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TN Code § 70-2-215 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 70 - Wildlife Resources|Chapter 2 - Licenses and Permits|Part 2 - Miscellaneous Licenses and Permits|§ 70-2-215. Taxidermist Permits — Report of Work — Penalty for Violation. [See the Compiler's notes.]

  Any person, before engaging in the practice of taxidermy, which includes the stuffing, mounting, and preparing of the skins of wild birds, animals, and fish for sale or for hire, must first obtain a permit to do so from the executive director.   The executive director shall collect a fee of fifty dollars ($50.00) for each permit issued, each permit to expire the last day of February.   Each person obtaining such a permit shall conduct such practice of taxidermy in accordance with rules and regulations promulgated by the commission. Failure to make a report pursuant to the rules and regulations shall bar the person concerned from receiving a renewal of the person's permit or a new permit to engage in taxidermy.   Any person violating this section commits a Class C misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not less than ten dollars ($10.00) nor more than twenty-five dollars ($25.00).
TN Code § 70-2-220 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 70 - Wildlife Resources|Chapter 2 - Licenses and Permits|Part 2 - Miscellaneous Licenses and Permits|§ 70-2-220. Permits for Pearl Culturing. [See the Compiler's notes.]

 Any person, firm or corporation, before engaging in the business of culturing pearls in the public waters, shall first obtain an annual license from the wildlife resources agency. No nonresident shall be granted a license if the state or country of the nonresident prohibits residents of Tennessee from engaging in the business of culturing pearls. The fee for the license shall be one thousand dollars ($1,000). The business shall be conducted in accordance with rules and regulations promulgated by the fish and wildlife commission. The executive director of the wildlife resources agency shall select a committee of five (5) people that will include the executive director or the executive director's representative, the chief of fisheries, a fisheries biologist, and two (2) industry representatives to assist the executive director in the initial drafting of these rules and regulations.
TN Code § 70-2-221 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 70 - Wildlife Resources|Chapter 2 - Licenses and Permits|Part 2 - Miscellaneous Licenses and Permits|§ 70-2-221. Fish Dealers License — Requirements — Fees — Penalties. [See the Compiler's notes.]

  Any person, firm or corporation, before engaging in the businesses described in this section, must purchase a fish dealer's license:   A “bait dealer” engages in the business of capturing legal species of fish or other aquatic life for the purpose of sale or the selling of legal species of fish and other aquatic life for bait;   Each bait dealer shall make a monthly report to the executive director on forms provided as to the number of minnows sold and shall indicate the source of supply of such minnows; provided, that the executive director may, in the executive director's discretion, require only those monthly reports that the executive director may deem necessary; and   The wildlife resources agency is empowered to inspect any shipment of live minnows, and if found diseased, may cause the shipment to be destroyed without being liable for damage for such destruction;     “Catch-out operation” is the business of making legal species of fish placed in a pond, tank, or other constructed container available to persons wishing to procure them by purchase;    “Fish farming” is the business of rearing for sale legal species of fish and other aquatic life or the selling of legal species of fish and other aquatic life reared in private facilities; and   Fish used in the catch-out business must be reared fish or must be wild commercial fish species obtained legally by commercial fishers, and must be approved by the agency. Fish to be purchased may be caught by persons using legal fishing methods without the requirement of a fishing license.       These businesses shall be operated under rules and regulations promulgated by the wildlife resources agency.   The fee for a resident license shall be twenty dollars ($20.00); the fee for a nonresident license shall be two hundred fifty dollars ($250). The license will expire on the last day of February each year.   Each license issued shall cover all operations of a single business conducted within the exterior boundaries of the same tract of land owned or leased by the person, firm or corporation.   Any person, firm or corporation violating this section commits a Class C misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor more than fifty dollars ($50.00).
TN Code § 70-2-222 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 70 - Wildlife Resources|Chapter 2 - Licenses and Permits|Part 2 - Miscellaneous Licenses and Permits|§ 70-2-222. Freshwater Mussels — Purchase — Payment — Penalty. [See the Compiler's notes.]

  Any person, firm or corporation that purchases or otherwise obtains freshwater mussels taken from Tennessee waters shall pay to the Tennessee wildlife resources agency the amount equal to $0.0145 per pound of mussel shells or $0.0124 per pound of mussels, shell with meat, purchased or obtained.   The payment to the agency shall be calculated from receipts filled out by the buyer for each transaction. A copy of each receipt will be given to the seller and a copy retained by the buyer, and shall be made available by the buyer for inspection by agents of the agency or the office of the comptroller of the treasury for a period of two (2) years. When mussels are sold without first going through a buyer, the method of payment shall be as described in proclamations promulgated by the fish and wildlife commission. For purposes of this section, a “buyer” is any person, firm or corporation that buys or otherwise obtains mussels from mussel harvesters or other mussel buyers, either for use within the state or for exporting from Tennessee.   Payments from buyers shall be made monthly, and must be received by the agency no later than the fifteenth day of the following month.   Revenue from this section shall be used for mussel management, research, and enforcement. However, no more than twenty-five percent (25%) of the total revenue shall be spent on enforcement.   A violation of this section is a Class A misdemeanor.
TN Code § 70-2-223 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 70 - Wildlife Resources|Chapter 2 - Licenses and Permits|Part 2 - Miscellaneous Licenses and Permits|§ 70-2-223. Mussel Industry — Advisory Group

 To enhance and protect the state's mussel industry, the governor is authorized to appoint a five-member group of mussel industry representatives to advise the fish and wildlife commission and the various agencies of state government on pertinent matters relating to policy development and enforcement. The terms of such members shall run concurrently with the term of the appointing governor.
TN Code § 70-2-224 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 70 - Wildlife Resources|Chapter 2 - Licenses and Permits|Part 2 - Miscellaneous Licenses and Permits|§ 70-2-224. Regulation of Sport Firing Ranges

 The fish and wildlife commission is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations establishing procedures and guidelines for the operation of wildlife resources agency sport firing ranges and establishing fees for use by the general public. The wildlife resources agency is authorized to contract for the operation and maintenance of the facilities. Moneys derived from the fees shall be deposited in the wildlife resources fund. The fee provisions of this section do not apply to outdoor sport firing ranges in operation prior to July 1, 1998.
TN Code § 70-2-225 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 70 - Wildlife Resources|Chapter 2 - Licenses and Permits|Part 2 - Miscellaneous Licenses and Permits|§ 70-2-225. Authority of Commission to Promulgate Rules and Regulations

 The commission is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations establishing permit fees for camping and other recreational activities on public lands under the agency's management or control and on agency lakes.
TN Code § 70-2-226 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 70 - Wildlife Resources|Chapter 2 - Licenses and Permits|Part 2 - Miscellaneous Licenses and Permits|§ 70-2-226. Permits for Use of Sundquist Wildlife Management Area by Certain Residents

  Notwithstanding § 70-2-225 or any other provision of this title to the contrary, persons residing either within the boundaries of the Sundquist wildlife management area or on property physically contiguous to such area on July 1, 2004, shall be issued a user permit by the Tennessee wildlife resources agency (TWRA) for horseback riding, bicycling, and off highway vehicle use. Application must be made to the TWRA on the form provided by the agency and such proof of residency provided as specified by the agency within ninety (90) days of June 7, 2004.   Subsection (a) shall not apply to persons who purchase, inherit, or reside on property within or physically contiguous to the Sundquist wildlife management area after July 1, 2004.   The estimated cost of this section shall be absorbed out of the existing resources of the TWRA.
TN Code § 70-2-301 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 70 - Wildlife Resources|Chapter 2 - Licenses and Permits|Part 3 - Commercial Fishing|§ 70-2-301. Promotion of Commercial Fishing

 The fish and wildlife commission is directed to promulgate reasonable rules and regulations necessary to promote commercial fishing activity as an economically viable commercial enterprise in this state.
TN Code § 70-2-302 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 70 - Wildlife Resources|Chapter 2 - Licenses and Permits|Part 3 - Commercial Fishing|§ 70-2-302. Approval From the Convention for the International Trade of Endangered Species (Cites)

 The agency shall request approval from the Convention for the International Trade of Endangered Species (CITES) to establish a length limit of no less than thirty-six inches (36") and an annual season length no shorter than November 15 to April 15. Should the approval not be granted, the agency is authorized to negotiate conditions under which the approval would be granted.
TN Code § 70-2-303 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 70 - Wildlife Resources|Chapter 2 - Licenses and Permits|Part 3 - Commercial Fishing|§ 70-2-303. Resident Preference in Licensing — Nets — Study Plan

  Tennessee residents shall be given preference in licensing with a limit on the number of nonresident permits.   All nets shall be properly buoyed to promote safety on the waters of the state.   The agency shall develop a plan to study sustainability, population conditions, and juvenile survival rates on waters not currently open to commercial roe fishing. With the assistance of the commercial fishing community in harvest surveys, such study shall include at least the following objectives:  Description of the size structure and age structure of the existing paddlefish population;   Determination of paddlefish population parameters including growth, recruitment, and natural mortality; and   Assessment of the likelihood that the paddlefish population can provide a sustainable commercial fishery.
TN Code § 70-2-304 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 70 - Wildlife Resources|Chapter 2 - Licenses and Permits|Part 3 - Commercial Fishing|§ 70-2-304. Commercial Fishing Advisory Committee

 To insure that the views of the commercial fishing community are appropriately communicated as well as to assist the wildlife resources agency in developing rules and regulations on commercial fishing, there is created a commercial fishing advisory committee. The committee members shall be named by the wildlife resources executive director and shall include, but not be limited to, licensed commercial fishers and roe fishers, dealers, and buyers. The members of the committee shall serve as volunteers and shall not be paid or reimbursed for time served as committee members.
TN Code § 70-2-208 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 70 - Wildlife Resources|Chapter 2 - Licenses and Permits|Part 3 - Commercial Fishing|§ 70-2-208. Fur Dealers — License Requirements — Regulation of Pelts — Penalties. [See the Compiler's notes.]

 70-2-212. Stocking of wildlife — Inspections — Charges.   70-2-219. Permits for hunting or fishing in designated areas — Trout fishing in premiere tourist resort cities — Disposition of funds from Reelfoot preservation permits — Privileges of senior citizen permit holders — Special elk-take permit. [See the Compiler's Notes.]
TN Code § 70-2-212 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 70 - Wildlife Resources|Chapter 2 - Licenses and Permits|Part 3 - Commercial Fishing|§ 70-2-212. Stocking of Wildlife — Inspections — Charges

 70-2-219. Permits for hunting or fishing in designated areas — Trout fishing in premiere tourist resort cities — Disposition of funds from Reelfoot preservation permits — Privileges of senior citizen permit holders — Special elk-take permit. [See the Compiler's Notes.]
TN Code § 70-4-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 70 - Wildlife Resources|Chapter 4 - Miscellaneous Regulations|Part 1 - Hunting and Fishing|§ 70-4-101. Ownership and Title to Wildlife Vested in the State

  The ownership of and title to all forms of wildlife within the jurisdiction of the state that are not individual property under the laws of the land are hereby declared to be in the state. No wildlife shall be taken or killed in any manner or at any time, except the person or persons so taking or killing the wildlife shall consent that the title to the wildlife shall be and shall remain in the state for the possession, use and transportation of the wildlife after such taking or killing as set forth in this chapter.   The taking or killing of any and all forms of wildlife at any time, in any manner, and by any person, shall be deemed a consent on the part of such person that the title to such wildlife shall be and shall remain in the state for the purpose of regulating the possession, use, sale and transportation of the wildlife for the public welfare.
TN Code § 70-4-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 70 - Wildlife Resources|Chapter 4 - Miscellaneous Regulations|Part 1 - Hunting and Fishing|§ 70-4-102. Illegal Taking, Possession or Destruction of Wildlife — Penalty for Violations

  It is unlawful for any person to hunt, kill, trap, ensnare, or destroy, or to attempt to hunt, kill, trap, ensnare, or destroy, or to have in such person's possession, any form of wildlife except subject to the restrictions and by the means and devices and at the time prescribed by this title.   Any violations of the proclamations and rules and regulations proclaimed by the fish and wildlife commission are punishable as provided in this title, and the illegal taking or possession of each bird, animal or fish constitutes a separate offense.   A violation of this section is a Class B misdemeanor.
TN Code § 70-4-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 70 - Wildlife Resources|Chapter 4 - Miscellaneous Regulations|Part 1 - Hunting and Fishing|§ 70-4-103. Fox Hunting — Training of Hunting Dogs — Penalty

   Foxes may be chased with dogs the entire year, except during such periods as may be fixed by the fish and wildlife commission for the protection of the species.   Notwithstanding any private act to the contrary, the commission shall have the authority to regulate the taking or killing of foxes in this state.   Any person who hunts and kills a fox in a manner other than as permitted by this subsection (a) commits a Class C misdemeanor.     Fox hounds, rabbit dogs and bird dogs may be trained the entire year, except during such periods as may be fixed by the commission for the protection of the species, but any person accompanying the dogs or training them shall not possess any firearm, bow and arrow, or any other such device, except during the regular open season.
TN Code § 70-4-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 70 - Wildlife Resources|Chapter 4 - Miscellaneous Regulations|Part 1 - Hunting and Fishing|§ 70-4-104. Catching or Killing Fish — Fishing Regulations

 Fish may be taken with rod and reel, by hook and line held in the hand while fishing, or by one (1) or more trotlines not having a combination of more than one hundred (100) hooks, which trotline shall be attended at least once each day. Use or possession of any other instrument for the killing, catching, or taking of fish or other aquatic life is expressly forbidden, except as provided for in this title or as permitted by regulations made under authority granted the fish and wildlife commission under this title.
TN Code § 70-4-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 70 - Wildlife Resources|Chapter 4 - Miscellaneous Regulations|Part 1 - Hunting and Fishing|§ 70-4-105. Lawful Possession of Wildlife by Legal License Holders

  Wild animals, wild birds, or wild fowl lawfully taken may be possessed by legal license holders during any open season for their lawful taking, designated pursuant to the terms of § 70-4-107(b)-(d), but no person shall have in possession or in storage, or both, during any open season or at any other time, more than the possession limit prescribed by the fish and wildlife commission.   Any person violating this section commits a Class C misdemeanor.
TN Code § 70-4-108 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 70 - Wildlife Resources|Chapter 4 - Miscellaneous Regulations|Part 1 - Hunting and Fishing|§ 70-4-108. Hunting From or Across Public Road or Near Dwelling — Penalty

  It is unlawful to hunt, shoot at, chase, catch, or kill, with or without dogs, any wild animal, wild bird, or wild fowl from a public road right-of-way, or to shoot any firearms across or on any public road.   It is unlawful to hunt, shoot at, chase, or kill, with or without dogs any wild animal, wild bird or wild fowl on public lands and waters within one hundred yards (100 yds.) of a visible dwelling house, whether or not such dwelling house is on public or private lands, without the owner's permission.   A violation of subsection (a) or (b) is a Class C misdemeanor.    It is unlawful to hunt, shoot at, chase, catch, or kill, with or without dogs, any wild animal, wild bird, or wild fowl from a motor vehicle on either a public road or right-of-way, or from a public road or right-of-way after leaving a motor vehicle specifically for such purpose with the immediate intent to return to the vehicle.   A violation of this subsection (d) is a Class A misdemeanor.
TN Code § 70-4-109 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 70 - Wildlife Resources|Chapter 4 - Miscellaneous Regulations|Part 1 - Hunting and Fishing|§ 70-4-109. Hunting From Aircraft, Watercraft or Motor Vehicles Unlawful — Exception for Persons Confined to Wheelchairs — Penalty

  It is unlawful to chase, hunt, or kill any wild birds, wild animals or wild fowl in this state from any craft propelled by electric, gasoline, steam or sail power, or airplane or hydroplane or from any automobile or motor vehicle, unless otherwise provided by law, rule and regulation or by proclamation; provided, that under no circumstance shall this subsection (a) be construed as authorizing the legalization of hunting from an automobile or motor vehicle while under power.   Notwithstanding subsection (a), any person totally and permanently confined to a wheelchair as certified by appropriate documentation to the executive director may hunt or kill any wildlife from a stationary automobile or motor vehicle during the lawful hunting seasons; provided, that it is unlawful for such person to shoot directly across or over any road, path or other right-of-way; and provided further, that any such persons shall be accompanied by another person who is not so confined at all times when hunting, and that such person shall retrieve all game taken in such hunt.   A violation of this section is a Class C misdemeanor.
TN Code § 70-4-110 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 70 - Wildlife Resources|Chapter 4 - Miscellaneous Regulations|Part 1 - Hunting and Fishing|§ 70-4-110. Spotlighting Deer — Penalty

   It is unlawful for any person, or one (1) or more of a group of persons together, to willfully throw or cast, or cause to be thrown or cast, the rays of a spotlight, headlight, or other artificial light from any motor vehicle or vessel or with the aid of any motor vehicle or vessel, on or from any highway, or in any field, woodland, or forest, or the waters of the state, in an apparent attempt or intent to locate deer by the use of such light, unless such person or persons direct such light onto property owned by such person or one of the persons involved, or such person or group of persons has written permission from the landowner to willfully throw or cast, or cause to be thrown or cast, the rays of a spotlight, headlight, or other artificial light onto the property of the landowner. Such written permission must be in immediate possession at all times and the individual shall display same upon demand of law enforcement.   Notwithstanding subdivision (a)(1), it is unlawful to willfully throw or cast, or cause to be thrown or cast, the rays of a spotlight, headlight, or other artificial light from any motor vehicle or vessel or with the aid of any motor vehicle or vessel, at any time from or on any public roadway.     The operator of any motor vehicle or vessel from which the rays of an artificial light have been cast as outlined in subsection (a) shall immediately stop such vehicle or vessel upon the direction of any enforcement officer of the wildlife resources agency.   A violation of this section is a Class B misdemeanor.   In the prosecution of second or subsequent offenders, the indictment or presentment must allege the prior conviction for violating any of the provisions of this section, setting forth the time and place of each such prior conviction. The court shall prohibit such convicted person, either first or subsequent offenders, from hunting, fishing or trapping in this state for a period of one (1) year.
TN Code § 70-4-111 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 70 - Wildlife Resources|Chapter 4 - Miscellaneous Regulations|Part 1 - Hunting and Fishing|§ 70-4-111. Hunting or Killing Any Big Game During Closed Season — Penalty

 Any person who hunts or kills any big game during the closed season for such game commits a Class B misdemeanor.