§ 20-13-5 - Issuance of licenses.
SECTION 20-13-5
§ 20-13-5 Issuance of licenses. – (a) The clerk of every town or city, or a special agent, shall, upon theapplication of any eligible person and the payment of the license fee, issue tothat person a license to pursue, hunt, and kill game in the state during theopen season with firearms or by bow and arrow with an archer's permit;provided, however, that no license shall be granted to or possessed by:
(1) Any person under fifteen (15) years of age; provided,however, a junior hunting license may be obtained for persons age twelve (12)to fourteen (14) years of age upon the completion of a basic hunter's safetycourse; and further provided, that they shall hunt only in the immediatecompany of a qualified licensed adult twenty-one (21) years of age or over;
(2) Any person who has been convicted of a crime of violenceor who is a fugitive from justice, as defined in § 11-47-2 of the FirearmsAct; or
(3) Any person who is under guardianship, treatment orconfinement by virtue of being a mental incompetent, or who has beenadjudicated or is under treatment or confinement as a drug addict, or who hasbeen adjudicated or is under treatment or confinement as a habitual drunkard.
(b) Any person affected by the provisions of subsection(a)(3), other than a person who has been pronounced criminally insane by acompetent medical authority, after a lapse of a period of five (5) years fromthe date of being pronounced cured by a competent medical authority, may obtaina license upon the presentation of an affidavit issued by a competent medicalauthority to the effect that that person is a mentally stable person and aproper person to possess a hunting license. If that person has no otherdisqualifying record, he or she will be allowed to purchase and possess ahunting license.
(c) Every hunting license shall be printed or stamped uponsome durable material and shall bear the name, age, occupation, place ofresidence, and an identifying description of the licensee, and shall expire onthe last day of February next succeeding the date of issue, and may be revokedwithin the discretion of the director of environmental management. Everyhunting license shall plainly and conspicuously indicate upon its face the yearof issuance and shall be in the form prescribed by the director.