Ohio Administrative Code

19.03 PDF: (A) In accordance with section 1533.84 of the Revised Code, the chief of the division of wildlife hereby establishes standards for shooting ranges in Ohio. These standards address noise levels, hours of operation, and safety. Private or public shooting ranges in Ohio s…

19.03 PDF: (A) In the lake Erie fishing district, it shall be unlawful for any person to take or attempt to take fish from a seine, or to set, maintain, or bait a seine except from March first to June fourteenth and from the Wednesday following Labor day to December tenth each ye…

19.03 PDF: Under authority of section 1533.63 of the Revised Code and division (D) of section 1531.08 of the Revised Code, the chief of the division of wildlife hereby orders that throughout the state:(A) It shall be unlawful for any person to sell, buy, transport, take, catch, o…

19.03 PDF: (A) Only those persons previously issued a commercial fishing license by the chief or his authorized agent, or a commercial fishing license transferred by the chief or his authorized agent, or a license in reserve in the prior fishing season will be issued a commercial…

19.03 PDF: (A) It shall be unlawful for any person to use or to set, place, fish, locate, or maintain a net or trotline in the limited fishing areas in the lake Erie fishing district described as follows:(1) From the Camp Perry firing area located in Ottawa county, north of Camp …

19.03 PDF: (A) It shall be unlawful for a licensed commercial fyke net or trap net fishermen to engage in setting, pulling or maintaining commercial fishing gear without having a vessel monitoring system and electronic catch reporting system that is provided and administered by a…

19.03 PDF: Under authority of sections 1531.08 and 1533.44 of the Revised Code, the chief of the division of wildlife hereby orders that:(A) It shall be unlawful for any person to use set or place in the Ohio waters of lake Erie any fyke or trap net without the name of the licens…

DF: (A) All fish, taken from a net or other commercial fishing gear, other than a seine shall be brought ashore between one-half hour before sunrise to one-half hour after sunset on the same day that the fish were taken or caught. Live cars and other holding devices containing li…

19.03 PDF: (A) Every commercial fish licensee, except trap net or trotline fishermen using seventy hooks or less, shall keep an accurate daily record of his catch upon a report form furnished by the division of wildlife, and shall monthly submit such report to the division of wil…

DF: Under authority of sections 1531.08, 1533.49, and 1533.62 of the Revised Code, the chief of the division of wildlife hereby orders that:(A) The meshes of the back of the crib or car of all crib nets, fyke nets, or trap nets used in fishing in this state shall measure not less…

19.03 PDF: (A) Applicants for an Ohio fishing guide license whose intent it is to take clients on their vessel for hire where a United States coast guard merchant mariner credential is required, shall submit a copy of their valid United States coast guard merchant mariner credent…

19.03 PDF: (A) Commercial fishing quotas will be determined and allocated annually for yellow perch (Perca flavescens) in the Ohio waters of lake Erie by the chief of the division of wildlife. Annual yellow perch quota allocations will be pounds of yellow perch and may be allocat…

19.03 PDF: (A) Every commercial fish trapnet licensee, shall keep an accurate daily record of his or her yellow perch (Perca flavescens) catch for each license and in a manner prescribed by the chief and submitted to the division of wildlife by the licensee, as specified in parag…

DF: (A) Every commercial trapnet licensee shall keep a daily record for each license of all sales of his or her catch of round yellow perch (Perca flavescens) on a form furnished by the division of wildlife and in a manner prescribed by the chief.(1) The report form entitled "yel…

19.03 PDF: (A) Carp, grass carp, buffalo fish, suckers, sheepshead, goldfish, bowfin, gizzard shad, quillback and white perch may be taken with a seine only in the bays, marshes, estuaries, or inlets bordering upon, flowing into, or in any manner connected with lake Erie, except …

19.03 PDF: (A) The regulations herein apply to dog training grounds which are established only for the training of dogs where the shooting of approved game birds is essential to complete training of a dog, and any use other than this will be considered grounds for revoking the pe…

19.03 PDF: (A) It shall be lawful to release game birds on a commercial bird shooting preserve without banding each bird prior to hunting. Provided further, it shall be unlawful to possess any bird taken from a commercial bird shooting preserve that does not have attached to it a…

19.03 PDF: (A) Field trials may be conducted from the first day of September through the last day of April. If the last day of April is a Saturday, then field trials may be conducted on the first day of May.(B) Quails, chukar partridges, ducks, pheasants, and other game birds app…

h 119. PDF: (A) The chief of the division of wildlife shall annually establish an Ohio wetlands habitat stamp design contest procedure for the purpose of conducting a contest to select a design to appear as the wetlands habitat stamp issued by the division of wildlife beginning i…

19.03 PDF: (A) Falconry permits.Ohio falconry permits may be issued for up to three years and expire at midnight on the date specified on the permit.(1) The fee for a new falconry permit is seventy-five dollars plus twenty-five dollars for each year the permit is issued.(2) The r…

19.03 PDF: (A) Raptor capture.It shall be unlawful for an Ohio falconry permit holder to capture or attempt to capture a raptor without first obtaining a raptor capture permit. A raptor capture permit authorizes a falconry permit holder to capture one raptor of the species listed…

19.03 PDF: (A) It shall be unlawful for a person to engage in aquaculture without first making application for and receiving an aquaculture permit issued by the chief of the division of wildlife or their designee.(1) The application shall include the name of the applicant, name o…

19.03 PDF: (A) It shall be unlawful to dig, harvest, cut, root up, gather, or otherwise collect wild ginseng from its natural habitat except during the season of September first through December thirty-first of each year without written authorization from the chief of the divisio…

19.03 PDF: (A) A ginseng dealer state registration permit issued pursuant to section 1533.881 of the Revised Code is nontransferable and expires on August thirty-first each calendar year.(B) Except as otherwise provided in this rule and rule 1501:31-40-01 of the Administrative Co…

19.03 PDF: (A) Dealers and buyers shall obtain certification from a state inspector of the division of wildlife certifying that any Ohio ginseng collected or grown in Ohio and being exported from the state has been legally acquired, collected, or cultivated. Only Ohio ginseng leg…

19.03 PDF: (A) Under the authority of section 1531.06 of the Revised Code and after compliance with Chapter 1547. of the Revised Code, the chief of the division of wildlife orders that:(B) It shall be unlawful for any person to use a watercraft mooring or tie-up stake on any prop…

19.03 PDF: Under authority of section 1531.06 of the Revised Code and after compliance with Chapter 1547. of the Revised Code, the chief of the division of wildlife orders that:(A) No person shall operate (start/run) or permit to be operated a motor, other than an electric motor,…

19.03 PDF: (A) Methods. It shall be unlawful to hunt or take migratory game birds:(1) With a trap, snare, net, crossbow and arrow, rifle, pistol, swivel gun, punt gun, machine gun, pumpkin ball, or rifled slug, fish hook, poison, drug, explosive, or stupefying substance.(2) With …

h 119. PDF: (A) No hunter who legally takes and possesses any migratory game birds shall place or leave any such birds in the custody of any other person for picking, cleaning, freezing, processing, shipping, transportation, or storage, including temporary storage, or dispose of …

19.03 PDF: (A) Throughout the state, it is unlawful for any person to hunt, kill, wound, take, or attempt to take, or to possess any of the migratory game birds specified in this rule except as provided in this rule or other rules of the Administrative Code. Provided further, it …

19.03 PDF: (A) Throughout the state, it shall be unlawful for any person to hunt, kill, wound, take, or attempt to take or to possess any of the birds specified in this rule except as provided in this rule or other rules in the Administrative Code. For the purpose of this rule, t…

19.03 PDF: Beginning August 1, 2026, the state will be divided into three zones for the purposes of hunting waterfowl. (A) Zone A.Waterfowl zone A consists of Auglaize, Defiance, Erie, Fulton, Hardin, Henry, Marion, Mercer, Ottawa, Paulding, Sandusky, Shelby, Van Wert, Williams, …

19.03 PDF: This rule shall not apply to authorized division employees or other persons designated by the chief of the division of wildlife or to private landowners conducting activities on their properties where hunting, trapping, or fishing is permitted because of an agreement w…

19.03 PDF: (A) It shall be unlawful for any person to camp on any property owned, administered or controlled by the division of wildlife except within posted designated camping areas on lands listed in this rule and other lands as permitted by the chief of the division of wildlif…

19.03 PDF: (A) General provisions.On any designated division of wildlife target range, it shall be unlawful for any person to:(1) Enter into, remain upon, or use a division of wildlife target range when designated closed;(2) Target practice at any time other than from sunrise to …

19.03 PDF: (A) Except as herein provided, field trials for dogs and raptors may be conducted on state public hunting areas administered by the division of wildlife from the first day of September through the last day of October and from February twenty-eighth through the last day…

19.03 PDF: (A) On all properties owned, leased, or under control of the division of wildlife, it shall be unlawful:(1) For any person to train, work, or exercise any dog on any property that is posted with signs reading "Public Hunting Area" or "Wildlife Area" between the first d…

19.03 PDF: (A) The following fees are hereby established under authority of Chapters 119., 1531., and 1533. of the Revised Code:(1) The daily fee for Tri-Valley wildlife area when used for field trials is two hundred and thirty-five dollars per day. Persons who pay this fee are e…

19.03 PDF: (A) Methods of take:(1) It shall be unlawful to take any game, captive white-tailed deer or nonnative wildlife from a wild animal hunting preserve by any method other than hunting:(a) With a gun,(b) With a gun and dog,(c) With a bow and arrow,(d) With a shotgun that is…

19.03 PDF: (A) It shall be unlawful to possess or use an all-purpose vehicle permit unless the holder meets one of the following requirement, as documented by a licensed physician:(1) Has a permanent or irreversible physical disability that prevents the ability to ambulate withou…

19.03 PDF: A portion of the contiguous lands within the Appalachian Hills wildlife area in Bristol and Manchester townships in Morgan county, and Brookfield township in Noble county is hereby designated as the Appalachian Hills walk-in area.(A) The Appalachian Hills walk-in area …

19.03 PDF: Public notice of hearing to be conducted by the division of parks and watercraft will be advertised in the register of Ohio at least thirty days, but not more than forty days, prior to the hearing. In addition to public notice given in the register of Ohio, the divisio…

19.03 PDF: In the interpretation of parks and watercraft rules, their provisions are to be construed as follows:(A) "Rules" means "rules and regulations";(B) Any terms in the singular includes the plural;(C) Any term in the masculine includes the feminine, the non-binary, and the…

19.03 PDF: (A) The rules of the division of parks and watercraft, Ohio department of natural resources, shall be effective under, upon, and in the airspace above all lands and waters that are presently under the jurisdiction, supervision, custody or control and which are administ…

19.03 PDF: Whenever used in any division of parks and watercraft rules the following terms, unless otherwise therein expressly defined, shall mean and include the following:(A) "Air propelled powercraft" means any powercraft propelled by machinery which produces a current of air …

19.03 PDF: No person shall operate a watercraft, inflatable boat, sailboard or any other device capable of being used for navigation within or through any designated swimming beach area, or any area which has been buoyed off designating it as an area in which watercraft are prohi…

19.03 PDF: Owners or operators of watercraft shall not anchor, dock, or tie-up at any dock designated by the division to be a general use dock in such a manner as to hinder or obstruct navigation or adjacent waterways, or for a period of time in excess of one hour except that the…