KRS § 150.175 — KY Code / Title XII / Chapter 150 / Section 150.175
150.175 Kinds of licenses and tags -- Multiyear licenses or permits
Status: in_force

150.175 Kinds of licenses and tags -- Multiyear licenses or permits.

The kinds of licenses and tags authorized by this chapter, and the acts authorized to be

performed under the licenses and tags, subject to the other provisions of this chapter and

subject to administrative regulations promulgated under this chapter, shall be as follows:

(1) Statewide resident sport fishing license, which authorizes the holder to take fishes

by angling, or take crayfish by a minnow seine, or by hand, to take minnows by the

use of a minnow seine, minnow trap, or dip net, or to take fishes by grabbing,

gigging, snagging, snaring, jugging, and bow and arrow, and to take frogs and

turtles from any waters in any county of this state open for such purposes and

subject to the limitations in this chapter and additional limitations that the

department may from time to time prescribe. This license shall not authorize the

holder to sell fish;

(2) A short-term sport fishing license, which authorizes the holder to perform all acts

authorized by a statewide sport fishing license and subject to the same limitations or

prescribed administrative regulations. This license shall not authorize the holder to

sell fish;

(3) A resident commercial fishing license and a nonresident commercial fishing

license, which authorize a holder to perform any act authorized by a sport fishing

license and to take rough fishes from the waters of the state by the use of

commercial fishing gear as prescribed by administrative regulation. The license

shall also authorize the holder to sell rough fishes, other than those protected by

administrative regulation;

(4) A commercial fishing gear tag, which shall be attached to each piece of commercial

fishing gear including hoop nets, slat traps, trotline, wing nets, and to each one

hundred (100) feet of linear gear or portion thereof in use, including commercial

seines, gill nets, or trammel nets. Commercial gear tags may be issued only to a

person holding a resident or nonresident commercial fishing license;

(5) Live fish and bait dealer's licenses, resident and nonresident, which authorize the

holder to sell bait and live fish as may be prescribed by administrative regulation;

(6) Musseling licenses, resident and nonresident, which authorize the holder to take

mussels for commercial purposes as may be prescribed by administrative

regulation;

(7) A statewide resident hunting license, which authorizes the holder to take or pursue

wild animals, wild birds, frogs, and turtles with gun, bow and arrow, dog, or falcon,

or to participate in a fox-hunting party engaged in the hunting or pursuing of foxes

with dogs for sport, according to the provisions of the laws and administrative

regulations of the department;

(8) A youth statewide hunting license, which may be issued to a person before he or

she has reached his or her sixteenth birthday, and which authorizes the holder to

exercise all the privileges authorized by a statewide hunting license;

(9) Trapping licenses, resident and nonresident, which authorize the holder to take wild

animals by trapping upon his or her own lands or upon the lands of another person,

if the holder of the license has first obtained oral or written consent as provided in

KRS 150.092 and administrative regulation;

(10) A taxidermist license, which authorizes the holder to engage in the act of preparing,

stuffing, and mounting the skins of wildlife;

(11) A guide's license, which authorizes the holder to assist an outfitter license holder's

client in taking or attempting to take fish or wildlife and is employed by or

contracted with an outfitter license holder as prescribed by the administrative

regulations of the department;

(12) Fur buyer's licenses, resident and nonresident, which authorize the holder to buy

raw furs from licensed trappers and hunters and to sell raw furs so purchased.

Applicants for the license shall state the number of premises to be used and shall

display at each a copy of the license as furnished by the department, except that the

commissioner may limit the number of copies furnished and may revoke the license

for violation;

(13) A fur processor's license, which may be issued only to a resident, a partnership,

firm, or corporation of this state and which authorizes the holder to buy raw furs

when in legal possession for processing, manufacture, or retention in cold storage or

for resale;

(14) A nonresident sport fishing license, which authorizes the holder to perform any act

authorized by a resident statewide sport fishing license. This license shall not

authorize the holder to sell fish;

(15) A nonresident annual hunting license, which authorizes the holder to perform any

act authorized by a resident statewide hunting license;

(16) Shoot-to-retrieve field trial permits, four (4) day and single day, which authorize a

permit holder to conduct a shoot-to-retrieve field trial on private or government-

owned lands. With a four (4) day permit, all participants, whether residents or

nonresidents, shall not be required to possess any other license to participate in the

permitted field trial, and the permit shall expire four (4) days after the date on

which the field trial began. With the single day permit, the permit is valid for one

(1) day and all participants shall have a valid resident or nonresident annual

Kentucky hunting license. A permit is not required to conduct a shoot-to-retrieve

field trial on a licensed shooting preserve; however, all participants that take or

attempt to take game shall have in their possession a resident or nonresident annual

Kentucky hunting license;

(17) Game permits and youth game permits, which, in combination with a valid

statewide hunting license or a valid youth statewide hunting license, authorize the

holder to take or pursue the specified game species in any designated open area of

this state, during the open season and according to the provisions of the laws and

administrative regulations governing the hunting;

(18) A combination hunting and fishing license, which authorizes only resident holders

to perform all acts valid under either a sport fishing or hunting license;

(19) A trout permit, which in combination with a valid statewide fishing license,

authorizes the holder to take trout by angling or as may be prescribed by

administrative regulation;

(20) A commercial waterfowl permit, which authorizes the holder to establish and

operate a commercial waterfowl hunting preserve;

(21) A short-term hunting license, which authorizes the holder to perform all acts

authorized by a statewide hunting license according to the provisions of the laws

and administrative regulations of the department;

(22) A joint statewide resident sport fishing license issued to a husband and wife which

authorizes them to take fish as provided in subsection (1) of this section. The

license fee for this joint license shall be ten percent (10%) less than the license fee

set by the commission for two (2) statewide resident sport fishing licenses;

(23) A Kentucky migratory bird permit, which in combination with a valid statewide

hunting license and compliance with applicable federal law, authorizes the holder to

take or pursue waterfowl and migratory shore or upland game birds;

(24) A pay lake license which authorizes the holder to operate privately owned

impounded waters for fishing purposes for which a fee is charged;

(25) A senior sportsman's hunting and fishing license, which authorizes the holder to

perform all acts valid under a sport fishing license, a sport hunting license, or a state

permit to take deer, turkey, trout, waterfowl, or migratory shore or upland game

birds, and which shall be available to a Kentucky resident who is sixty-five (65)

years of age or older. The senior sportsman's hunting and fishing license shall not

be valid unless the holder carries proof of residency and proof of age, as the

department may require by administrative regulation, on his or her person while

performing an act authorized by the license;

(26) A senior lifetime sportsman's hunting and fishing license, which remains valid until

the death of the holder and authorizes the holder to perform all acts valid under a

sport fishing license, a sport hunting license, and a state permit to take deer, turkey,

trout, waterfowl, and migratory shore and upland game birds, and which shall be

available to a Kentucky resident who is sixty-five (65) years of age or older;

(27) A disabled sportsman's hunting and fishing license, which authorizes the holder to

perform all acts valid under a sport fishing license, a sport hunting license, and a

state permit to take deer, turkey, trout, waterfowl, and migratory shore and upland

game birds, and which shall be available to a Kentucky resident who is:

(a) An American veteran at least fifty percent (50%) disabled as a result of a

service-connected disability; or

(b) Declared permanently and totally disabled by the federal Social Security

Administration, the United States Office of Personnel Management, the

Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System, the Department of Workers' Claims

or its equivalent from another state, or the United States Railroad Retirement

Board.

The disabled sportsman's hunting and fishing license shall not be valid unless the

holder carries proof of residency, as the department may require by administrative

regulation, on his or her person while performing an act authorized by the license;

(28) A sportsman's license and youth sportsman's license for residents that include

annual hunting and fishing licenses and such permits as allowed by administrative

regulations promulgated by the department;

(29) A special license for residents and nonresidents for the purpose of hunting on

licensed shooting areas. This license shall be valid only for the shooting areas for

which it was issued and shall remain in effect for one (1) year. If the hunter holds

either a nonresident or resident statewide hunting license for the current year, the

special license shall not be required;

(30) A resident outfitter license and a nonresident outfitter license, each of which

authorizes the holder to solicit for guiding services or provide guiding services for

clients in taking or attempting to take fish or wildlife and which may have a guide

authorized to assist clients on behalf of the license holder as prescribed by the

administrative regulations of the department; and

(31) A shooting range permit, which authorizes the holder to use both department-owned

or managed shooting ranges and affiliated partner shooting ranges.

The department may offer multiyear licenses or permits for any of the annual licenses or

permits authorized in subsections (1), (7), (9), (14), (15), (17), (18), (19), (23), and (28)

of this section. A multiyear license or permit shall authorize the holder to perform all acts

authorized by the same license or permit if purchased annually and shall be issued in

accordance with the provisions of this chapter and the administrative regulations

promulgated hereunder. Any multiyear licenses or permits offered by the department

relating to the annual licenses or permits authorized in subsections (1), (7), (9), (14), (15),

(17), (18), (19), (23), and (28) of this section shall be implemented by administrative

regulation and may be discontinued at any time.