17-331. License or proof of purchase required; violation of child support order A. Except as provided by this title, rules prescribed by the commission or commission order, a person shall not take any wildlife in this state without a valid license or a commission approved proof of purchase. The person shall carry the license or […]
17-332. Form and content of license; duplicate licenses; transfer of license prohibited; exceptions; refunds; period of validity; definitions A. Licenses and license materials shall be prepared by the department and may be furnished and charged to dealers that are authorized to issue licenses. Each license shall be issued in the name of the department and […]
17-333. License classifications; fees; reduced fee and complimentary licenses; annual report; review A. The commission shall prescribe by rule license classifications that are valid for the taking or handling of wildlife, fees for licenses, permits, tags and stamps and application fees. B. The commission may temporarily reduce or waive any fee prescribed by rule under […]
17-333.02. Trapping license; education; exemption A. A person applying for a trapping license must successfully complete a trapping education course conducted or approved by the department before being issued a trapping license. The department shall conduct or approve an educational course of instruction in responsible trapping and environmental ethics. The course shall include instruction on […]
17-334. Sale of licenses Hunting, fishing and other licenses shall be issued by such person as may be designated license dealers by the commission. The commission may suspend or revoke a dealer’s license for failure to comply with rules specified by commission order.
17-335. Blind resident; fishing license exemption A blind resident may fish without a license and is entitled to the same privileges as the holder of a valid license.
17-335.01. Lifetime license and benefactor license A. For the purposes of this title, the commission may prescribe by rule a lifetime license and a benefactor license and privileges associated with the taking and handling of fish and wildlife in this state pursuant to section 17-333. All monies derived from the sale of lifetime licenses and […]
17-337. Hunting and fishing licenses; armed forces members and spouses A member or the spouse of a member of the armed forces of the United States who is on active duty and stationed in this state for either permanent or temporary duty may purchase a resident license permitting the taking of wildlife.
17-337.01. Licenses for enrollees in the job corps Enrollees in the job corps created by the economic opportunity act of 1964, who are stationed within the state, shall be entitled to purchase a fishing license as provided by law for other residents of the state.
17-338. Remission of fees from sale of licenses and permits; violation; classification A. License dealers shall transmit to the department all license and permit fees collected and furnish such information as the commission prescribes by rule. The failure to transmit these fees within thirty days after the deadline the commission prescribes by rule is cause […]
17-339. Reports and returns by license dealers; noncompliance; classification A. Each license dealer shall by January 10, or on demand of the commission or department, return to the department: 1. All duplicate stubs, unused licenses, permits and big game tags. 2. All due and unremitted license and permit fees collected. 3. A full and complete […]
17-340. Revocation, suspension and denial of privilege of taking wildlife; civil penalty; notice; violation; classification A. On conviction or after adjudication as a delinquent juvenile as defined in section 8-201 and in addition to other penalties prescribed by this title, the commission, after a public hearing, may revoke or suspend a license issued to any […]
17-341. Violation; classification A. It is unlawful for a person to knowingly purchase, apply for, accept, obtain or use, by fraud or misrepresentation a license, permit, tag or stamp to take wildlife and a license or permit so obtained is void and of no effect from the date of issuance thereof. B. Any person who […]
17-342. Colorado river special use permit A. A person taking fish or amphibians for purposes other than for profit from or while on a boat or other floating device on all waters of the Colorado river south of the Nevada-Arizona boundary shall have in his possession a valid angling or fishing license issued by either […]
17-343. Reciprocal sale of licenses and special use permits The Arizona game and fish department and the California department of fish and game may enter into a reciprocal agreement to handle licenses and special use permits of either state and issue them to their authorized dealers. Arizona shall by April 30 of each year make […]
17-344. Period of validity of special permits Arizona-Colorado river special use permits and California-Colorado river special use permits shall be valid from January 1 to December 31, inclusive, or as the commission prescribes by rule or order.
17-345. Surcharges; purposes In addition to any other fees, the commission may impose and collect: 1. A surcharge on a license, permit, tag and stamp as the commission prescribes by rule. Monies collected pursuant to this paragraph shall be segregated from other fees and deposited in the conservation development fund. 2. Surcharges on Arizona-Colorado river […]
17-346. Special big game license tags In addition to any license tags issued under section 17-333, the commission may issue special big game license tags in the name of an incorporated nonprofit organization that is dedicated to wildlife conservation. No more than three special big game license tags may be issued for each species of […]
