34 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes Chapter 27 - Hunting And Furtaking Licenses

• Chapter Notes

Subchapter A.  General Provisions

• Section 2701 - License Requirements
  (a) General rule.--Except in defense of person or property or pursuant to exemptions authorized in this title or by regulation of the commission for...
• Section 2702 - Residents
  (a) General rule.--Any person who has been domiciled in this Commonwealth for a period of 30 consecutive days preceding the date of application for...
• Section 2703 - Nonresidents
  For the purpose of this title, any person unable to meet the requirements of section 2702 (relating to residents) shall be a nonresident.
• Section 2704 - Eligibility For License
  (a) General rule.--Persons meeting the requirements of this title who have reached or will reach their 12th birthday in the calendar year of application...
• Section 2705 - Classes Of Licenses
  Unless otherwise provided, any person wishing to exercise any of the privileges granted by this title shall first secure the applicable resident or nonresident...
• Section 2706 - Resident License And Fee Exemptions
  (a) Agricultural lands.--Unless the privilege to hunt or take furbearers has been denied, any person domiciled within this Commonwealth who has reached their 12th...
• Section 2706.1 - Complimentary Nonresident Licenses
  (a) Authority to issue.--Subject to the limitations of subsection (b), the commission is authorized to issue complimentary nonresident hunting licenses to any of the...
• Section 2706.2 - Elk Hunting Licenses
  (a) Application limitation.--Whenever the commission makes a determination to authorize a hunting season for the taking of elk, no person may submit more than...
• Section 2707 - License Periods
  Licenses shall be issued for the period beginning July 1 and ending June 30 of the year next following. The effective and expiration dates...
• Section 2708 - Application Requirements
  (a) General rule.--Applicants for any class of license shall be required to submit a legible application or to provide such information as may be...
• Section 2709 - License Costs And Fees
  (a) License costs.--Any person who qualifies under the provisions of this chapter shall be issued the applicable license upon payment of the following costs...
• Section 2710 - Replacement Of Lost Licenses
  (a) Regular licenses.--Any holder of a license who in any manner suffers the theft, destruction, mutilation or loss of the license shall be issued...
• Section 2711 - Unlawful Acts Concerning Licenses
  (a) General rule.--Except as otherwise provided in this title, it is unlawful for any person to: (1) Hunt or take any game or wildlife...
• Section 2712 - Vouchers For Licenses And Permits
  (a) General rule.--The commission may make available, at its offices and through its issuing agents, vouchers for licenses and permits that may be purchased...

Subchapter B.  Agents

• Section 2721 - License Issuance Supervision
  The issuance of all hunting and furtaking licenses and other essential related functions shall be under the direct supervision of the commission and made...
• Section 2722 - Authorized License-issuing Agents
  (a) County treasurer and commission employees.--Each county treasurer or, in home rule or optional plan counties, the person whose duties encompass those of a...
• Section 2723 - Agent Bonding Requirements
  Except for agents already under bond to receive and disburse public funds, every other agent shall furnish security in a form satisfactory to the...
• Section 2724 - Record Of License Sales
  (a) Daily record.--Each place where licenses are sold shall maintain a complete daily record of all license and voucher transactions, including applications received, in...
• Section 2725 - Remitting Funds To Commission
  (a) Deposit of funds.--All funds derived from this source shall be deposited in the Game Fund. (b) Failure to comply.--Any issuing agent who fails...
• Section 2726 - Unlawful Acts Concerning Agents
  (a) General rule.--It is unlawful for an agent or his representative to knowingly: (1) Issue any license: (i) To any person not fully qualified...

Subchapter C.  License Denials or Revocations

• Section 2741 - Denial Or Revocation Of Licenses
  (a) Grounds for denial.--A hunting or furtaking license shall be refused any person who: (1) Has been denied the privilege to secure that license...
• Section 2742 - Period Of Revocation
  (a) First offense.--Except as otherwise provided, for the first offense any person convicted or having signed an acknowledgment of guilt of violating any of...
• Section 2743 - Notice Of Denial Or Revocation
  To revoke a license then in force or to deny any person the privilege to secure a license or to hunt or take game...

Last modified: October 8, 2016