Title 23A, Wildlife Resources Act

23A-3-219. Wildlife Management Area Stewardship Fund. (1)(a) There is created an expendable special revenue fund known as the "Wildlife Management Area Stewardship Fund." (b) As used in this section, "fund" means the Wildlife Management Area Stewardship Fund. (2) The fund consist…

23A-4-1001. Hunter education required. (1)(a) Except as provided in Section 23A-4-701, an individual born after December 31, 1965, may not acquire or possess a hunting license or permit unless the individual has successfully completed a division-approved hunter education course. …

23A-4-1002. Hunter education practical shooting test -- Exemptions. (1) Except as provided in Subsection (2), the Wildlife Board may require that the division-approved hunter education course required by Section 23A-4-1001 include a practical shooting test. (2) A member of the Un…

23A-4-1003. Instruction in hunter education -- Issuance of certificate of competency. (1) The division shall provide for an individual interested in obtaining an instructor's certificate in hunter education a course of instruction in: (a) the safe handling of firearms; (b) conser…

23A-4-1004. Instruction in bow hunter education -- Issuance of certificate of completion. (1) The division shall establish criteria for a bow hunter education course, which may be offered by an entity that meets the division's criteria. (2) The bow hunter education course shall i…

23A-4-1005. Proof of furharvester education required. (1) A resident born after December 31, 1984, may not acquire or possess a furbearer license unless the individual has successfully completed a division-approved furharvester education course. (2) In accordance with Title 63G, …

23A-4-1006. Instruction in furharvester education -- Issuance of certificate of completion. (1) The division shall provide a course of instruction in safe and responsible trapping, including instruction in: (a) the use of trapping devices; (b) trapping laws; (c) trapping ethics; …

23A-4-1007. Hunter and furharvester education training -- Fee. The Wildlife Board shall establish the fees to be assessed for obtaining instruction in hunter education and furharvester education.

23A-4-101. Definitions. Reserved.

23A-4-1101. Fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation in obtaining a license, permit, tag, or certificate of registration -- Criminal penalty. (1) A person may not: (a) obtain or attempt to obtain a license, permit, tag, or certificate of registration by fraud, deceit, or misrepresenta…

23A-4-1102. Issuance of license, permit, or tag prohibited for failure to pay child support. (1) As used in this section: (a) "Child support" means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-9-101. (b) "Delinquent on a child support obligation" means that: (i) an individual …

23A-4-1103. Imitating or counterfeiting license unlawful -- Criminal penalty. (1) A person may not imitate or counterfeit a license, permit, tag, or certificate of registration for the purpose of defrauding the state or for evading the purposes and provisions of this title. (2) A…

23A-4-1104. Violation of hunter education requirements -- Criminal penalty. (1) An individual may not obtain, attempt to obtain, or possess a hunting license or permit in violation of the hunter education requirements in Subsection 23A-4-1001(1). (2) An individual who violates Su…

23A-4-1105. Violation of furharvester education requirements -- Criminal penalty. (1) An individual may not obtain, attempt to obtain, or possess a furbearer license in violation of the furharvester education requirements in Subsection 23A-4-1005(1). (2) An individual who violate…

23A-4-1106. Suspension of license or permit privileges -- Suspension of certificates of registration. (1) As used in this section: (a) "License or permit privileges" means the privilege of applying for, purchasing, and exercising the benefits conferred by a license or permit issu…

23A-4-1107. Violation of suspension -- Criminal penalty. (1) A person may not apply for, purchase, possess, or attempt to exercise the benefits conferred by a permit, license, or certificate of registration specified in an order of suspension while that order is in effect. (2) A …

23A-4-1108. Court-ordered action against a license. The division shall promptly withhold, suspend, restrict, or reinstate the use of a license issued under this chapter if so ordered by a court.

23A-4-1109. Warrant outstanding or failure to comply with citation -- Person not entitled to license, permit, tag, or certificate. (1) A person may not purchase a license, permit, tag, or certificate of registration if: (a) there is an outstanding Utah warrant against the person …

23A-4-1110. Invalid and forfeited permit or tag. (1) With each issued permit or tag, a person may take only one of a species of protected wildlife during a license year, regardless of how many licenses or permits the person obtains, except as otherwise provided by this title or a…

23A-4-1201. Definitions. As used in this part: (1) "Compensation" means anything of economic value in excess of $100 that is paid, loaned, granted, given, donated, or transferred to a guide or outfitter for or in consideration of a service, material, or property. (2) "Guide" mean…

23A-4-1202. Registration as guide or outfitter -- Rulemaking. (1) To provide the services of a guide or outfitter a person shall annually obtain a certificate of registration with the division under this part. (2) The division shall issue to a person that qualifies under this par…

23A-4-1203. Grounds for denial or revoking of registration -- Prohibited activities. (1) The division shall refuse to register an applicant, refuse to renew, or revoke the certificate of registration of a registrant during the time period that the division suspends the applicant'…

23A-4-1204. Operations of a guide or outfitter -- Limits on retaining outfitter or compensating a guide. (1) Except as provided in Subsections (2) and (3), a person may not compensate another person to provide guide services or outfitting services in connection with or in further…

23A-4-1205. Private land excluded. This part does not apply to activities on private land.

23A-4-201. Possession of licenses, certificates of registration, permits, and tags required -- Nonassignability -- Exceptions -- Nature of licenses, permits, or tags issued by the division. (1) Except as provided in Subsection (5), a person may not take, hunt, fish, or seine prot…

23A-4-202. License, permit, and certificate forms prescribed by Wildlife Board. (1) The Wildlife Board shall prescribe the form of a license, permit, or certificate of registration to be used for hunting, fishing, trapping, seining, and dealing in furs. (2) A license, permit, or …

23A-4-203. Tag as supplement to licenses and permits. The division may issue, as a supplement to the appropriate license or permit, a tag for protected wildlife, as determined by the Wildlife Board.

23A-4-204. Alien's and nonresident peace officer's ability to obtain licenses and certificates. (1) An alien resident of Utah may purchase a hunting, fishing, trapping, seining, and fur dealer license or certificate of registration upon the same terms as a resident citizen. (2) A…

23A-4-205. Expiration date of licenses, permits, and certificates of registration. (1) The Wildlife Board shall establish the term and expiration date for a license, permit, or certificate of registration issued under this title. (2) The division shall indicate the term and expir…

23A-4-206. Signature on documents -- Considered under oath -- Prohibition on use of unsigned documents. (1) A person's signature on a license, permit, tag, or certificate of registration is certification of that person's eligibility to use the license, permit, tag, or certificate…

23A-4-207. Sales of licenses, certificates, or permits final -- Exceptions -- Reallocation of surrendered permits. (1) A sale of a license, permit, or certificate is final, and the division may not refund money except as provided in Subsections (2) and (3) or Section 23A-4-301. (…

23A-4-208. Duplicate license, permit, tag, or certificate of registration. (1) If an unexpired license, permit, tag, or certificate of registration issued under this title is destroyed, lost, or stolen, the division, a person designated by the director, or the division's authoriz…

23A-4-209. Search and rescue surcharge. (1) In addition to the fees imposed under this title, there is imposed a 25 cent surcharge on a fishing, hunting, or combination license. (2) The surcharge imposed under Subsection (1) shall be deposited in the General Fund as a dedicated c…

23A-4-210. Fees and certificates of registration to harvest brine shrimp eggs. The Wildlife Board may not impose a fee to harvest brine shrimp eggs other than a certificate of registration fee.

23A-4-211. Electronic duck stamp -- Fee. (1) As used in this section, "duck stamp" means the migratory bird hunting and conservation stamp described in 16 U.S.C. Sec. 718a. (2) The division may provide for the purchase of an electronic duck stamp by an individual on the division'…

23A-4-301. Refunds for armed forces or public health or safety organization members. (1) A member of the United States Armed Forces or public health or public safety organization who is mobilized or deployed on order in the interest of national defense or emergency and is preclud…

23A-4-302. Licenses for disabled veterans. (1) The Wildlife Board shall make rules in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, under which a veteran with a disability may receive a hunting, fishing, or combination license free or at a reduced pric…

23A-4-303. Persons residing in certain institutions may fish without license. (1) The division shall permit a person to fish without a license if: (a)(i) the person resides in: (A) the Utah State Developmental Center in American Fork; (B) the state hospital; (C) a veterans hospit…

23A-4-304. Persons participating in youth organization or school activity may fish without license. (1) As used in this section: (a) "School" means an elementary school or a secondary school that: (i) is a public or private school located in the state; and (ii) provides student i…

23A-4-305. Persons with a physical or intellectual disability, terminally ill persons, and children in the custody of the state may fish for free. (1) A resident who is blind, has paraplegia, or has another permanent disability so as to be permanently confined to a wheelchair or …

23A-4-306. Additional appropriation. The division each year shall request the Legislature to appropriate from the General Fund in an appropriations act, for deposit in the Wildlife Resources Restricted Account, a sum equal to the total of the fees, as determined by the previous y…

23A-4-401. Resident fishing and hunting license -- Use of fee. (1) A resident, after paying the fee established by the Wildlife Board, may obtain, as provided by the Wildlife Board's rules, a combination license to: (a) fish; (b) hunt for small game; (c) hunt or trap cougar durin…

23A-4-402. Lifetime hunting and fishing licenses. (1) A lifetime licensee who is born after December 31, 1965, shall complete the hunter education requirements under Section 23A-4-1001 before engaging in hunting. (2) A lifetime license remains valid if the residency of the lifeti…

23A-4-501. Wildlife license agents. (1) The director may designate wildlife license agents to sell licenses, permits, and tags. (2) A wildlife license agent may: (a) sell a license, permit, or tag to an eligible applicant, except for a license, permit, or tag specified in Subsect…

23A-4-502. Violations by a wildlife license agent -- Criminal penalty. (1) A person is guilty of an unlawful act if the actor: (a) fails to take an action required by Section 23A-4-501; or (b) takes an action prohibited by Section 23A-4-501. (2)(a) Except as provided in Subsectio…

23A-4-503. Licenses obtained from agents of division. (1) A person may obtain a license provided for in the following sections from the division or one of the division's authorized wildlife license agents: (a) Section 23A-4-401; (b) Section 23A-4-601; (c) Sections 23A-4-703 throu…