CHAPTER 12. LICENSE FEES AND SALES
IC 14-22-12
Chapter 12. License Fees and Sales
IC 14-22-12-1
Types of hunting, fishing, and trapping licenses; fees; donations
Sec. 1. (a) The department may issue the following licenses and,except as provided in section 1.5 of this chapter and subject tosubsection (b), shall charge the following minimum license fees tohunt, trap, or fish in Indiana:
(1) A resident yearly license to fish, eight dollars andseventy-five cents ($8.75).
(2) A resident yearly license to hunt, eight dollars andseventy-five cents ($8.75).
(3) A resident yearly license to hunt and fish, thirteen dollarsand seventy-five cents ($13.75).
(4) A resident yearly license to trap, eight dollars andseventy-five cents ($8.75).
(5) A nonresident yearly license to fish, twenty-four dollars andseventy-five cents ($24.75).
(6) A nonresident yearly license to hunt, sixty dollars andseventy-five cents ($60.75).
(7) A nonresident yearly license to trap, one hundred seventeendollars and seventy-five cents ($117.75). However, a licensemay not be issued to a resident of another state if that state doesnot give reciprocity rights to Indiana residents similar to thosenonresident trapping privileges extended in Indiana.
(8) A resident or nonresident license to fish, including for troutand salmon, for one (1) day only, four dollars and seventy-fivecents ($4.75).
(9) A nonresident license to fish, excluding for trout andsalmon, for seven (7) days only, twelve dollars and seventy-fivecents ($12.75).
(10) A nonresident license to hunt for five (5) consecutive daysonly, twenty-five dollars and seventy-five cents ($25.75).
(11) A resident or nonresident yearly stamp to fish for trout andsalmon, six dollars and seventy-five cents ($6.75).
(12) A resident yearly license to take a deer with a shotgun,muzzle loading gun, rifle, or handgun, thirteen dollars andseventy-five cents ($13.75).
(13) A resident yearly license to take a deer with a muzzleloading gun, thirteen dollars and seventy-five cents ($13.75).
(14) A resident yearly license to take a deer with a bow andarrow, thirteen dollars and seventy-five cents ($13.75).
(15) A nonresident yearly license to take a deer with a shotgun,muzzle loading gun, rifle, or handgun, one hundred twentydollars and seventy-five cents ($120.75).
(16) A nonresident yearly license to take a deer with a muzzleloading gun, one hundred twenty dollars and seventy-five cents($120.75).
(17) A nonresident yearly license to take a deer with a bow and
arrow, one hundred twenty dollars and seventy-five cents($120.75).
(18) A resident license to take an extra deer by a means, in alocation, and under conditions established by rule adopted bythe department under IC 4-22-2, five dollars ($5).
(19) A nonresident license to take an extra deer by a means, ina location, and under conditions established by rule adopted bythe department under IC 4-22-2, ten dollars ($10).
(20) A resident yearly license to take a turkey, fourteen dollarsand seventy-five cents ($14.75).
(21) A nonresident yearly license to take a turkey, one hundredfourteen dollars and seventy-five cents ($114.75). However, ifthe state of residence of the nonresident applicant requires thatbefore a resident of Indiana may take turkey in that state theresident of Indiana must also purchase another license inaddition to a nonresident license to take turkey, the applicantmust also purchase a nonresident yearly license to hunt underthis section.
(22) A resident license to take an extra turkey by a means, in alocation, and under conditions established by rule adopted bythe department under IC 4-22-2, fourteen dollars andseventy-five cents ($14.75).
(23) A nonresident license to take an extra turkey by a means,in a location, and under conditions established by rule adoptedby the department under IC 4-22-2, one hundred fourteendollars and seventy-five cents ($114.75). However, if the stateof residence of the nonresident applicant requires that before aresident of Indiana may take a turkey in that state the residentof Indiana must also purchase another license in addition to anonresident license to take a turkey, the applicant must alsopurchase a nonresident yearly license to hunt under this section.
(24) A resident youth yearly consolidated license to hunt, trap,and fish, six dollars ($6). This license is subject to thefollowing:
(A) An applicant must be less than eighteen (18) years ofage.
(B) The license is in lieu of the resident yearly license tohunt, trap, and fish and all other yearly licenses, stamps, orpermits to hunt, trap, and fish for a specific species or by aspecific means.
(25) A nonresident youth yearly license to hunt, seventeendollars ($17). The applicant must be less than eighteen (18)years of age.
(26) A nonresident youth yearly license to trap, seventeendollars ($17). The applicant must be less than eighteen (18)years of age.
(27) A nonresident youth yearly license to take a turkey,twenty-five dollars ($25). The applicant must be less thaneighteen (18) years of age. However, if the state of residence ofthe nonresident applicant requires that before a resident of
Indiana may take a turkey in that state the resident of Indianamust also purchase another license in addition to a nonresidentlicense to take a turkey, the applicant must also purchase anonresident youth yearly license to hunt under this section.
(28) A nonresident youth license to take an extra turkey by ameans, in a location, and under conditions established by ruleadopted by the department under IC 4-22-2, twenty-five dollars($25). The applicant must be less than eighteen (18) years ofage. However, if the state of residence of the nonresidentapplicant requires that before a resident of Indiana may take aturkey in that state the resident of Indiana must also purchaseanother license in addition to a nonresident license to take aturkey, the applicant must also purchase a nonresident youthyearly license to hunt under this section.
(29) A nonresident youth yearly license to take a deer with ashotgun, muzzle loading gun, or rifle, twenty-four dollars ($24).The applicant must be less than eighteen (18) years of age.
(30) A nonresident youth yearly license to take a deer with amuzzle loading gun, twenty-four dollars ($24). The applicantmust be less than eighteen (18) years of age.
(31) A nonresident youth yearly license to take a deer with abow and arrow, twenty-four dollars ($24). The applicant mustbe less than eighteen (18) years of age.
(32) A nonresident youth license to take an extra deer by ameans, in a location, and under conditions established by ruleadopted by the department under IC 4-22-2, twenty-four dollars($24). The applicant must be less than eighteen (18) years ofage.
(33) A resident senior yearly license to fish, three dollars ($3).This license is subject to the following:
(A) An applicant must be at least sixty-four (64) years of ageand born after March 31, 1943.
(B) The license is in lieu of the resident yearly license to fishand all other yearly licenses, stamps, or permits to fish for aspecific species or by a specific means.
(34) A resident senior "fish for life" license, seventeen dollars($17). This license is subject to the following:
(A) An applicant must be at least sixty-four (64) years of ageand must have been born after March 31, 1943.
(B) The license applies each year for the remainder of thelicense holder's life.
(C) The license is in lieu of the resident senior yearly licenseto fish and all other yearly licenses, stamps, or permits tofish for a specific species or by a specific means.
(35) A voluntary resident senior yearly license to fish, threedollars ($3). This license is subject to the following:
(A) An applicant must have been born before April 1, 1943.
(B) The license is instead of the resident yearly license tofish and all other yearly licenses, stamps, and permits to fishfor a specific species or by a specific means. (b) The commission may set license fees to hunt, trap, or fishabove the minimum fees established under subsection (a).
(c) In addition to the license fees set under this section, thedepartment shall establish a procedure to collect voluntary donationsfor processing wild game when a hunting license is sold. Theminimum suggested donation must be one dollar ($1). The moneycollected under this section shall be deposited in the Indianasportsmen's benevolence account (IC 14-9-5-4).
As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.15. Amended by P.L.219-1999, SEC.1;P.L.140-1999, SEC.1; P.L.14-2000, SEC.40; P.L.1-2001, SEC.23;P.L.188-2001, SEC.3; P.L.1-2002, SEC.70; P.L.132-2006, SEC.4;P.L.14-2007, SEC.2; P.L.66-2008, SEC.10; P.L.18-2009, SEC.4;P.L.69-2009, SEC.9; P.L.46-2010, SEC.2.
IC 14-22-12-1.5
"Qualified individual"; reduced fee licenses
Sec. 1.5. (a) As used in this section, "qualified individual" meansan individual who:
(1) is a resident of Indiana;
(2) has served in the armed forces of the United States; and
(3) has a service connected disability, as evidenced by:
(A) records of the United States Department of VeteransAffairs; or
(B) disability retirement benefits awarded to the individualunder laws administered by the United States Department ofDefense.
(b) A qualified individual is entitled to reduced fee hunting andfishing licenses under this section.
(c) Each year a qualified individual may obtain:
(1) both:
(A) a resident yearly license to fish; and
(B) a resident yearly license to hunt; or
(2) a resident yearly license to hunt and fish;
by paying a reduced license fee of two dollars and seventy-five cents($2.75) instead of the fee prescribed by section 1 of this chapter.
(d) An applicant for a reduced fee license under this section mustdo the following:
(1) Request the license from:
(A) the department;
(B) an agent appointed by the director under IC 14-22-11-3;or
(C) the clerk of the circuit court who is an authorizedrepresentative of the department under IC 14-22-11-3 in thecounty in which the individual resides.
(2) Present evidence that the applicant is a qualified individual.
As added by P.L.188-2001, SEC.4.
IC 14-22-12-1.6
Repealed
(Repealed by P.L.2-2005, SEC.131.)
IC 14-22-12-1.7
Apprentice hunting license
Sec. 1.7. (a) As used in this section, "apprentice hunter" means anindividual who hunts under an apprentice hunting license issuedunder this section.
(b) The department may issue an apprentice hunting license to aresident or nonresident in lieu of any hunting license authorizedunder section 1 of this chapter.
(c) The commission shall establish a fee to be paid by an applicantfor an apprentice hunting license issued under this section.
(d) An apprentice hunter may hunt in Indiana without completingthe course of instruction in hunter education offered by thedepartment or the department's agent under IC 14-22-35.
(e) An apprentice hunter must:
(1) comply with the requirements under this article and the rulesadopted by the director; and
(2) while hunting be accompanied by an individual who:
(A) is at least eighteen (18) years of age; and
(B) either holds a valid hunting license issued under thischapter or is not required to have a hunting license underIC 14-22-11.
(f) An individual described in subsection (e)(2) who accompaniesan apprentice hunter:
(1) must be in close enough proximity to monitor the apprenticehunter's activities and communicate with the apprentice hunterat all times; and
(2) may not accompany more than two (2) holders of anapprentice hunting license at one (1) time.
(g) An individual may not purchase more than three (3) apprenticehunting licenses of any type during the individual's lifetime.
As added by P.L.14-2008, SEC.2.
IC 14-22-12-2
Use of fees to increase upland game bird population
Sec. 2. The department shall use the following to increase theupland game bird population in Indiana:
(1) Four dollars ($4) from the cost of every nonresident licenseto hunt any game for any period in any manner.
(2) Forty dollars ($40) from the cost of every nonresidentlicense to hunt deer for any period in any manner.
As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.15.
IC 14-22-12-3
Deposits in deer research and management fund
Sec. 3. The department shall deposit in the deer research andmanagement fund twenty dollars ($20) from the cost of everynonresident license to hunt deer for any time in any manner.
As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.15.
IC 14-22-12-4 Distinctive form of license
Sec. 4. (a) To encourage donations to the fish and wildlife fund,the department may issue on a distinctive form a limited number ofany license authorized under section 1 of this chapter.
(b) The charge for a license issued under this section, whichincludes the license fee plus a donation to the fish and wildlife fund,may not be less than fifty dollars ($50). The money collected for alicense under this section that exceeds the license fee under section1 of this chapter shall be placed in the fish and wildlife fund.
(c) The holder of a license issued under this section is not entitledto any privileges in addition to those provided by a license issuedunder section 1 of this chapter.
As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.15.
IC 14-22-12-5
Duplicate licenses
Sec. 5. (a) The department may issue a duplicate license to replacea lost license issued to an individual under sections 1 and 4 of thischapter.
(b) A duplicate license under subsection (a) must meet thefollowing conditions:
(1) Be signed by the applicant.
(2) Be accompanied by a fee established by the commission.
As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.15. Amended by P.L.225-2005,SEC.22; P.L.66-2008, SEC.11.
IC 14-22-12-6
Special permit for persons with disabilities
Sec. 6. The department may issue a special permit for the takingof wildlife by a person with a disability of such a nature that it isdifficult or impossible for the individual to be in a position to takewildlife unless the individual is given special consideration. Statutesand rules may be waived only as necessary to give effect to thissection.
As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.15.
IC 14-22-12-7
Lifetime licenses; fees
Sec. 7. (a) Before July 1, 2005, the director may issue to residentsof Indiana lifetime licenses to hunt, fish, or trap. Subject tosubsection (b), the following license fees shall be charged:
(1) Lifetime basic fishing license, twenty (20) times the feecharged for a resident yearly license to fish. This licensereplaces the resident yearly license to fish.
(2) Lifetime basic hunting license, twenty (20) times the feecharged for a resident yearly license to hunt. This licensereplaces the resident yearly license to hunt.
(3) Lifetime comprehensive fishing license, thirty (30) times thefee charged for a resident yearly license to fish. This licensereplaces the resident yearly license to fish and all other yearly
licenses, stamps, or permits to fish for a specific species.
(4) Lifetime comprehensive hunting license, sixty (60) times thefee charged for a resident yearly license to hunt. This licensereplaces the resident yearly license to hunt and all other yearlylicenses, stamps, or permits to hunt for a specific species or bya specific means.
(5) Lifetime comprehensive hunting and fishing license, the feecharged under subdivisions (3) and (4) less ten percent (10%).This license replaces the following:
(A) The resident yearly license to hunt.
(B) All other yearly licenses, stamps, or permits to hunt fora specific species or by a specific means.
(C) The resident yearly license to fish.
(D) All other yearly licenses, stamps, or permits to fish fora specific species.
(6) Lifetime trapping license, twenty (20) times the fee chargedfor a resident yearly license to trap. This license replaces theresident yearly license to trap.
(b) This subsection applies only to individuals who are at leastfifty (50) years of age. The license fees under subsection (a) shall bereduced by the amount determined under STEP THREE of thefollowing formula:
STEP ONE: Subtract forty-nine (49) from the residentapplicant's age in years.
STEP TWO: Multiply the difference determined under STEPONE by two and one-half percent (2.5%).
STEP THREE: Multiply the percentage determined under STEPTWO by the amount of the appropriate fee under subsection (a).
(c) Each lifetime license:
(1) is nontransferable;
(2) expires on the death of the person to whom the license wasissued; and
(3) may be suspended or revoked for the same causes andaccording to the same procedures that a resident yearly licenseto hunt, fish, or trap, as appropriate, may be suspended orrevoked.
(d) No part of a lifetime hunting, fishing, or trapping license isrefundable. However, the holder of:
(1) a basic license to hunt or fish may be given credit for thecurrent cost of such a license when purchasing a comprehensivelicense to hunt or fish or hunt and fish; and
(2) a comprehensive license to hunt or fish may be given creditfor the current cost of such a license when purchasing a lifetimecomprehensive license to hunt and fish.
(e) All money received under this section shall be deposited in thelifetime hunting, fishing, and trapping license trust fund establishedby IC 14-22-4.
As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.15. Amended by P.L.17-1997, SEC.5;P.L.225-2005, SEC.23.
IC 14-22-12-7.5
Automated point of sales licensing system
Sec. 7.5. (a) As used in this section, "automated point of salelicensing system" means a system designed to dispense hunting,fishing, and trapping licenses.
(b) Before July 1, 2005, the department shall develop andimplement an automated point of sale licensing system for use inIndiana for the sale of hunting, fishing, and trapping licenses toresidents and nonresidents of Indiana.
(c) The department shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to implementthis section.
As added by P.L.186-2003, SEC.61.
IC 14-22-12-8
Service fees for agents
Sec. 8. Each license agent who is authorized to sell licenses underthis article shall retain a seventy-five cent ($0.75) service fee foreach license sold.
As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.15. Amended by P.L.186-2003,SEC.62.
IC 14-22-12-9
Retention of service fee
Sec. 9. The clerk of the circuit court in each county shall retain asthe property of the county the service fees provided by section 8 ofthis chapter from the sale of licenses sold by the clerk. The clerkshall pay the fees promptly into the county general fund as other feesare paid.
As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.15. Amended by P.L.186-2003,SEC.63.
IC 14-22-12-10
Repealed
(Repealed by P.L.186-2003, SEC.82.)
IC 14-22-12-11
Bond of agents
Sec. 11. (a) Agents designated by the director and serving directlyunder the director's supervision must execute a bond meeting thefollowing requirements:
(1) The bond is payable to the state in an amount:
(A) not less than five thousand dollars ($5,000); but
(B) sufficient to cover the value of licenses distributed to theagent.
(2) The surety is approved by the director.
(3) The bond is conditioned on the proper selling of the licensesand proper accounting for all money due to the state.
(b) An agent's obligations under this section expire on the earlierof:
(1) the date on which the agent begins offering hunting, fishing,
and trapping licenses for sale under an automated point of salelicensing system implemented under section 7.5 of this chapter;or
(2) July 1, 2005.
As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.15. Amended by P.L.186-2003,SEC.64.
IC 14-22-12-12
Repealed
(Repealed by P.L.186-2003, SEC.82.)
IC 14-22-12-13
Repealed
(Repealed by P.L.186-2003, SEC.82.)
IC 14-22-12-14
Excessive or insufficient charges prohibited
Sec. 14. A person may not directly or indirectly charge, collect, orreceive for a license required under this article more or less than theamount specified in this article, regardless of the official capacity ofthe person or the relationship to the licensee.
As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.15.
IC 14-22-12-15
Deposits in fish and wildlife fund
Sec. 15. All license fees shall be deposited into the fish andwildlife fund.
As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.15.