amd. Sec. 14, Ch. 507, L. 2023; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 748, L. 2025.