Chapter 497 — Chapter 497

ORS 497.002 “Resident” and “nonresident” defined. Except as provided in ORS 497.006, as used in this chapter

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ORS 497.006 Certain persons as residents for licensing purposes. (1) As used in this section

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ORS 497.010 [Repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]

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ORS 497.012 Validity of licenses on Snake River. (1) Angling, hunting or trapping in the waters of the Snake River or on the islands of the Snake River, where the river forms the boundary line between the State of Oregon and the State of Idaho, by a holder of either a valid Oregon or Idaho license therefor in accordance with the laws and rules of the respective states is lawful

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ORS 497.014 Validity of licenses in Pacific Ocean or Columbia River; rules. (1) A person may take fish or shellfish in the waters of the Pacific Ocean within three miles of the coast of the State of Oregon or the State of Washington, between the Oregon-Washington boundary and Cape Falcon, or in the waters of the Columbia River where it forms the Oregon-Washington boundary, if the person holds either a valid Oregon or Washington license therefor in accordance with the laws and rules of the respective state. However, a person other than a Washington resident landing fish or taking shellfish by boat in Oregon must hold a valid Oregon angling or shellfish license. All persons landing fish by boat in Oregon are subject to all Oregon laws, rules and regulations relating to taking fish or shellfish, including bag and length requirements

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ORS 497.015 [1971 c.530 §2; repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]

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ORS 497.016 Term of licenses, tags and permits. Unless otherwise provided by law, all licenses, tags and permits issued by the State Fish and Wildlife Commission shall be valid for such period of time as the commission prescribes. [1973 c.723 §44; 1981 c.445 §1]

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ORS 497.020 [Repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]

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ORS 497.022 Issuance of licenses, tags or permits by commission agents; fees. (1) The State Fish and Wildlife Commission may appoint agents to issue any of the licenses, tags or permits the commission is authorized by law to issue. The commission shall prescribe the procedure for the issuance of the licenses, tags and permits. Agents of the commission shall issue licenses, tags and permits in accordance with the prescribed procedure and shall charge and collect the fees prescribed by law for the licenses, tags and permits

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ORS 497.026 Duty of license agents to remit funds; rules. (1) No agent appointed by the State Fish and Wildlife Commission to issue licenses, tags or permits shall fail to remit to the commission moneys received from the issuance of licenses, tags and permits in the manner required by this section

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ORS 497.030 [Repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]

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ORS 497.032 Duplicate licenses, tags and permits; fees. If one or more licenses, tags or permits issued by the State Fish and Wildlife Commission are lost, destroyed or stolen, the commission may require the holder of the licenses, tags or permits to attest to an agent of the commission that the licenses, tags or permits have been lost, destroyed or stolen and to submit any applicable fee determined by the commission. The commission may not charge a fee under this section that exceeds the lesser of the cost of the original document or the fee listed under the fee schedule in ORS 497.061 for filing a duplicate certificate. [1973 c.723 §47; 1981 c.445 §3; 1985 c.60 §6; 2009 c.832 §4; 2015 c.779 §11; 2019 c.102 §3]

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ORS 497.036 Inspection of licenses, tags, permits and wildlife. The holder of any license, tag or permit to angle, take, hunt or trap must consent to the inspection of any such license, tag or permit and any wildlife taken pursuant to such license, tag or permit

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ORS 497.040 [Amended by 1959 c.272 §1; repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]

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ORS 497.041 Applications for licenses, tags and permits to include certain statement for applicant attestation. (1) As used in this section, “hunt” and “wildlife” have the meanings given those terms in ORS 496.004

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ORS 497.050 [Amended by 1967 c.523 §7; repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]

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ORS 497.060 [Repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]

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ORS 497.061 (1) Except as otherwise provided by law, the State Fish and Wildlife Commission shall charge the fees listed in the fee schedule under this section for the issuance of the specified licenses, tags and permits

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ORS 497.070 [Repealed by 1959 c.341 §2]

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ORS 497.071 Dedication of certain license, tag and permit fee increases. The Legislative Assembly finds it imperative that the wildlife resources of the State of Oregon be augmented to a level sufficient to provide Oregonians the recreational benefits of hunting and angling, an abundance of wildlife, and the reasonable expectation that their efforts will result in the taking of game or fish. The intent of this legislation is to provide adequate revenue to the State Fish and Wildlife Commission whereby game mammal herds and game fish populations may be increased for the benefit of Oregon hunters and anglers. Concomitant with the purposes for which the Legislative Assembly approves this legislation, the State Fish and Wildlife Commission is directed to expend the revenues created by this section and ORS 497.102 to 497.134 in achieving wildlife management objectives including, but not limited to the following

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ORS 497.072 [1955 c.216 §1; repealed by 1959 c.341 §2]

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ORS 497.075 General license, tag and permit requirements; exemptions. (1) Except as provided in subsections (2), (3) and (4) of this section, no person shall angle for, take, hunt or trap, or assist another in angling for, taking, hunting or trapping, any wildlife unless the person has in possession such valid licenses, tags and permits therefor as the State Fish and Wildlife Commission issues

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ORS 497.079 Open fishing and shellfish taking days. Notwithstanding ORS 497.075, 497.121 and 497.132, the State Fish and Wildlife Commission may issue, up to four times each year, an order that authorizes individuals to angle for fish or take shellfish in the waters of this state without the licenses or tags, or without the licenses and tags otherwise required by law, on any two consecutive days. [1989 c.344 §2; 1995 c.177 §1; 2003 c.656 §7; 2015 c.764 §1]

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ORS 497.080 [Repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]

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ORS 497.090 [Repealed by 1965 c.295 §3]

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ORS 497.100 [1959 c.692 §§2,3(1),(3); 1961 c.536 §2; 1971 c.446 §5; repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]

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ORS 497.102 Hunting licenses and permits. (1) The State Fish and Wildlife Commission is authorized to issue, upon application, to persons desiring to hunt wildlife the following licenses and permits and shall charge the applicable fees under the fee schedule in ORS 497.061

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ORS 497.104 Access and habitat program funding. Notwithstanding any other provision of the wildlife laws, of the moneys received from the sale of the following licenses, the following amounts shall be deposited as provided for in ORS 496.242

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ORS 497.110 [Amended by 1955 c.358 §1; 1967 c.278 §1; 1971 c.446 §6; repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]

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ORS 497.112 Hunting tags; restrictions; violation reporting; rules. (1) The State Fish and Wildlife Commission may issue to applicants desiring to hunt wildlife the following tags and shall charge the applicable fees under the fee schedule in ORS 497.061

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ORS 497.115 [1971 c.530 §3; repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]

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ORS 497.116 Dedication of certain tags for qualified veteran use. (1) As used in this section

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ORS 497.120 [Amended by 1955 c.358 §2; 1957 c.148 §1; 1959 c.221 §1; 1961 c.536 §1; 1967 c.278 §2; 1971 c.446 §7; repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]

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ORS 497.121 Angling and shellfish licenses and tags; rules. (1) The State Fish and Wildlife Commission may, upon application and payment of the applicable fees established by the fee schedule under ORS 497.061, issue the following licenses and tags to persons desiring to angle for fish or take shellfish

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ORS 497.122 [1955 c.474 §1; repealed by 1957 c.148 §2]

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ORS 497.123 Hatchery harvest tag rules. The State Fish and Wildlife Commission shall adopt rules for the issuance of hatchery harvest tags to persons holding an annual angling license and an annual tag to angle for salmon and steelhead. The rules shall allow persons holding a hatchery harvest tag to angle for 10 fin clipped or otherwise marked returning hatchery salmon and steelhead. [2001 c.94 §1]

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ORS 497.124 Special dedication of fees to Fish Screening Subaccount. Notwithstanding any other provision of the wildlife laws, of the moneys received from the sale of the following licenses, 75 cents from the sale of each license shall be credited to the Fish Screening Subaccount under ORS 496.303

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ORS 497.125 [1959 c.692 §3(2); repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]

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ORS 497.126 Use of certain moneys from angling licenses. Notwithstanding any other provision of the wildlife laws, of the moneys received from the sale of the following licenses, the following amounts shall be deposited as provided for in ORS 496.283

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ORS 497.127 Youth licenses. The State Fish and Wildlife Commission is authorized to issue, upon application, youth licenses for resident and nonresident persons at least 12 years of age and under 18 years of age and shall charge the applicable fee under the fee schedule in ORS 497.061. The youth license shall be equivalent to, and authorize the purchaser to engage in the activities authorized by, the following adult licenses

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ORS 497.130 [Amended by 1967 c.278 §3; repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]

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ORS 497.132 Combined licenses for residents. (1)(a) In lieu of issuing to resident persons separate licenses for hunting and angling, the State Fish and Wildlife Commission is authorized to issue resident annual combination hunting and angling licenses, and charge the applicable fee under the fee schedule in ORS 497.061

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ORS 497.134 Voluntary contributions. (1) The State Fish and Wildlife Commission may provide a means for persons to make voluntary contributions to be used for special fish and wildlife management programs, including programs to improve access for recreational angling. The commission may seek voluntary contributions in conjunction with the sale of hunting and angling licenses and tags or by such other means as the commission considers appropriate

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ORS 497.136 Uses of certain fee increases. The moneys received from the fee increases prescribed in the amendments to ORS 497.121, 497.124, 497.126 and 497.132 by sections 1 to 4, chapter 619, Oregon Laws 1993, shall be used by the State Department of Fish and Wildlife for recreational fishing activities, including fish hatchery production, freshwater fish programs, groundfish sampling, fish research projects, Oregon State Police Game Bureau enforcement, a name and address database, and the Hatchery Maintenance Information System. [1993 c.619 §6]

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ORS 497.138 Special dedication of fees to Fish Passage Fund. Notwithstanding any other provision of the wildlife laws, of the moneys received from the sale of the following licenses, 25 cents from the sale of each license shall be credited to the Fish Passage Fund established under ORS 497.139

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ORS 497.139 Fish Passage Fund. The Fish Passage Fund is established in the State Treasury, separate and distinct from the General Fund. Interest earned by the Fish Passage Fund shall be credited to the fund. Moneys in the fund are continuously appropriated to the State Department of Fish and Wildlife for purposes related to fish passage. [2009 c.832 §14]

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ORS 497.140 [Amended by 1963 c.263 §1; repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]

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ORS 497.141 Fish Passage Restoration Subaccount; sources; uses. (1) There is created a Fish Passage Restoration Subaccount within the Fish Passage Fund established under ORS 497.139. Fees described in ORS 543.765 (15) shall be paid into the subaccount. The State Department of Fish and Wildlife may solicit and accept additional moneys for crediting to the subaccount, including but not limited to federal funds, appropriations, donations, grants from nongovernmental entities and moneys from other public or private sources. Any interest earned by moneys within the subaccount shall be credited to the subaccount

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ORS 497.142 Fur-bearer trapping or hunting license and tag. (1) The State Fish and Wildlife Commission is authorized to issue, upon application, to persons desiring to take fur-bearing mammals the following licenses and shall charge the applicable fee under the fee schedule in ORS 497.061

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ORS 497.145 [1965 c.295 §2; repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]

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