Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 77 Fish And Wildlife (Formerly: Game And Game Fish) - Chapter 77.32 Licenses

  • 77.32.007 "Special hunting season" defined
    For the purposes of this chapter "special hunting season" means a hunting season established by rule of the commission for the purpose of taking specified ...
  • 77.32.010 Recreational license required -- Activities -- Permit for parking
    (1) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a recreational license issued by the director is required to hunt for or take wild animals or ...
  • 77.32.014 Licenses, tags, and stamps -- Revocation/privileges suspended for noncompliance with support order
    Licenses, tags, and stamps issued pursuant to this chapter shall be revoked and the privileges suspended for any period in which a person is certified ...
  • 77.32.025 Establishment of times and places for family fishing with no license or catch record card -- Authorized
    Notwithstanding RCW 77.32.010, the commission may adopt rules designating times and places for the purposes of family fishing days when licenses and catch record cards ...
  • 77.32.050 Recreational licenses, permits, tags, stamps, and raffle tickets issued by authorized officials -- Rules -- Fees -- Transaction fee
    All recreational licenses, permits, tags, and stamps required by this title and raffle tickets authorized under chapter 77.12 RCW shall be issued under the authority ...
  • 77.32.070 Information required from license applicants -- Reports on taking/effort to harvest fish, shellfish, and wildlife -- Administrative penalty
    (1) Applicants for a license, permit, tag, or stamp shall furnish the information required by the director. However, the director may not require the purchaser ...
  • 77.32.090 Licenses, permits, tags, stamps, and raffle tickets -- Rules for form, display, procedures
    The commission may adopt rules pertaining to the form, period of validity, use, possession, and display of licenses, permits, tags, stamps, and raffle tickets required ...
  • 77.32.155 Hunter education training program -- Certificate -- Deferral -- Adoption of rules -- Fee
    (1)(a) When purchasing any hunting license, persons under the age of eighteen shall present certification of completion of a course of instruction of at least ...
  • 77.32.237 Disabled hunter permits for persons with a disability
    The commission shall attempt to enhance the hunting opportunities for persons with a disability. The commission shall authorize the director to issue disabled hunter permits ...
  • 77.32.238 Adoption of rules defining a person with a disability -- Shooting from a motor vehicle -- Assistance from licensed hunter
    (1) The commission shall adopt rules defining who is a person with a disability and governing the conduct of persons with a disability who hunt ...
  • 77.32.240 Scientific permit -- Procedures -- Penalties -- Fee
    A scientific permit allows the holder to collect for research or display food fish, game fish, shellfish, and wildlife, including avian nests and eggs as ...
  • 77.32.250 Licenses nontransferable
    Except as authorized in RCW 77.32.565, licenses, permits, tags, and stamps required by this chapter and raffle tickets authorized under this chapter shall not be ...
  • 77.32.256 Duplicate licenses, rebates, permits, tags, and stamps -- Fees
    The director shall by rule establish the conditions and fees for issuance of duplicate licenses, rebates, permits, tags, and stamps required by this chapter. The ...
  • 77.32.320 Required licenses, tags -- Transport tags for game
    (1) The correct licenses and tags are required to hunt deer, elk, black bear, cougar, sheep, mountain goat, moose, or wild turkey except as provided ...
  • 77.32.350 Pheasant or migratory birds -- Supplemental permit, stamp -- Fees
    In addition to a small game hunting license, a supplemental permit or stamp is required to hunt for western Washington pheasant or migratory birds. (1) ...
  • 77.32.370 Special hunting season permits -- Fee
    (1) A special hunting season permit is required to hunt in each special season established under chapter 77.12 RCW. (2) Persons may apply for special ...
  • 77.32.380 Fish and wildlife lands vehicle use permit -- Improved access facility -- Fee -- Youth groups -- Display -- Transfer between vehicles -- Penalty
    (1) Persons who enter upon or use clearly identified department improved access facilities with a motor vehicle may be required to display a current annual ...
  • 77.32.400 Persons with a disability -- Designated harvester card -- Fish and shellfish
    (1) The commission shall authorize the director to issue designated harvester cards to persons with a disability. The commission shall adopt rules defining who is ...
  • 77.32.410 Personal use fishing license -- Reciprocity with Oregon in concurrent waters of Columbia river and coastal waters
    In concurrent waters of the Columbia river and in Washington coastal territorial waters from the Oregon-Washington boundary to a point five nautical miles north, an ...
  • 77.32.420 Recreational licenses -- Nontransferable -- Enforcement provisions
    Notes:      Reviser's note: RCW 77.32.420 was amended by 2001 c 306 § 2 without reference to its repeal by 2001 c 253 § 62. It ...
  • 77.32.430 Catch record card -- Disposition of funds
    (1) Catch record card information is necessary for proper management of the state's food fish and game fish species and shellfish resources. Catch record card ...
  • 77.32.440 Enhancement programs -- Funding levels -- Rules -- Deposit to warm water game fish account
    (1) The commission shall adopt rules to continue funding current enhancement programs at levels equal to the participation of licensees in each of the individual ...
  • 77.32.450 Big game hunting license -- Fees
    (1) A big game hunting license is required to hunt for big game. A big game license allows the holder to hunt for forest grouse, ...
  • 77.32.460 Small game hunting license -- Turkey tags -- Fees
    (1) A small game hunting license is required to hunt for all classified wild animals and wild birds, except big game. A small game license ...
  • 77.32.470 Personal use fishing licenses -- Fees -- Temporary fishing license -- Family fishing weekend license -- Rules
    (1) A personal use saltwater, freshwater, combination, temporary, or family fishing weekend license is required for all persons fifteen years of age or older to ...
  • 77.32.480 Reduced rate licenses
    Upon written application, a combination fishing license shall be issued at the reduced rate of five dollars, and all hunting licenses shall, be issued at ...
  • 77.32.500 Saltwater, freshwater transition areas -- Rule-making authority
    In order to simplify fishing license requirements in transition areas between saltwater and freshwater, the commission may adopt rules designating specific waters where either a ...
  • 77.32.510 Recreational license fees -- Disposition of appropriation
    As provided in RCW 77.12.170(1)(c), all recreational license fees deposited into the general fund shall be appropriated for the management, enhancement, research, and enforcement of ...
  • 77.32.520 Personal use shellfish and seaweed license -- Razor clam license -- Fees -- License available for inspection
    (1) A personal use shellfish and seaweed license is required for all persons other than residents or nonresidents under fifteen years of age to fish ...
  • 77.32.525 Hunting and fishing contests -- Field trials for dogs -- Rules -- Limitation
    The director shall administer rules adopted by the commission governing the time, place, and manner of holding hunting and fishing contests and competitive field trials ...
  • 77.32.530 Hunting big game -- Auction or raffle -- Procedure
    (1) The commission in consultation with the director may authorize hunting of big game animals and wild turkeys through auction. The department may conduct the ...
  • 77.32.535 Private lands -- Raffle authorization to hunt big game
    If a private entity has a private lands wildlife management area agreement in effect with the department, the commission may authorize the private entity to ...
  • 77.32.540 Hunting and fishing contests -- Field trials for dogs -- Permit -- Rules
    A person shall not promote, conduct, hold, or sponsor a contest for the hunting or fishing of wildlife or a competitive field trial involving live ...
  • 77.32.545 Removal of trap -- Identification of traps -- Disclosure of identities
    A property owner, lessee, or tenant may remove a trap placed on the owner's, lessee's, or tenant's posted or fenced property by a trapper. Trappers ...
  • 77.32.550 Group fishing permit
    (1) A group fishing permit allows a group of individuals to fish, and harvest shellfish, without individual licenses or the payment of individual license fees. ...
  • 77.32.555 Surcharge to fund biotoxin testing and monitoring
    In addition to the fees authorized in this chapter, the department shall include a surcharge to fund biotoxin testing and monitoring by the department of ...
  • 77.32.560 Watchable wildlife decals
    (1) The department may sell watchable wildlife decals. Proceeds from the sale of the decal must be deposited into the *state wildlife fund created in ...
  • 77.32.565 Hunting and fishing opportunities for a terminally ill person -- Provision of a license, tag, permit, or stamp without a fee -- Rule-making authority
    (1) In order to facilitate hunting and fishing opportunities for a terminally ill person, the director may provide any licenses, tags, permits, stamps, and other ...

Last modified: April 7, 2009