Title 17 — Game and Fish

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 …

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.

A blind resident may fish without a license and is entitled to the same privileges as the holder of a valid license.

B. A lifetime license, benefactor license and trout stamp may be denied or suspended pursuant to, and for the offenses described in, section 17-340. C. A lifetime license, benefactor license and trout stamp remain valid if the licensee subsequently resides outside this state, but…

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.

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.

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 to canc…

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 report of th…

A. On conviction, on entering a deferred prosecution agreement 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…

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…

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 the …

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 an audit re…

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.

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 develop…

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…

A. The holder of a trapping license, may trap predatory, nongame, and fur-bearing mammals under such restrictions as the commission may specify. B. All traps shall be plainly identified with the name, address, or registered number of the owner, and such markings of identification…

A. A person shall not act as a guide without first satisfying the director of the person's qualifications and without having procured a guide license. A person who is under eighteen years of age shall not be issued a guide license. B. If a licensed guide fails to comply with this…

A. A person shall not engage in the business of a taxidermist for hire until that person registers with the department. The department shall adopt rules to allow a person to register pursuant to this section. B. A taxidermist shall: 1. Keep a register of the names and addresses o…

A. No person shall engage in the business of buying for resale any specimen of predatory, nongame and fur-bearing mammals taken within this state without obtaining a fur dealer's license. B. A fur dealer shall keep a record of the date, number and species of all pelts or furs rec…

A. A person may transport in his possession his legally taken wildlife, or may authorize the transportation of his legally taken big game, provided such big game or any part thereof has attached thereto a valid transportation permit issued by the department. Such wildlife shall b…

A. A common carrier shall not transport any wildlife except as provided for under this title or title 3, chapter 16. B. Wildlife may be shipped during the open season, or within five days thereafter, but such shipment shall not exceed the possession limit for any one species and …

A. Commercial food establishments processing or storing wildlife shall stamp all packages containing such wildlife with a stamp furnished by the department and such packages shall be marked with the date received or processed. The operator of such establishment shall keep a recor…

In this article, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Secretary" means the secretary of the interior of the United States, or any officer or agency of the United States authorized to administer the restoration acts. 2. "Restoration acts" means the Pittman-Robertson federal …

A. The state assents to the provisions of Public Law 415, 75th Congress, chapter 899, first session, and Public Law 681, 81st Congress, chapter 658, second session. B. The commission shall be the agency of the state for the purposes of this article.

The commission may cooperate and enter into agreements with the secretary for establishment, maintenance and completion of restoration projects, pursuant to the restoration acts.

The commission, in the name of the state and with approval of the governor, may acquire by purchase, lease or gift, either for cash or upon installments, such lands or other property or interest therein as may be necessary for the purpose of carrying on a restoration project purs…

A. The commission shall notify the secretary of its desires to avail itself of monies apportioned not later than sixty days after receipt of certification by the secretary of the estimated amount to be apportioned to this state. B. Upon receipt of final certification by an agency…

A. There is established a permanent revolving fund to be known as the game and fish revolving fund. B. The fund is appropriated for the initial financing or continuation of projects approved in compliance with the provisions of the restoration acts of Congress known as the Pittma…

A. Notwithstanding section 37-620.01, the consent of this state is given pursuant to title 16 United States Code section 715f and article I, section 8, clause 17 of the Constitution of the United States for the acquisition by the United States of land and any buildings and other …

A. The secretary of the interior is granted the privilege to conduct fish hatching, fish culture and other operations connected therewith, including the acquisition of land, with the approval of the commission, in any manner and at any time that may be considered by the secretary…

In this article, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Cross-country" means travel over the countryside other than by road. 2. "Road" means any maintained or unmaintained road that has been utilized by the public.

A. When the commission determines that the operation of motor vehicles within a certain area, except private land, is or may be damaging to wildlife reproduction, wildlife management or wildlife habitat of such area, the commission, with the concurrence of the land management age…

A. For all areas specified under agreements pursuant to section 17-452, the commission shall cause notices of the restrictions, prohibitions or permitted uses of such area to be posted, prior to the effective date of such restrictions, prohibitions or permitted uses, on the main …

No person shall drive a motor operated vehicle cross-country on public or private lands where such cross-country driving is prohibited by rule or regulation or, in the case of private lands, by proper posting.

A. The restrictions, prohibitions or permitted uses established pursuant to section 17-452 shall not apply to: 1. Public employees acting in the scope of their employment. 2. Valid licensees and permittees of state agencies and land management agencies. Holders of such licenses a…

The commission may expend such funds as may become available from general fund appropriations to carry out the provisions of this article, including, but not limited to: 1. Investigations and surveys of actual or possible wildlife habitat damage by motor vehicles and the study of…

All peace officers of the state, counties and municipalities and other duly authorized state employees may enforce the provisions of this article.

Any person who violates any provision of this article or any rule or regulation adopted pursuant to this article is guilty of a class 3 misdemeanor.

B. The commission shall: 1. Monitor and have oversight of specific projects for which the legislature appropriates monies to the wildlife habitat restoration and enhancement fund. 2. If necessary, change the priority of appropriated projects under its oversight, but any change in…

A. The department shall not apply rotenone or antimycin A for any purpose to any spring, seep, watershed, stream, river, stockpond, irrigation water delivery system, lake or other body of standing or running water in this state until conducting and submitting to the commission a …

A. The livestock loss board is established to address the depredation of wolves on livestock operations. The livestock loss board consists of the following members: 1. The director of the Arizona department of agriculture or the director's designee. 2. The director of the Arizona…

1. Establish and implement procedures to compensate landowners, lessees or livestock operators for wolf depredation on livestock. 2. Establish requirements for landowners, lessees and livestock operators to report and demonstrate wolf depredation on livestock. 3. Establish eligib…

1. Wolf depredation on livestock. 2. Participating in a pay-for-presence program implemented by the livestock loss board pursuant to section 17-492. 3. Implementing avoidance measures to prevent wolf depredation on livestock. B. The livestock loss board shall administer the lives…

1. "Confidential information" means any data collected about a landowner, species or property location from a private landowner or property owner by a state agency or municipal agency or an entity acting on the agency's behalf. 2. "Conservation plan" means a species conservation …

B. Confidential information about species shall be collected only through a standardized form in which property owners provide express written consent to have their property surveyed or enrolled or potentially subject to enrollment in a conservation plan. C. A person who violates…

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as "the wildlife violator compact".

The wildlife violator compact is adopted and enacted into law as follows: Article 1 Findings, declaration of policy and purpose (a) The participating states find that: (1) Wildlife resources are managed in trust by the respective states for the benefit of all residents and visito…

A. The department is designated as the licensing authority in this state for purposes of the compact. The director shall furnish to the appropriate authorities of the participating states any information or documents reasonably necessary to facilitate the administration of the co…

In this article, unless the context otherwise requires, "outdoor shooting range" or "range" means a permanently located and improved area that is designed and operated for the use of rifles, shotguns, pistols, silhouettes, skeet, trap, black powder or any other similar sport shoo…

A. The legislature finds that outdoor shooting range noise standards are a matter of statewide concern. City, town, county and any other state noise standards are preempted as applied to outdoor shooting ranges. B. Each outdoor shooting range in this state shall measure the noise…