§ 20.1-03-12 — Schedule of fees for licenses and permits

The fees collected under this section for licenses and permits must be deposited with the
state treasurer and credited to the game and fish fund, except aquatic nuisance species fees
must be deposited with the state treasurer and credited to the aquatic nuisance species
program fund. Forty-five dollars of each nonresident big game hunting license fee must be used
for the private land initiative. The various license and permit fees are as follows:
1. For a resident, age sixteen and over, small game hunting license, twenty dollars.
2. For a nonresident small game hunting license, one hundred fifty dollars.
3. For a resident big game hunting license, thirty-five dollars, except the fee for a
licensee under age sixteen is ten dollars, except as provided in a gubernatorial
proclamation issued pursuant to section 20.1-08-04.1.
4. Except for a nonresident who participates on the same basis as a resident in a lottery
for deer licenses remaining after the second lottery for residents under subsection 4 of
section 20.1-03-11, for a nonresident big game hunting license, three hundred fifty

dollars, and for a nonresident bow license, three hundred fifty dollars, and a
nonrefundable five dollar application fee must accompany any lottery license fee under
this subsection, except as provided in a gubernatorial proclamation issued pursuant to
section 20.1-08-04.1. For a nonresident who participates on the same basis as a
resident in a lottery for deer licenses remaining after the second lottery for residents,
fifty dollars.
5. For a resident fur-bearer license, twenty dollars.
6. For a resident fishing license, twenty-five dollars, except that for a resident sixty-five
years or over, a resident totally or permanently disabled, or a resident disabled veteran
who has at least a fifty percent service-connected disability as determined by the
department of veterans' affairs or has an extra-schedular rating to include individual
unemployability that brings the veteran's total disability ratio to at least fifty percent, the
license fee is ten dollars.
7. For a nonresident fishing license, sixty dollars.
8. For a resident husband and wife fishing license, forty dollars.
9. For a nonresident nongame hunting license, twenty-five dollars.
10. For a resident wild turkey permit, twenty dollars.
11. For an annual general game license, three dollars.
12. For a license to a nonresident buyer or shipper of green furs, or that person's agent,
the amount that the nonresident buyer or shipper of green furs would pay for a
nonresident buyer or shipper of green furs license or comparable license in that
person's state of residence, or fifty dollars, whichever is greater.
13. For a license to a resident buyer or shipper of green furs, eight dollars for each place
of business maintained by that person within this state.
14. For a license to a resident traveling agent, buyer, or shipper of green furs, twenty
dollars.
15. For an annual license to practice taxidermy, forty dollars.
16. For a permit to ship, by a person having a resident hunting license, during the
respective open seasons, not to exceed in any one season twenty-five game birds, to
points within this state other than that person's home or to points outside this state,
three dollars.
17. For a permit to make collections of protected birds and animals for scientific purposes,
ten dollars.
18. For a motorboat certificate of number and license, each motorboat:
a. Under sixteen feet [4.88 meters] in length, and all canoes, regardless of length,
powered by a motor, thirty dollars.
b. Sixteen feet [4.88 meters] in length and over but shorter than twenty feet
[6.1 meters] in length, excluding canoes, forty-five dollars.
c. Twenty feet [6.1 meters] in length or over excluding canoes, sixty dollars.
19. For the taking of undesirable fish from the waters of this state pursuant to section
20.1-06-05, thirty dollars for each hoop-net, trap, or seine of fifty feet [15.24 meters] or
any fraction thereof.
20. For a resident paddlefish tag annual license, fifteen dollars per tag.
21. For a nonresident paddlefish tag annual license, thirty-five dollars per tag.
22. For an annual resident license to sell minnows or other live bait at wholesale, seventy
dollars.
23. For an annual license to sell minnows or other live bait at retail, twenty dollars, except
the fee is one hundred dollars if white suckers are sold.
24. For an annual license to operate a private fish hatchery, one hundred dollars.
25. For a shooting preserve operating permit, one hundred dollars, plus thirty cents
per acre [.40 hectare] for each acre [.40 hectare].
26. For a nonresident husband and wife fishing license, one hundred dollars.
27. For a nonresident short-term three-day fishing license, forty dollars.
28. For a nonresident fur-bearer and nongame hunting license, fifty dollars.
29. For a combination license, sixty dollars.

30. For a white-tailed deer license sold to certified guides or outfitters and provided by
them to nonresidents, three hundred fifty dollars.
31. For a resident swan license, ten dollars.
32. For a nonresident swan license, fifty dollars.
33. For a resident sandhill crane license, ten dollars.
34. For a nonresident sandhill crane license, thirty dollars.
35. For an annual class B nonresident license to sell minnows or other live bait at
wholesale, four hundred dollars.
36. For a bighorn sheep license issued to a nonresident, five hundred dollars.
37. For a nonresident reciprocal trapping license, three hundred fifty dollars.
38. For a nonresident spring white goose license, fifty dollars.
39. For a resident certificate fee, two dollars, and for a nonresident certificate fee, five
dollars. An agent may not charge a service fee for issuing a resident or nonresident
certificate fee.
40. For a nonresident short-term ten-day fishing license, fifty dollars.
41. For a nonresident wild turkey permit, one hundred dollars.
42. For a nonresident waterfowl hunting license, one hundred fifty dollars.
43. For an annual class A nonresident license to sell minnows or other live bait at
wholesale, seven hundred fifty dollars.
44. For a resident early Canada goose season license, ten dollars.
45. For a nonresident early Canada goose season license, fifty dollars.
46. For a combined general game, habitat stamp, small game, and fur-bearer license for a
resident disabled veteran who has at least a fifty percent service-connected disability
as determined by the department of veterans' affairs, ten dollars.
47. For each motorboat licensed in this state, an aquatic nuisance species fee of fifteen
dollars valid concurrent with motorboat licensure.
48. For each motorboat operated on waters of this state and not licensed in this state, an
aquatic nuisance species fee of fifteen dollars for the calendar year in which it is paid.