Oregon Statutes - Chapter 497 - Licenses and Permits

497.002 �Resident� and �nonresident� defined.
Except as provided in ORS 497.006, as used in this chapter: (1) �Resident� means a person who has resided in this state at least six...
497.006 Certain persons as residents for licensing purposes.
(1) As used in this section: (a) �Active member of the Armed Forces of the United States� means officers and enlisted personnel of the Armed...
497.010 [Repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
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...
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...
497.015 [1971 c.530 §2; repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
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...
497.020 [Repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
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...
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...
497.030 [Repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
497.032 Duplicate licenses, tags and permits; fee.
If a license, tag or permit issued by the State Fish and Wildlife Commission is lost, destroyed or stolen, the holder thereof may submit to...
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...
497.040 [Amended by 1959 c.272 §1; repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
497.050 [Amended by 1967 c.523 §7; repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
497.060 [Repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
497.070 [Repealed by 1959 c.341 §2]
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...
497.072 [1955 c.216 §1; repealed by 1959 c.341 §2]
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...
497.079 Open fishing and shellfish taking day.
Notwithstanding ORS 497.075, 497.121 and 497.132, the State Fish and Wildlife Commission may issue an order that authorizes individuals to angle for fish or take...
497.080 [Repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
497.090 [Repealed by 1965 c.295 §3]
497.100 [1959 c.692 §§2, 3(1), (3); 1961 c.536 §2; 1971 c.446 §5; repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
497.102 Hunting license and permit fees.
(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...
497.110 [Amended by 1955 c.358 §1; 1967 c.278 §1; 1971 c.446 §6; repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
497.112 Hunting tags; fees; restrictions.
(1) The State Fish and Wildlife Commission is authorized to issue, upon application, to persons desiring to hunt wildlife the following general tags and shall...
497.115 [1971 c.530 §3; repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
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]
497.121 Angling and shellfish licenses and tags; fees.
(1) The State Fish and Wildlife Commission is authorized to issue, upon application, to persons desiring to angle for fish or take shellfish the following...
497.122 [1955 c.474 §1; repealed by 1957 c.148 §2]
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...
497.124 Angling license surcharges.
In addition to the fees otherwise prescribed by law, the issuer of each of the following licenses shall charge and collect each time the license...
497.125 [1959 c.692 §3(2); repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
497.130 [Amended by 1967 c.278 §3; repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
497.132 Combined licenses for residents; fee.
(1) In lieu of issuing to resident persons separate licenses for angling and hunting, the State Fish and Wildlife Commission is authorized to issue resident...
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...
497.136 Uses of certain fee increases.
The moneys received from the fee increases prescribed in the amendments to ORS 497.121 and 497.132 and section 4, chapter 512, Oregon Laws 1989, and...
497.140 [Amended by 1963 c.263 §1; repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
497.142 Furbearer trapping or hunting license and tag; fees.
(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 tags...
497.145 [1965 c.295 §2; repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
497.146 Trapper education program; when certificate required; exceptions.
(1) The State Fish and Wildlife Commission, by rule, shall prescribe and administer a trapper education program to provide instruction in the proper use of...
497.147 [1967 c.251 §2; repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
497.150 [Amended by 1955 c.153 §1; 1957 c.54 §1; 1969 c.382 §1; repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
497.151 Annual migratory waterfowl stamp; fee; effect of purchase by nonresident.
(1) The State Fish and Wildlife Commission is authorized to issue, upon application, to resident persons desiring to hunt migratory waterfowl an annual migratory waterfowl...
497.153 Annual resident upland bird stamp; fee; effect of purchase by nonresident.
(1) The State Fish and Wildlife Commission is authorized to issue, upon application, to resident persons desiring to hunt upland birds an annual upland bird...
497.156 Annual nonresident bird-waterfowl stamp; fee.
(1) The State Fish and Wildlife Commission is authorized to issue, upon application, to nonresident persons desiring to hunt either migratory waterfowl or upland birds...
497.158 Mail and Internet license renewal.
The State Fish and Wildlife Commission shall adopt a system for renewing licenses issued under ORS 497.102 and 497.121 through the mail and the World...
497.160 [Amended by 1953 c.79 §2; 1955 c.295 §1; 1969 c.506 §1; repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
497.162 Angling and shellfish licenses for persons in state care.
(1) Upon application of the Oregon Youth Authority or the Department of Human Services, the State Fish and Wildlife Commission shall issue, without fee, a...
497.170 Columbia River Indians; free hunting and fishing licenses.
The State Fish and Wildlife Commission shall furnish a permanent hunting and angling license, without payment of fee, to all Columbia River Indians who are...
497.175 [1969 c.506 §3; repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
497.200 [1973 c.723 §58; 1979 c.615 §2; repealed by 1979 c.615 §4]
497.208 [Formerly 497.760; repealed by 1979 c.615 §4]
497.210 [Amended by 1955 c.109 §2; repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
497.218 Fur dealer license; records.
(1) No person shall engage in the business of buying the skins or pelts of any fur-bearing mammal unless the person has first obtained from...
497.220 [Repealed by 1955 c.109 §1]
497.228 Wildlife propagation license; grounds for license denial; records; rules.
(1) No person shall engage in the business of propagating game birds or game mammals for sale unless a wildlife propagation license is first obtained...
497.230 [Amended by 1967 c.431 §2; repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
497.238 Taxidermy license; records.
(1) No person shall engage in the business of taxidermy unless the person first obtains from the State Fish and Wildlife Commission a taxidermist license....
497.240 [Repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
497.248 Private hunting preserve license; requirements for preserve; rules; records.
(1) No person shall engage in the business of operating a private hunting preserve for the hunting of privately owned or propagated game birds unless...
497.249 Revocation or refusal to renew private hunting preserve license.
(1) In addition to the penalties provided in ORS 496.992, the State Department of Fish and Wildlife may revoke or refuse to renew a license...
497.250 [Amended by 1959 c.692 §11; repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
497.252 Fish propagation license; terms and conditions; rules; applicability of other licensing laws.
(1) Except as provided in ORS 508.700 to 508.745 and 622.220, no person shall engage in the business of propagating game fish or food fish...
497.258 Fees.
The State Department of Fish and Wildlife is authorized to issue, upon application, to persons desiring to engage in the following occupations the following licenses...
497.260 [Amended by 1969 c.61 §1; repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
497.268 Inspection of occupational licenses.
The holder of any license issued pursuant to ORS 497.218 to 497.248 shall consent to the inspection by any person authorized to enforce the wildlife...
497.270 [Amended by 1971 c.55 §1; repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
497.275 [1971 c.55 §2; repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
497.280 [Amended by 1971 c.658 §24; repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
497.285 [1961 c.335 §§2, 3, 4; 1969 c.501 §1; 1971 c.743 §397; repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
497.290 [Amended by 1971 c.658 §25; repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
497.298 Scientific taking permit; rules.
(1) Any person desiring to take wildlife for scientific purposes shall first obtain from the State Fish and Wildlife Commission a scientific taking permit. The...
497.308 Wildlife holding and habitat removal permits; rules.
(1) No person shall remove from its natural habitat or acquire and hold in captivity any live wildlife in violation of the wildlife laws or...
497.312 Special restrictions on holding coyotes.
(1) Any rules promulgated by the State Fish and Wildlife Commission pursuant to ORS 497.308 that authorize the acquisition and holding in captivity of a...
497.318 Revocation of scientific taking or wildlife holding and habitat removal permits.
In accordance with any applicable provision of ORS chapter 183, the State Fish and Wildlife Commission may revoke a permit issued pursuant to ORS 497.298...
497.325 Sturgeon hatchery operation permits; conditions; permit restrictions; rules; fees.
(1) A person may not operate a fish hatchery for those members of the family Acipenseridae, commonly known as green sturgeon or white sturgeon, without...
497.327 Priority for certain applications for permit for sturgeon hatchery operation.
When considering an application for a permit under ORS 497.325, the State Fish and Wildlife Commission shall, to the greatest extent practicable, give priority to...
497.330 [1989 c.1038 §3; repealed by 2007 c.342 §5]
497.350 Hunting restriction; generally.
(1) No person younger than 12 years of age shall hunt antelope, black bear, cougar, deer, elk, mountain goat, mountain sheep or moose. (2) No...
497.360 Hunter safety certificate; training program; youth hunter mentoring program; rules.
(1) No person younger than 18 years of age shall hunt wildlife, except on the person�s own land or land owned by the parent or...
497.400 Prohibited conduct.
No person shall: (1) Apply for, obtain or possess for personal use or for the use of any other person more licenses, tags or permits...
497.410 [Amended by 1959 c.692 §12; 1971 c.446 §8; repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
497.415 Revocation or denial of licenses, tags or permits for wildlife law violations or failure to comply with citation.
(1) Except as provided in ORS 497.435, when any person is convicted of a violation of law or any rule adopted pursuant thereto or otherwise...
497.420 [Repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
497.425 [1973 c.723 §71a; repealed by 1979 c.615 §4]
497.430 [Amended by 1959 c.692 §13; repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
497.435 Revocation of licenses, tags and permits for unlawful taking of game mammals.
(1) Notwithstanding ORS 497.415 (1), (2) or (5), when a person is convicted of taking any game mammal, in violation of the wildlife laws or...
497.440 [Repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
497.441 Prohibited activities by those whose license, tag or permit has been revoked.
No person who has had a license, tag or permit revoked pursuant to ORS 497.415 or 497.435 shall engage in the activity for which the...
497.450 [Amended by 1959 c.692 §14; repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
497.460 [Amended by 1959 c.692 §15; repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
497.470 [Repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
497.505 [Amended by 1957 c.259 §1; renumbered 496.006]
497.510 [Amended by 1955 c.172 §1; 1959 c.329 §1; 1965 c.72 §1; repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
497.520 [Amended by 1955 c.171 §1; 1957 c.50 §1; 1959 c.329 §2; repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
497.530 [Amended by 1955 c.170 §1; 1959 c.329 §3; 1965 c.72 §2; repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
497.540 [Amended by 1955 c.173 §1; 1965 c.72 §3; repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
497.550 [Repealed by 1955 c.280 §2]
497.555 [1963 c.275 §1; repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
497.560 [Amended by 1967 c.278 §4; repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
497.570 [Repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
497.580 [Repealed by 1955 c.280 §2]
497.590 [Repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
497.600 [Repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
497.610 [Amended by 1967 c.278 §5; repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
497.620 [Repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
497.625 [1963 c.275 §2; repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
497.630 [Repealed by 1955 c.280 §2]
497.640 [Repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
497.650 [1955 c.280 §1; 1973 c.95 §4; repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
497.710 [Repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
497.720 [Repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
497.730 [Amended by 1967 c.166 §1; 1971 c.517 §1; repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
497.740 [Amended by 1967 c.523 §8; repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
497.750 [Amended by 1959 c.204 §1; 1963 c.129 §1; 1967 c.523 §9; repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
497.760 [Amended by 1959 c.217 §1; 1967 c.501 §1; 1973 c.723 §59; renumbered 497.208]
497.770 [Repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
497.780 [Amended by 1967 c.523 §10; repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
497.790 [Amended by 1967 c.523 §11; repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
497.800 [Repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
497.810 [Amended by 1953 c.365 §3; repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
497.820 [Amended by 1953 c.365 §3; repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
497.830 [Repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
497.840 [1965 c.224 §1; 1971 c.62 §1; 1973 c.723 §57; renumbered 497.162]
497.990 [Subsection (7) of 1965 Replacement Part enacted as 1955 c.295 §2; 1959 c.352 §2; subsection (8) of 1965 Replacement Part enacted as 1961 c.335 §5; 1967 c.523 §2; repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]

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