Rhode Island § 20-2-16 § 20-2-16. Hunting license.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 20-2-16 — § 20-2-16. Hunting license.

Rhode Island § 20-2-16

Title 20Fish and Wildlife

Ch. 20-2Licensing

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Bluebook

R.I. Gen. Laws § 20-2-16 (2026).

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§ 20-2-16. Hunting license.
(a)(1) Resident: twenty-one dollars ($21.00); commencing July 1, 2025, twenty-four dollars ($24.00);
            commencing July 1, 2028, twenty-seven dollars ($27.00).
         
(2) Nonresident: fifty-five dollars ($55.00); commencing July 1, 2025, sixty-five dollars ($65.00);
            commencing July 1, 2028, seventy-five dollars ($75.00).
         
(3) Nonresident landowner: a nonresident citizen of the United States and owner of real estate in Rhode Island
            assessed for taxation at a valuation of not less than thirty thousand dollars ($30,000)
            may obta

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§ 20-2-16. Hunting license.

(a)(1) Resident: twenty-one dollars ($21.00); commencing July 1, 2025, twenty-four dollars ($24.00); commencing July 1, 2028, twenty-seven dollars ($27.00).

(2) Nonresident: fifty-five dollars ($55.00); commencing July 1, 2025, sixty-five dollars ($65.00); commencing July 1, 2028, seventy-five dollars ($75.00).

(3) Nonresident landowner: a nonresident citizen of the United States and owner of real estate in Rhode Island assessed for taxation at a valuation of not less than thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) may obtain a resident's hunting license.

(4) Shooting preserve: three dollars and fifty cents ($3.50).

(5) Nonresident three (3) day: twenty dollars ($20.00). This license shall entitle the licensee to hunt in Rhode Island for three (3) consecutive days as validated by the issuing agent.

(6) Resident junior hunting license: fourteen dollars ($14.00).

(7) Nonresident junior hunting license: forty dollars ($40.00).

(b) Hunting licenses shall expire on the last day of February of each year.

Legislative History

P.L. 1981, ch. 197, § 3; P.L. 1986, ch. 549, § 1; P.L. 1996, ch. 288, § 1; P.L. 2002, ch. 65, art. 13, § 16; P.L. 2021, ch. 162, art. 7, § 2, effective July 1, 2021.