Sec. 26-131. Registration of private waters. Taking of fish without license.
Sec. 26-131. Registration of private waters. Taking of fish without license. Any
owner of private waters who desires to remove fish from such waters as provided for
in this section shall apply to the commissioner for a certificate of registration of such
private waters on a form furnished by the commissioner. Such applicant shall furnish
the commissioner such information, under oath, as he deems necessary to carry out the
provisions of this section. There shall be a fee of seventy dollars for the examination
and permanent registration of such private waters by the commissioner. Any owner of
private waters which have been so registered may take, or permit guests to take, any
species of fish from such waters at any season of the year, without a license, provided
such waters have not been stocked at expense to the state and provided the commissioner
may make regulations governing and prescribing the methods of taking such fish and
the conditions under which such fish may be removed from the premises, possessed
and transported. The owner of such registered waters shall notify the commissioner in
writing, within forty-eight hours, of any change in ownership or other conditions which
would invalidate the registration of such water as private waters under the provisions
of this section. Any person who holds such a certificate of registration and who violates
any provision of this section or any regulation issued by the commissioner as herein
authorized shall be fined not more than two hundred dollars and the commissioner may
suspend or revoke such certificate.
(1949 Rev., S. 4940; 1955, S. 2516d; 1959, P.A. 398, S. 18; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 306; Nov. Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3, S. 18,
21; May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-1, S. 100.)
History: 1959 act required that fees be credited to general fund rather than to fish fund; 1971 act replaced references
to board of fisheries and game and its director with references to environmental protection commissioner; Nov. Sp. Sess.
P.A. 91-3 amended section to increase the fee for the registration of private waters under this section from $5 to $50, to
make such registration permanent and to delete a requirement that all moneys received by the state therefor be deposited
in the general fund; May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-1 increased examination and registration fee from $50 to $70, effective January
1, 2003.