§ 11-0703 — General provisions

§ 11-0703. General provisions.\n 1. a. The privileges of the licenses and stamps defined in section\n11-0701 may be exercised only at the times and places, and in the manner\nand to the extent, permitted by provisions of the Fish and Wildlife Law\nand applicable regulations of the department, including provisions\ncontained and regulations authorized in sections of the Fish and\nWildlife Law other than those specifically referred to in section\n11-0701.\n b. No license or stamp authorizes the holder (a) to trespass upon\nprivate lands or waters or to interfere with property belonging to\nanother person; (b) to take fish or wildlife on an Indian reservation;\n(c) to enter upon, or to take or disturb fish or wildlife upon, state\nlands or waters posted by the department except in accordance with a\nwritten permit from the department or an order adopted by the\ndepartment; (d) to take any fish or wildlife in any area closed to the\ntaking of fish or wildlife, or to take any species of fish, wildlife or\nprotected insect in an area closed to the taking of such species.\n 2. Except as provided in section 11-0704 of this title, no license,\npermit, tag or privilege is transferable. No person shall alter, change,\nlend to another or attempt to transfer to another any license or any\npermit, tag or privilege issued therewith. No person, while hunting,\nshall possess a license, permit, tag or privilege which was issued to\nanother person unless actually accompanied by the person to whom such\nlicense, permit, tag or privilege was issued. No person shall purchase,\npossess or use more than one hunting license, trapping license,\nbowhunting privilege, muzzle-loading privilege or special permit for the\ncurrent license year, except as permitted by regulation of the\ndepartment. Notwithstanding the prohibitions contained in this\nsubdivision, the department may authorize by rule or regulation the\ntransfer of deer management permits, issued pursuant to section 11-0913\nof this article, to any person licensed to hunt deer pursuant to this\ntitle.\n 3. Any license, stamp or certificate in lieu of a lost or destroyed\nlicense, obtained by fraud, or by a person not authorized to hold it, or\nwho makes a false statement in applying for it, is void.\n 4. a. Non-resident bear tags are issuable only to non-residents and\npersons who have been residents for less than thirty days immediately\npreceding the date of application.\n b. A person is ineligible for a hunting license, trapping license,\nbowhunting privilege or muzzle-loading privilege unless such person\nmeets the requirements of subdivision 3 of section 11-0713 of this\ntitle.\n c. Only the following persons are eligible for resident fees: (1)\npersons who have been residents in the state for thirty days immediately\nprior to the date of application for the licenses, or who are enrolled\nas full-time students at a college or university within the state and\nwho are in residence in the state for the school year, or who are out of\nstate or foreign exchange high school students enrolled as full-time\nstudents in a high school within the state and who are in residence in\nthe state for the school year; (2) Indian residents or members of the\nsix nations residing on any reservation wholly or partly within the\nstate; and (3) members of the United States armed forces in active\nservice, stationed in this state, regardless of the place of residence\nat the time of entry into the service.\n d. Only persons who possess a hunting license are eligible for a\nbowhunting privilege or muzzle-loading privilege.\n e. A person under the age of twelve years is ineligible for a hunting\nlicense.\n 5. a. One-day and seven-day fishing licenses expire on the date stated\non them.\n b. A fishing license issued without charge to a resident as formerly\nprovided in subdivision 2 of section 11-0715, shall remain effective for\nthe life of the licensee.\n c. A special antlerless deer license is effective during the special\nopen season for which it is issued.\n d. All other licenses and privileges defined in section 11-0701 are\neffective for a license year beginning September 1 and ending August 31;\nprovided, however, a fishing license shall remain effective one year\nfrom the date on which it was issued.\n 6. a. Except as provided in section 11-0707 and section 11-0709 of\nthis title, no person shall (1) hunt wildlife unless such person holds\nand is entitled to exercise the privileges of a hunting license; (2)\nhunt antlerless deer in a special open season therefor pursuant to\nsubdivision 6 of section 11-0903 of this article unless such person\nholds and is entitled to exercise the privileges of and has on his or\nher person while so hunting a hunting license, bowhunting privilege or\nmuzzle-loading privilege, and a special antlerless deer license; (3)\ntake fish or frogs in the manner described in subdivision 4 of section\n11-0701 of this title unless such person is entitled to exercise the\nprivileges of a fishing license; (4) trap wildlife unless such person\nholds a trapping license.\n b. Except as provided in section 11-0707 and section 11-0709 of this\ntitle, no person shall (1) hunt wild deer or bear unless such person\nholds and is entitled to exercise the privileges of a hunting license,\nand meets the requirements of this article; (2) hunt wild deer or bear\nwith a longbow in a special longbow season unless such person holds and\nis entitled to exercise the privileges of a hunting license with a\nbowhunting privilege and meets the requirements of this article; or (3)\nhunt wild deer or bear with a muzzle-loading firearm in a special\nmuzzle-loading firearm season unless such person is at least fourteen\nyears old and holds a hunting license with a muzzle-loading privilege\nand meets the requirements of this article.\n c. No non-resident shall hunt wild bear unless such person holds a\nhunting license and a non-resident bear tag and meets the requirements\nof this article.\n