Title XVIII, Fish and Game

The executive director may adopt rules under RSA 541-A establishing 2 days per year on which persons normally required to hold a license under RSA 214:1 may fish by angling only, in any public waters within the jurisdiction of the state without a license, except that those angler…

I. No person shall at any time take wild animals or wild birds in this state without first procuring, in addition to any applicable licenses required by title XVIII, a wildlife habitat license under RSA 214:9, XV, for the same period. A person under the age of 16 years may take w…

I. A fisheries habitat fee, which shall be set in rules adopted by the executive director in accordance with RSA 541-A, shall be required to be paid by all persons 16 years of age or older, in addition to each applicable fishing or combination license required by Title XVIII, in …

I. No person is authorized to procure a resident license to hunt, fish, or take clams or clam worms or oysters, without first exhibiting to the person issuing the license the following identification: (a) At the location of a registered fish and game agent, a valid New Hampshire …

I. No trapping license shall be issued to any resident or non-resident person unless he presents to the person authorized to issue such license either: (a) A certificate of competency as provided by RSA 210:25; or (b) Satisfactory proof that he has successfully completed a trappe…

Whoever makes any false statement for the purpose of procuring a license shall be guilty of a violation and the person's license may be revoked for a period not exceeding 3 months. All fines collected for violation of the provisions of this section shall be deposited in the fish …

Any agreement or record between a private landowner and a person issued a fish and game license under this title, which is provided to, or held by, the department or its staff, shall be maintained confidentially and shall not be considered a public record for purposes of RSA 91-A…

I. If the applicant for a fishing, hunting, or bow and arrow license is a resident of the state, has received a discharge other than dishonorable from service in the armed forces of the United States as defined in RSA 21:50, II and is totally and permanently disabled from such se…

The executive director may issue honorary hunting or fishing licenses to the President and Vice President of the United States and to nonresident governors, fish and game officials, accredited sportswriters and photographers, recognized conservationists, and foreign ambassadors a…

The executive director may issue upon application complimentary nonresident hunting and fishing licenses to a person from another state who is suffering from paraplegia or who is suffering from the loss of, or the loss of the use of, both lower extremities, or is a totally and pe…

The executive director shall issue upon application resident hunting and fishing licenses to a person who is both a resident of this state and is either suffering from paraplegia or is suffering from the permanent loss of, or the permanent loss of the use of, both lower extremiti…

The executive director is hereby authorized to establish within state parks, in cooperation with the department of natural and cultural resources, such license agencies as he determines necessary to distribute a special one-day fishing license for the purpose of fishing within st…

I. The executive director may issue, upon application, a complimentary fishing permit to a state or county institution, nursing home facility, or veterans hospital, or to a person who is both a resident of the state and is: (a) A resident or patient at a state or county instituti…

The executive director and his agents shall refuse to issue any license to hunt if it appears that the applicant is not a suitable person to carry firearms. Any person who has been refused a license by an agent shall have the right of appeal to the executive director, whose decis…

Any person who shall violate those provisions of RSA 265:102, I, which relate to the placing of refuse into or on the ice over any public water, streams or watercourse or the approaches thereto or land bordering the same may, in addition to the penalty provided in RSA 265:102, IV…

Any person whose privilege to fish, hunt, trap, guide, take or land lobsters and crabs, or engage in commercial marine fishing activities has been suspended or revoked in any jurisdiction within the United States or Canada shall be prohibited from purchasing a license for such ac…

I. The executive director may revoke or suspend the license of any person who has been found guilty in any court of a violation of any provision of this title or any rule or regulation of the executive director, or who has been found guilty in a superior or district division of a…

Whenever any person convicted of a violation of any provision of this title or any rule or regulation of the executive director or of RSA 163-B, RSA 236:26, RSA 265:102 or RSA 635:2 shall appeal, his license shall be suspended pending disposition of the appeal. If the person so a…

The executive director may revoke the hunting license of any person who shall be convicted of an offense similar to those described in RSA 207:37-a, 207:38, 208:8, or 214:20 by a court of any other state.

Copies of records of convictions and notices of license revocations kept by the executive director of this state and other states, certified by the executive director, shall be deemed admissible to prove such revocations or convictions in court.

I. The provisions of RSA 214:1 shall not apply to resident land owners while upon their own land or to the owner's children under 16 years of age when accompanied by the owner or another licensed person 18 years of age or over on such land, to persons fishing in ponds operated an…

No person shall target practice, hunt, take, or attempt to take wildlife in this state by the use of a firearm, bow and arrow, crossbow and bolt, or any other weapon: I. While such person is under the influence of intoxicating liquor or any controlled drug, or any combination of …

A person shall be guilty of a violation of this section if in addition to violating the provisions of RSA 214:20, that person is involved in an incident resulting in serious bodily injury as defined in RSA 625:11 as a result of that person's discharge of a firearm, bow and arrow,…

I. Any person who shall be convicted of a violation of RSA 214:20 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. In addition to any penalty provided by law, such person's hunting license shall be revoked and the person shall not be issued a license to hunt for a period of 3 years. II. Any per…

Upon complaint, information, indictment or trial of any person charged with a violation of RSA 214:20 or 214:20-a, the court may admit evidence of the defendant's alcohol concentration, as defined in RSA 259:3-b, as shown by a chemical analysis of his breath, urine, or blood. Evi…

I. Any person who target practices, takes, or attempts to take wildlife in this state by use of a firearm, bow and arrow, crossbow and bolt, or any other weapon, shall be deemed to have given consent to physical tests and examinations for the purpose of determining whether that p…

If a person under arrest for a violation of RSA 214:20 refuses upon the request of a law enforcement officer to submit to a physical and/or chemical test designated by the law enforcement officer as provided in RSA 214:20-d, none shall be given, but the executive director shall r…

All and any alcohol concentration tests performed as authorized in RSA 214:20-d shall be conducted pursuant to the requirements of RSA 265-A:5, relative to the testing of blood, urine, and breath.

The provisions of RSA 265-A:7, relative to the right of an arrested person to obtain additional tests, shall apply to any person to whom RSA 214:20-d is applicable.

The provisions of RSA 214:20 shall not limit the introduction of any other competent evidence bearing on the question of whether a person charged with the violation of 214:20 was under the influence of intoxicating liquor or controlled drugs or any combination of intoxicating liq…

If a person refuses to submit to a test as provided in RSA 214:20-e, such refusal may be admissible into evidence in a civil or criminal action or proceeding arising out of an act alleged to have been committed by that person while target practicing, hunting, taking or attempting…

The provisions of RSA 265-A:12, relative to notice to the court and the admissibility of the official report of tests, shall govern admissibility of the official records related to the tests taken pursuant to this RSA 214:20-d as well as the notice required to compel the attendan…

Notwithstanding any other statutory provisions of the law to the contrary, a law enforcement officer may, without a warrant, arrest any person involved in any shooting related directly to target practicing, hunting, taking, or attempting to take wildlife, when that officer has pr…

When death or serious bodily injury occurs to any person in the course of a hunting related shooting or the result of target practice, the person or persons responsible shall be tested for blood alcohol content. A law enforcement officer shall request a licensed physician, regist…

I. Before any test of a person's blood, urine or breath specified in RSA 214:20-d is given, the law enforcement officer shall: (a) Inform the arrested person of such person's right to have a similar test or tests made by a person of the arrested person's own choosing. (b) Afford …

Any person who is dead, unconscious, or who is otherwise in a condition rendering such person incapable of refusing shall be deemed not to have withdrawn the consent provided by RSA 214:20-d and the test or tests may be administered. The provisions of RSA 214:20-n shall not apply…

Upon revoking or denying a hunting license of any person pursuant to RSA 214:20-b and 214:20-e the executive director shall immediately notify the person in writing of such revocation or denial. If, within 30 days of such notification, the person so notified requests a hearing on…

No person who has had a license suspended or revoked shall take or attempt to take the wildlife permitted to be taken by said license. A person whose license has been revoked indefinitely or for a period of time under any provision of this chapter shall be ineligible to purchase …

I. No person shall hunt, fish, trap or engage in any activity regulated by this title if such person is in default with any state court for the violation of any section of title XVIII and such person's license to hunt, fish, trap or engage in such activities shall be suspended by…

The executive director may in his discretion declare that a person who has been convicted of fishing, hunting or trapping without a license shall be ineligible to receive any license under the provisions of this title for a period of not more than one year from the date of such c…

No person shall hold a nonresident hunting and fishing license and at the same time hold a nonresident hunting license, nor shall any person at the same time hold more than one of either of said licenses. Any person who shall procure a nonresident hunting and fishing license whil…

No person shall hold at the same time a resident hunting and fishing license and a resident hunting license, nor shall any person at the same time hold more than one of either of said licenses. Any person who shall procure a resident hunting and fishing license while holding a re…

I. No hunting license shall be issued to or be purchased by any resident or nonresident person unless the applicant presents to the person authorized to issue such license either: (a) A certificate of completion from a basic hunter education program as provided under this subdivi…

The executive director, after consultation with the commission, is authorized to establish programs for training persons in the safe and responsible handling of any firearm and bow and arrow used for hunting and for this purpose may cooperate with any public or private associatio…

Each instructor authorized by the executive director to conduct the program for training in safe handling of firearms shall be covered by liability insurance protecting him from liability for damages during the time when instruction is being furnished. The cost of such insurance …

The executive director, after consultation with the commission, is authorized to charge a fee for the issuance of a duplicate certificate of completion. The amount of said fee shall be determined by the executive director and the fee shall be credited to the fish and game fund. T…