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Utah Code tit. 23A, ch. 23A-4, pt. 23A-4-P2

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Utah Code § 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.

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 protected wildlife or sell, trade, or barter protected wildlife or wildlife parts unless the person: (a) procures the necessary licenses, certificates of registration, permits, or tags required under this title, by rule made by the Wildlife Board under this title, or by an order or proclamation; and (b) carries in the person's possession while engaging in the activities described in Subsection (1) the license, certificate of registration, permit, or tag required under this title, by rule made by the Wildlife Board under this title, or by an order or proclamation. (2) Except as provided in Subsection (3) a person may not: (a) lend, transfer, sell, give, or assign: (i) a license, certificate of registration, permit, or tag belonging to the person; or (ii) a right granted by a license, certificate of registration, permit, or tag; or (b) use or attempt to use a license, certificate of registration, permit, or tag of another person. (3) In accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, the Wildlife Board may, by rule, make exceptions to the prohibitions described in Subsection (2) to: (a) transport wildlife; (b) allow a person to take protected wildlife for another person if: (i) the person possessing the license, certificate of registration, permit, or tag has a permanent physical impairment due to a congenital or acquired injury or disease; and (ii) the injury or disease described in Subsection (3)(b)(i) results in the person having a disability that renders the person physically unable to use a legal hunting weapon or fishing device; (c) allow a resident or nonresident minor under 18 years old to use the resident or nonresident hunting permit of another person in accordance with Section 23A-4-710; or (d) subject to the requirements of Subsection (4), transfer to another person a certificate of registration to harvest brine shrimp and brine shrimp eggs, if the certificate is transferred in connection with the sale or transfer of the brine shrimp harvest operation or harvesting equipment. (4) A person may transfer a certificate of registration to harvest brine shrimp and brine shrimp eggs if: (a) the person submits to the division an application to transfer the certificate on a form provided by the division; (b) the proposed transferee meets the requirements necessary to obtain an original certificate of registration; and (c) the division approves the transfer of the certificate. (5) A person is not required to obtain a license, certificate of registration, permit, or tag to: (a) fish on a free fishing day that the Wildlife Board may establish each year by rule made by the Wildlife Board under this title or by an order or proclamation; (b) fish at a private fish pond operated in accordance with Section 23A-9-203; (c) hunt birds on a commercial hunting area that the owner or operator is authorized to propagate, keep, and release for shooting in accordance with a certificate of registration issued under Section 23A-12-202; or (d) take fish at a short-term fishing event. (6) (a) A license, permit, tag, or certificate of registration issued under this title, or the rules of the Wildlife Board issued pursuant to this title, to take protected wildlife is: (i) a privilege; and (ii) not a right or property for any purpose. (b) A point or other form of credit issued to, or accumulated by, a person under procedures established by the Wildlife Board in rule to improve the likelihood of obtaining a hunting permit in a division-administered drawing: (i) may not be transferred, sold, or assigned to another person; and (ii) is not a right or property for any purpose. Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 103, 2023 General Session Amended by Chapter 149, 2023 General Session

Utah Code § 23A-4-202 License, permit, and certificate forms prescribed by Wildlife Board.

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 certificate of registration may be paper-based or in electronic format pursuant to the rules made by the Wildlife Board in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act. (3) A license issued pursuant to Section 23A-4-305 shall be designated as such by a code number and may not contain a reference to the licensee's disability. Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 103, 2023 General Session

Utah Code § 23A-4-203 Tag as supplement to licenses and permits.

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. Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 103, 2023 General Session

Utah Code § 23A-4-204 Alien's and nonresident peace officer's ability to obtain licenses and certificates.

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 nonresident alien may purchase a hunting, fishing, trapping, seining, or fur dealer license or certificate of registration upon the same terms as nonresident citizens. (3) Notwithstanding Subsection 23A-4-1101(1)(b), a nonresident may purchase a hunting, fishing, trapping, seining, and fur dealer license or certificate of registration upon the same terms as a resident citizen if the person is: (a) employed by the state as a peace officer, as classified by Title 53, Chapter 13, Peace Officer Classifications; and (b) required to live outside the state as a condition of the person's employment. Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 103, 2023 General Session

Utah Code § 23A-4-205 Expiration date of licenses, permits, and certificates of registration.

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 expiration date established under Subsection (1) on a license, permit, or certificate of registration. Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 103, 2023 General Session

Utah Code § 23A-4-206 Signature on documents -- Considered under oath -- Prohibition on use of unsigned documents.

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 of registration for the purpose intended by this title. (2) A signature described in Subsection (1) need not be notarized but shall be considered to be made under oath. (3) A signature may be an electronic signature if allowed by rule made by the Wildlife Board in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act. (4) A person may not use an unsigned license, permit, tag, or certificate of registration. Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 103, 2023 General Session

Utah Code § 23A-4-207 Sales of licenses, certificates, or permits final -- Exceptions -- Reallocation of surrendered permits.

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. (2) The division may refund the amount of a license, certificate, or permit if: (a) the division or the Wildlife Board discontinues the activity for which the license, certificate, or permit was obtained; (b) the division determines that the division has erroneously collected a fee; (c) (i) the person to whom the license, certificate, or permit is issued becomes ill or suffers an injury that precludes the person from using the license, certificate, or permit; (ii) the person furnishes verification of illness or injury from a physician, physician assistant, or nurse practitioner; (iii) the person does not actually use the license, certificate, or permit; and (iv) the license, certificate, or permit is surrendered before the end of the season for which the permit was issued; or (d) the person to whom the license, certificate, or permit is issued dies before the person being able to use the license, certificate, or permit. (3) The Wildlife Board may establish additional exceptions to the refund prohibitions in Subsection (1) by rule made in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act. (4) The director may reallocate surrendered permits in accordance with rules made by the Wildlife Board in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act. Amended by Chapter 400, 2026 General Session

Utah Code § 23A-4-208 Duplicate license, permit, tag, or certificate of registration.

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 authorized license agents may issue a duplicate license, permit, tag, or certificate of registration in accordance with the rules set and fees determined by the Wildlife Board. (2) Upon issuance of a duplicate license, permit, tag, or certificate of registration, the original license, permit, tag, or certificate of registration is invalid. Amended by Chapter 347, 2024 General Session

Utah Code § 23A-4-209 Search and rescue surcharge.

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 credit for the Search and Rescue Financial Assistance Program created under Section 53-2a-1102. Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 103, 2023 General Session

Utah Code § 23A-4-210 Fees and certificates of registration to harvest brine shrimp eggs.

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. Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 103, 2023 General Session

Utah Code § 23A-4-211 Electronic duck stamp -- 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's website, as authorized by 16 U.S.C. Sec. 718p. (3) Except as described in Subsection (5), there is imposed a $30 electronic duck stamp fee for an electronic duck stamp purchased on the division's website. (4) The division shall deposit the electronic duck stamp fee collected under Subsection (3) into the Wildlife Resources Account created in Section 23A-3-201. (5) (a) Notwithstanding the fee amount described in Subsection (3), the Wildlife Board may increase or decrease the electronic duck stamp fee to an amount that is no less than the amount the division is required to submit to the secretary of the interior under 16 U.S.C. 718r. (b) An adjustment made by the Wildlife Board under Subsection (5)(a) takes effect when confirmed in the legislative fee schedule adopted in the general session of the Legislature immediately following the adjustment. Enacted by Chapter 82, 2023 General Session

Source: Utah Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel (le.utah.gov)URL: https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title23A/Chapter4/23A-4-P2.html?v=C23A-4-P2_2023050320230701Fetched: 10/26/2026