11-0703 - General provisions.
§ 11-0703. General provisions. 1. a. The privileges of the licenses and stamps defined in section 11-0701 may be exercised only at the times and places, and in the manner and to the extent, permitted by provisions of the Fish and Wildlife Law and applicable regulations of the department, including provisions contained and regulations authorized in sections of the Fish and Wildlife Law other than those specifically referred to in section 11-0701. b. No license or stamp authorizes the holder (a) to trespass upon private lands or waters or to interfere with property belonging to another person; (b) to take fish or wildlife on an Indian reservation; (c) to enter upon, or to take or disturb fish or wildlife upon, state lands or waters posted by the department except in accordance with a written permit from the department or an order adopted by the department; (d) to take any fish or wildlife in any area closed to the taking of fish or wildlife, or to take any species of fish, wildlife or protected insect in an area closed to the taking of such species. * 2. No license, permit, tag or stamp is transferable. No person shall alter, change, lend to another or attempt to transfer to another any license or any button, permit, tag or stamp issued therewith. No person, while hunting, shall possess a license, button, permit, tag or stamp which was issued to another person unless actually accompanied by the person to whom such license, button, permit, tag or stamp was issued. No person shall purchase, possess or use more than one junior archery, junior hunting, small and big game, big game, bowhunting, muzzle-loading, sportsman, or resident super-sportsman license or stamp, non-resident bowhunting or muzzle-loading license, non-resident super-sportsman license, non-resident bear tag or special permit for the current license year, except as permitted by regulation of the department. Notwithstanding the prohibitions contained in this subdivision, the department may authorize by rule or regulation the transfer of deer management permits, issued pursuant to section 11-0913 of this article, to any person licensed to hunt deer pursuant to this title. * NB Effective until January 15, 2011 * 2. Except as provided in section 11-0704 of this title, no license, permit, tag or stamp is transferable. No person shall alter, change, lend to another or attempt to transfer to another any license or any button, permit, tag or stamp issued therewith. No person, while hunting, shall possess a license, button, permit, tag or stamp which was issued to another person unless actually accompanied by the person to whom such license, button, permit, tag or stamp was issued. No person shall purchase, possess or use more than one junior archery, junior hunting, small and big game, big game, bowhunting, muzzle-loading, sportsman, or resident super-sportsman license or stamp, non-resident bowhunting or muzzle-loading license, non-resident super-sportsman license, non-resident bear tag or special permit for the current license year, except as permitted by regulation of the department. Notwithstanding the prohibitions contained in this subdivision, the department may authorize by rule or regulation the transfer of deer management permits, issued pursuant to section 11-0913 of this article, to any person licensed to hunt deer pursuant to this title. * NB Effective January 15, 2011 3. Any license, stamp or certificate in lieu of a lost or destroyed license, obtained by fraud, or by a person not authorized to hold it, or who makes a false statement in applying for it, is void. 4. a. Non-resident fishing, non-resident super-sportsman, non-resident bowhunting or muzzle-loading, or non-resident trapping licenses, ornon-resident bear tags are issuable only to non-residents and persons who have been residents for less than thirty days immediately preceding the date of application. b. A person under the age of fourteen years is ineligible for any license which authorizes the holder to hunt big game. A person under the age of sixteen years is ineligible for a small and big game, sportsman or resident super-sportsman, non-resident super-sportsman, non-resident big game, non-resident bowhunting license, or bowhunting stamp. A person is ineligible for a small game, small and big game, junior hunting, big game, junior archery, sportsman and resident super-sportsman, non-resident super-sportsman, or non-resident bowhunting or muzzle-loading license unless such person meets the requirements of subdivision 3 of section 11-0713 of this title. c. Only the following persons are eligible for resident licenses: (1) persons who have been residents in the state for more than thirty days immediately preceding the date of application for the licenses, or who are enrolled in a full-time course at a college or university within the state and who are in residence in the state for the school year, or who are out of state or foreign exchange high school students enrolled in a full-time course in a high school within the state and who are in residence in the state for the school year; (2) Indian residents or members of the six nations residing on any reservation wholly or partly within the state; (3) members of the United States armed forces in active service, stationed in this state, regardless of the place of residence at the time of entry into the service; and (4) persons privileged under subdivision 5 of section 11-0707 of this article to take wildlife, other than deer and bear, as if they held hunting licenses. d. Only persons who possess a small and big game license, the big game license portion of the free sportsman, a sportsman license or resident super-sportsman license are eligible for a bowhunting or muzzle-loading stamp, except that the holder of a junior hunting license, who is a resident and who is at least fourteen years old, is eligible for a muzzle-loading stamp. e. A person under the age of twelve years is ineligible for a junior hunting license. 5. a. One-day and seven-day fishing licenses expire on the date stated on them. b. A fishing license issued without charge to a resident as formerly provided in subdivision 2 of section 11-0715, shall remain effective for the life of the licensee. c. A special antlerless deer license is effective during the special open season for which it is issued. d. All other licenses and stamps defined in section 11-0701 are effective for a license year beginning October 1 and ending September 30. 6. a. Except as provided in section 11-0707 and section 11-0709 of this title, no person shall (1) hunt wildlife, other than deer or bear, or take fish with a gun, unless such person holds and is entitled to exercise the privileges of a small game, junior hunting, small and big game, free sportsman, sportsman or resident super-sportsman, or non-resident super-sportsman license; (2) hunt antlerless deer in a special open season therefor pursuant to subdivision 6 of section 11-0903 of this article unless such person holds and is entitled to exercise the privileges of and has on his or her person while so hunting a small and big game, big game, junior archery, free sportsman, junior hunting if the licensee is at least fourteen years old, sportsman, resident super-sportsman, non-resident super-sportsman or non-residentbowhunting or muzzle-loading license, and a special antlerless deer license; (3) take fish or frogs in the manner described in subdivision 4 of section 11-0701 of this title unless such person is entitled to exercise the privileges of a fishing license; (4) trap wildlife unless such person holds a trapping license. b. Except as provided in section 11-0707 and section 11-0709 of this title, no resident shall (1) hunt wild deer or bear unless such person holds and is entitled to exercise the privileges of a small and big game, junior archery, junior hunting if the licensee is at least fourteen years old, free sportsman, sportsman, or resident super-sportsman license, and meets the requirements of this article; (2) hunt wild deer or bear with a longbow in a special longbow season unless such person holds and is entitled to exercise the privileges of a small and big game, junior archery, free sportsman, sportsman, or resident super-sportsman license with a bowhunting stamp affixed and meets the requirements of this article; or (3) hunt wild deer or bear with a muzzle-loading firearm in a special muzzle-loading firearm season unless such person holds a small and big game, free sportsman, sportsman, junior hunting if the licensee is at least fourteen years old, or resident super-sportsman license with a muzzle-loading stamp affixed and meets the requirements of this article. c. Except as provided in section 11-0707 and section 11-0709 of this title, no non-resident shall (1) hunt wild deer unless such person holds and is entitled to exercise the privileges of a big game, junior archery, junior hunting if the licensee is at least fourteen years old, non-resident super-sportsman, or non-resident bowhunting or muzzle-loading license; (2) hunt wild deer with a longbow in a special longbow season unless such person holds and is entitled to exercise the privileges of a non-resident super-sportsman, non-resident bowhunting, or junior archery license; (3) hunt wild deer with a muzzle-loading firearm in a special muzzle-loading firearm season unless such person holds a non-resident super-sportsman or non-resident muzzle-loading license; (4) hunt wild bear unless such person holds a junior hunting license if the licensee is at least fourteen years old, a junior archery license, or a non-resident bear tag in combination with one of the non-resident deer licenses listed in subparagraph 1, 2 or 3 of this paragraph.