§ 10-301. License required to hunt game birds and mammals in State; requirements, exceptions, t...
West's Annotated Code of MarylandNatural ResourcesEffective: July 1, 2023
Effective: July 1, 2023
MD Code, Natural Resources, § 10-301
§ 10-301. License required to hunt game birds and mammals in State; requirements, exceptions, types of licenses
(a) In this section, “child” includes:
(b)(1) To provide a fund to pay the expense of protecting and managing wildlife, and preventing unauthorized persons from hunting them, a person may not hunt or attempt to hunt during open season and in any permitted manner any game birds and mammals in the State without first having procured either a resident or nonresident hunter's license.
Exceptions to hunter’s license, bow and arrow stamp, black powder stamp or bonus antlered deer stamp requirements
(c)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, the following persons are not required to obtain a hunter's license, bow and arrow stamp, black powder stamp, bonus antlered deer stamp, or sika deer stamp:
(d) A person who wishes to obtain a hunting license shall complete and submit an application to the Department or to any person designated by the Department to issue a hunting license.
(e) An applicant for a license issued under this section shall provide all the information required by the Department, including the last four digits of the applicant's Social Security number, if the applicant has a Social Security number.
(f) Before a hunting license may be issued the applicant for the license shall acknowledge, as a component of the application, that a hunting license does not of itself permit an individual to hunt on private property.
(g)(1)(i) 1. There is a resident hunting license that enables the purchaser to hunt all legal game birds and mammals during any appropriate season in Maryland without the purchase of additional stamps, unless the purchaser is hunting migratory game birds, deer during bow and arrow season or black powder season, or sika deer.
(ii) 1. There is a nonresident hunting license that enables the purchaser to hunt all legal game birds and mammals during any appropriate season without the purchase of additional stamps unless the purchaser is hunting migratory game birds, deer during bow and arrow season or black powder season, or sika deer.
(iv) 1. There is an apprentice hunting license that enables the purchaser to hunt all legal game birds and mammals in a single season without the purchase of additional stamps unless the purchaser is hunting migratory game birds, deer during bow and arrow season or black powder season, or sika deer.
6. A. Except as provided in subsubsubparagraph C of this subsubparagraph, a person may hunt under an apprentice hunting license only if accompanied and directly supervised by another person who is at least 18 years of age and possesses a valid resident nonapprentice hunting license issued under this subtitle.
(i) Resident, junior, under the age of 16 years
$15.00
(ii) Resident, regular, at least 16 years old and under the age of 65 years
$35.00
(iii) Resident, senior, at least 65 years old
$5.00
(iv) Nonresident, regular, at least 16 years old
$160.00
(v) Nonresident, junior, under the age of 16 years
$80.00
(vi) Complimentary license authorized to be issued under
§ 10-303
of this subtitle
No fee
(vii) Nonresident 3-day hunting license
$65.00
(viii) Resident apprentice
$15.00
(ix) Nonresident apprentice
$40.00
(x) Nonresident trapping license
$50.00
(i) Bow and arrow stamp
$6.00
(ii) Nonresident bow and arrow stamp
$25.00
(iii) Black powder stamp
$6.00
(iv) Nonresident black powder stamp
$25.00
(v) Maryland migratory game bird stamp
$15.00
(vi) Resident bonus antlered deer stamp
$10.00
(vii) Nonresident bonus antlered deer stamp for each type of deer hunting season
$25.00
(viii) Resident sika deer stamp
$10.00
(ix) Nonresident sika deer stamp
$25.00
(i) Individual
$5.00
(ii) Group
$50.00
(h)(1) The person designated to sell the hunting licenses and individual hunting stamps shall issue the hunting licenses and individual hunting stamps and collect the fee prescribed in subsection (g) of this section.
(2) The designated person who sells and issues the hunting licenses and individual hunting stamps shall retain as compensation 75 cents for each resident senior hunting license and individual hunting stamp sold and issued and shall retain as compensation $1.50 for each resident junior, nonresident junior, resident regular, nonresident regular, nonresident senior, and nonresident 3-day hunting license sold and issued.
(i) A hunting license shall be valid for the period August 1 through July 31, of each year.
(k) Upon issuing any hunting license, the Department shall furnish the licensee with a list of the names and addresses of every general hospital in the State which offers emergency medical treatment.
(l) When the Department has adequate computer capability, the Department shall compile statistics after the close of the hunting season each year concerning the sale of hunting licenses for the previous season, including the names, addresses, counties of residence, and ages of the persons who purchased the hunting licenses and the types of hunting licenses sold.
(n) The Department may enter into contracts with farmers in the State to reimburse the farmer for planting and leaving grains, grasses, and legumes, including clover, alfalfa, and soybeans, unharvested in the fields in order to be used to provide food or cover for any upland game birds and mammals and wetland game birds in the State.
(o)(1) In this subsection, “Fund” means the Upland Wildlife Habitat Fund.
Credits
Added by Acts 1973, 1st Sp. Sess., c. 4, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1974. Amended by Acts 1974, c. 801; Acts 1975, c. 646; Acts 1977, c. 19; Acts 1977, c. 943; Acts 1978, c. 79; Acts 1978, c. 568; Acts 1980, c. 614; Acts 1982, c. 804; Acts 1982, c. 820, § 3; Acts 1987, c. 88; Acts 1988, c. 682; Acts 1988, c. 724, §§ 1, 2; Acts 1989, c. 543; Acts 1990, c. 6, § 2; Acts 1990, c. 547; Acts 1990, c. 710; Acts 1998, c. 763, eff. July 1, 1998; Acts 1999, c. 243, § 1, eff. July 1, 1999; Acts 1999, c. 703, § 2, eff. May 1, 2000; Acts 2000, c. 607, § 1, eff. July 1, 2000; Acts 2002, c. 177, § 2, eff. Aug. 1, 2002; Acts 2003, c. 21, § 1, eff. April 8, 2003; Acts 2004, c. 227, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2004; Acts 2004, c. 472, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2004; Acts 2004, c. 550, § 1, eff. July 1, 2004; Acts 2005, c. 25, § 1, eff. April 12, 2005; Acts 2005, c. 224, § 1, eff. July 1, 2005; Acts 2006, c. 44, § 6, eff. April 8, 2006; Acts 2006, c. 271, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2006; Acts 2006, c. 271, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 2006; Acts 2007, c. 319, § 1, eff. July 1, 2007; Acts 2010, c. 354, § 1, eff. July 1, 2010; Acts 2010, c. 484, § 14, eff. June 1, 2010; Acts 2011, c. 543, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2011; Acts 2014, c. 448, § 2; Acts 2015, c. 216, § 1, eff. June 1, 2015; Acts 2015, c. 260, § 1, eff. July 1, 2015; Acts 2016, c. 85, § 1, eff. July 1, 2016; Acts 2017, c. 403, § 1, eff. July 1, 2017; Acts 2017, c. 461, § 1, eff. July 1, 2017; Acts 2017, c. 463, § 1, eff. July 1, 2017; Acts 2017, c. 494, § 1, eff. June 1, 2017; Acts 2021, c. 286, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2021; Acts 2022, c. 571, § 1, eff. July 1, 2022; Acts 2022, c. 572, § 1, eff. July 1, 2022; Acts 2023, c. 543, § 1, eff. July 1, 2023; Acts 2023, c. 544, § 1, eff. July 1, 2023; Acts 2023, c. 554, § 1, eff. July 1, 2023; Acts 2023, c. 555, § 1, eff. July 1, 2023.
MD Code, Natural Resources, § 10-301, MD NAT RES § 10-301
Current through legislation effective through April 9, 2023, from the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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