Title 20.1, Game, Fish, Predators, and Boating

1. An individual may not hunt, kill, take, or attempt to take any big game without having the appropriate big game hunting license and a locking seal bearing a number corresponding to the number of the big game hunting license or stamp. The locking seal must be issued as an integ…

The director may establish a combination license consisting of a general game license, resident fishing license, resident small game license, habitat stamp, and fur-bearer license.

The governor shall make one-half of the antlered white-tailed deer licenses and permits allocated to nonresidents under subsection 4 of section 20.1-03-11, up to a maximum of one hundred licenses, available to hunting outfitters licensed in this state. A hunting outfitter may not…

A resident or nonresident may purchase an early Canada goose license to hunt geese during an early season as determined by the governor by proclamation. The governor by proclamation may specify the number of licenses that may be issued and the manner in which the licenses are iss…

The director shall provide that each application for a deer lottery license contain the option for an unsuccessful applicant to donate the license fee to the private land open to sportsmen program. All moneys collected under this section must be placed in the game and fish privat…

1. When an application for a license issued by a lottery that accrues bonus points is made by an eligible resident with the intent to forfeit the opportunity to receive that license, the director shall limit that applicant to the purchase of one bonus point for that year for that…

The fees collected under this section for licenses and permits must be deposited with the state treasurer and credited to the game and fish fund, except aquatic nuisance species fees must be deposited with the state treasurer and credited to the aquatic nuisance species program f…

Except for licenses issued under section 20.1-03-07.3, a habitat restoration stamp is required for every resident and nonresident general game license for which a stamp fee of seventeen dollars must be charged. The habitat restoration stamp fee is in addition to the annual genera…

Each resident applying for a license or permit to hunt elk, moose, or bighorn sheep under this chapter must be assessed a nonrefundable application fee of five dollars for each license or permit application in addition to the fee charged for the issuance of the license or permit …

The director shall establish a surcharge of two dollars on each resident fishing license and combination license except for the resident sixty-five years of age or older license, permanently or totally disabled license, or a disabled veteran license as defined in subsection 6 of …

1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the director shall establish a surcharge of five dollars on each nonresident fishing license issued under section 20.1-03-12. The collected surcharge fees must be deposited with the state treasurer and credited to the fishing conserv…

A waterfowl habitat restoration electronic stamp is required for every resident and nonresident to hunt waterfowl within the state for which an electronic stamp fee of five dollars must be charged. All money generated by the waterfowl habitat restoration electronic stamp fees mus…

The department shall allocate not less than fifty thousand dollars biennially, from moneys collected under section 20.1-03-12, to the stocking and propagation of upland game.

No person may practice taxidermy for pay in this state without a taxidermist's license. Each violation of this section is a distinct and separate offense.

The director shall issue an annual license to practice taxidermy upon payment of the appropriate license fee.

Each person having a license to practice taxidermy shall keep a record showing the name of every person who furnished the licensee with a green or unmounted specimen and the species of each specimen. The licensee, upon request, shall exhibit the record and all unmounted specimens…

All hunting, fur-bearer, fishing, and taxidermists' licenses must be issued by the director, deputy director, and bonded game wardens. The deputy director and each bonded game warden shall send the director all license fees. Upon request, the director may appoint the person makin…

For licenses not issued through the computerized online licensing system, each agent appointed to distribute hunting and fishing licenses shall keep on file a record of each license received from the director. These licenses may be inspected at any time by the director or the dir…

At the beginning of each month, the director shall provide each agent appointed to distribute hunting and fishing licenses a statement reporting the agent's license sales for the previous month. By the fifteenth of each month, the agent shall remit to the director the funds colle…

The official bond of each agent bonded through the state bonding fund and appointed by the director to distribute hunting and fishing licenses or stamps applies to all duties required of agents under this title, including the liability for all moneys required to be collected or r…

It is unlawful for a person to fail or refuse to turn over any moneys collected or authorized to be collected under this title, or to fail or refuse to turn over and deliver to the director all applications, stubs, and mutilated and unused licenses and permits. The director may t…

No person may engage in the business of buying or shipping green furs in this state unless that person first obtains a license from the director. A license issued under this section expires on the first day of September following the date of its issue and may be issued only upon …

Each person licensed to engage in the business of buying or shipping green furs shall keep a true and correct record of each purchase of green furs made by that person. The record must show: 1. The date of the purchase. 2. The name and address of the seller. 3. The kind and numbe…

Any resident having a hunting, fishing, or fur-bearer license and lawfully in possession of any big game, small game, fur-bearer, or fish may: 1. Ship such game or fish by common carrier to the person's residential address; or 2. Carry such game or fish on a common carrier or oth…

Upon request, a resident or nonresident may obtain a permit for the transportation of big game from the director, deputy director, chief game wardens, district game wardens, or any law enforcement officer. The director shall determine the criteria for and the conditions under whi…

Any nonresident having a nonresident hunting, fur-bearer, or fishing license, and lawfully in possession of any big game, small game, fur-bearer, or fish may: 1. Carry such game or fish with the person on leaving this state. 2. Ship by common carrier, upon providing identificatio…

Upon the request or demand of the director, the deputy director, any game warden, or any peace officer, an individual who is hunting, trapping, or fishing immediately shall provide the appropriate license in paper or electronic format to the officer making the request or demand. …

No person may make any willful misrepresentation in the person's application for a license or permit or make any alteration on a license or permit already issued.

The fee remitted by any person who applies for a license issued by lottery, when by any law or proclamation that person is ineligible to apply because of any waiting period, is forfeited. The director shall notify the applicant that the applicant is ineligible for this reason and…

No person may use the license or permit of another person or attempt to deceive the director, the deputy director, any game warden, or any police officer by claiming that license as that person's own.

In addition to the license system under this chapter, licenses may be generated by a telephone, computer, or electronic system designated by the director. The director may accept payment by wire transfer, electronic transfer, or a nationally recognized credit or debit card for li…

An individual is considered licensed upon: 1. Submittal of any required information; 2. Payment of the appropriate fee; and 3. Approval of the director or representatives designated by the director.

Signature and possession of license requirements may be waived by the director by rule for individuals licensed through license systems established under section 20.1-03-32.

The social security number of an applicant for any license or permit issued under this chapter must be recorded on the application unless the applicant is a foreign national to whom no social security number has been issued. A social security number recorded under this section is…

An individual may not act as a guide or outfitter or advertise or otherwise represent to the public as a guide or outfitter without first securing a license in accordance with this chapter and the rules of the director.

1. The annual fee to receive a hunting guide license is one hundred dollars for a resident and four hundred dollars for a nonresident. 2. The annual fee to receive a fishing outfitter license is two hundred fifty dollars for a resident and five hundred dollars for a nonresident. …

1. Each licensee shall carry the license while afield and show the license to any law enforcement officer upon request. 2. Hunting guide and fishing outfitter licenses are not transferable. 3. Guide and outfitter licenses expire on March thirty-first of each year for licenses iss…

1. An individual who is eighteen years of age or more may apply for a guide or outfitter license. 2. An applicant for a hunting guide license and an outfitter acting as a guide shall provide the director proof that the individual is certified in adult cardiopulmonary resuscitatio…

1. The director may license guides and outfitters and may adopt rules to regulate guides and outfitters. If the director requests a trade secret or proprietary information, the director shall request the information on a separate form, and that information is confidential and is …

1. The license of a guide or outfitter may be denied, revoked, or suspended, or placed on probation by the director if: a. The licensee, while carrying out the business of guiding or outfitting, engages in conduct detrimental to the image and professional integrity of the guiding…

Any person providing guide or outfitter services without a license, or while under suspension, revocation, or denial is guilty of a class A misdemeanor. The court must suspend an individual's hunting, trapping, and fishing privileges for at least one year under section 20.1-01-26…

If the director determines by clear and convincing evidence that a substantial violation of state or federal criminal hunting, fishing, or trapping laws of this chapter by a guide or outfitter has occurred, the director may suspend, revoke, or deny a guide or outfitter license to…

A person may not act as a hunting guide or hunting outfitter on land the person knows is owned by the state unless the appropriate state agency permits or authorizes the guiding or outfitting, on private land enrolled by the department for purposes of hunting, on land in which th…

Any person violating a provision of this chapter for which a penalty is not specifically provided is guilty of a class B misdemeanor.

No person may hunt, take, kill, possess, convey, ship, or cause to be shipped, by common or private carrier, sell, or barter any game bird or any part thereof taken in this state, except as provided in this title.

Nothing in this title prohibits the use of any part of a legally taken game bird for decorative purposes or in the making of art works for private use or sale, except that any part of any legally taken migratory bird may not be sold or bartered except as provided under federal re…

No person, without a permit issued by the director, shall kill, catch, take, ship, cause to be shipped, purchase, offer, or expose for sale, sell, have in that person's possession or under that person's control, any harmless wild bird, or any part thereof, irrespective of whether…

No person, without a permit issued by the director, may take, have in that person's possession or under that person's control, or needlessly break up or destroy, or in any manner interfere with, the nest or the eggs of any kind of bird, the killing of which is prohibited.

A person may not possess, control, ship, transport, or store, can, or otherwise preserve, more than the number authorized in the governor's proclamation of any species of game bird mentioned in this chapter. However, properly tagged game birds legally taken out of state or taken …

1. The governor by proclamation may provide for a season to take wild turkeys in the manner, number, places, and times deemed in the state's best interests. The governor by proclamation may allow individuals who are first-time youth spring wild turkey hunters to receive one sprin…