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TN Code § 70-1-503 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 70 - Wildlife Resources|Chapter 1 - General and Administrative Provisions|Part 5 - Wildlife Management Endowment Fund|§ 70-1-503. Investment of Funds

 Moneys shall be invested pursuant to law, including, but not limited to, § 9-4-612, for the benefit of the fund. For purposes of expenditures from the fund pursuant to § 70-1-306, the wildlife management endowment fund shall be included as a part of the wildlife resources fund subject to the restrictions and requirements of the wildlife management endowment fund as set out in this part. Neither the moneys of the fund, nor the interest accruing on investments and deposits of the fund shall be used for any other purposes than those set out in this part, nor shall any part of the fund be diverted to the general fund or to any other public fund.
TN Code § 70-1-504 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 70 - Wildlife Resources|Chapter 1 - General and Administrative Provisions|Part 5 - Wildlife Management Endowment Fund|§ 70-1-504. Expenditure or Disbursement From Principal Prohibited

 No expenditure or disbursement shall be made from the principal of the wildlife management endowment fund.
TN Code § 70-1-505 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 70 - Wildlife Resources|Chapter 1 - General and Administrative Provisions|Part 5 - Wildlife Management Endowment Fund|§ 70-1-505. Proceeds From Sales of Lifetime Sportsman Licenses to Persons Under Sixteen Years of Age — Expenditure Prohibited

 No expenditures or disbursements from the income from proceeds derived from the sales of lifetime sportsman licenses to holders under the age of sixteen (16) years shall be made for any purpose and shall become a part of the fund's principal. Income earned after the holder reaches the age of sixteen (16) shall be available for expenditures or disbursements. The wildlife resources agency shall cause deposits of proceeds from the sale of lifetime sportsman licenses to holders under the age of sixteen (16) to be distinguished and shall maintain information as to the ages of license holders to determine the amount of income that remains encumbered by and that is free of this restriction.
TN Code § 70-1-506 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 70 - Wildlife Resources|Chapter 1 - General and Administrative Provisions|Part 5 - Wildlife Management Endowment Fund|§ 70-1-506. Income From Invested Funds to Benefit Wildlife

 The income received and accruing from the investments of the wildlife management endowment fund, subject to limitations prescribed for funds received from the sale of lifetime sportsman licenses to holders under the age of sixteen (16) years, may only be spent in furthering the management, protection, propagation, and conservation of wildlife to assure perpetual protection and preservation for future generations of the heritage of hunting and fishing in this state and the efficient operation of the wildlife resources agency in accomplishing these objectives.
TN Code § 70-2-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 70 - Wildlife Resources|Chapter 2 - Licenses and Permits|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 70-2-101. Taking Wildlife Without License — Migratory Waterfowl Stamps — Licenses Nontransferable — Revocation or Suspension — Penalties

  It is unlawful for any person in this state to hunt, chase, trap, kill or take any form of wildlife in the open season, unless the person so hunting, chasing, trapping, killing or taking, or attempting to take, such wild animals, wild birds, wild fowl, or fish at the time possesses the requisite license prescribed by this chapter, such license, of proper color and design, to be on the person of the licensee while hunting, chasing, trapping or fishing.   A valid federal migratory waterfowl stamp must be possessed while hunting migratory waterfowl by any person over sixteen (16) years of age, which stamp shall be cancelled in ink by the signature of the hunting licensee.   No license or permit, required and issued under this chapter, may be loaned or transferred to any other person, firm or corporation.     Upon conviction for any offense against this title, any rule or regulation promulgated pursuant to this title, or any proclamation of the fish and wildlife commission, the court may revoke the license or suspend any or all of the fishing, hunting, or trapping privileges of the person so convicted, or both revoke the license and revoke any or all of the fishing, hunting or trapping privileges of the person so convicted.   Any license so revoked shall be surrendered to the court and transmitted to the arresting officer, to be made a part of the prosecution record.     Any person whose license has been revoked or whose privileges have been suspended, or both, may be prohibited from fishing, hunting and trapping for a period of time of not less than one (1) year to be fixed by the court.     Any violation of this section is a Class C misdemeanor and punishable by a fine of not less than ten dollars ($10.00) nor more than twenty-five dollars ($25.00). Any person who violates the revocation order of the court may be fined not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) and may be confined in the county jail or workhouse not less than ten (10) days nor more than eleven (11) months and twenty-nine (29) days, it being mandatory upon the court to impose the prison sentence, and the minimum time may not be subject to suspension.
TN Code § 70-2-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 70 - Wildlife Resources|Chapter 2 - Licenses and Permits|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 70-2-102. Licensing Requirement — Penalty

  Every person shall, before hunting, fishing, or trapping, as the case may be, in this state, possess a license in accordance with the schedules in this title, except as otherwise provided in this chapter.   A violation of this section is a Class C misdemeanor.
TN Code § 70-2-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 70 - Wildlife Resources|Chapter 2 - Licenses and Permits|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 70-2-103. Exception to Licensing Requirement — Military Personnel on Furlough

  Any member of the armed forces or services while on furlough or other temporary military leave of absence has the right to hunt and fish in this state during the appropriate seasons for hunting and fishing as fixed by law, without the necessity of procuring a license.   In order for any person to hunt and fish without the required license, the person shall have in that person's possession at all times a copy of that person's furlough papers or other military orders showing that such person is officially on leave of absence from the military service. Such military papers or orders are subject to examination and inspection by duly constituted officers of the wildlife resources agency at all times.
TN Code § 70-2-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 70 - Wildlife Resources|Chapter 2 - Licenses and Permits|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 70-2-105. Preparation and Distribution of License Forms to County Clerk or Other Agent — Maintenance and Remittance of Funds

  The executive director shall prepare and deliver to each county clerk or other agent authorized to issue and sell licenses, tags, registrations and other privileges as described in § 70-2-106, as many blank forms as may be required.   Each county clerk or authorized agent shall maintain all funds collected on behalf of the agency in a checking account available for electronic transfer within twenty-four (24) hours.   Any agent failing to make the required remittance available as required in this section shall be deemed delinquent and shall pay a penalty of five percent (5%) on all funds that were owed and that were not remitted or paid over within the time prescribed by this section. In addition, such agent, in the discretion of the executive director, may forfeit the privilege to sell any future licenses, tags, registrations and other privileges as described in § 70-2-106.
TN Code § 70-2-106 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 70 - Wildlife Resources|Chapter 2 - Licenses and Permits|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 70-2-106. Agents for Issuance and Sale of Licenses, Permits, Stamps, Tags, or Privileges — Bond — Fees of Items — Fees of Agents — Conservation Stamps

   All hunting and fishing licenses, other licenses, permits, tags, registrations or privileges as specified by the agency and provided for in this title or in title 69, chapter 9, may be issued and sold by the county clerk of each county, or by any other person, firm or corporation designated and appointed by the executive director.   Any appointed agent, before being furnished with items to sell, may be required to execute a bond in such sum as the executive director shall require, with some solvent surety company qualified to do business in the state, as surety on sums due, conditioned to faithfully perform the duties imposed upon such appointed agent and to faithfully account for and promptly pay over to the executive director any and all sums due to the wildlife resources agency.      The county clerk of each county or any other person, firm or corporation designated and appointed by the executive director as such agent is entitled to collect from the purchaser of all licenses, permits, stamps, tags, registrations or other privileges sold, as specified by the agency, a flat fee of one dollar ($1.00) on any one (1) annual license, permit, stamp, tag, registration or other privilege sold, as specified by the agency, and fifty cents (50¢) on any one (1) license, permit, stamp, tag, registration and other privilege, as specified by the agency, which is valid for a specified day or number of days. Alternatively, the executive director is authorized to establish an agent fee, through competitive bidding contract procedures, for the successful bidder to sell licenses, permits, stamps, tags, registrations and other privileges as specified by the agency, over the telephone or through other electronic means.   The executive director, the county clerk of each county, and the agents designated and appointed by the executive director as such agents for the sale of licenses, shall offer for sale conservation stamps, including, but not limited to, full-color waterfowl stamps for a cost of ten dollars ($10.00) each. Any revenues from such stamps over and above the cost of producing and distributing the stamps shall go into habitat improvement. Possession of a stamp is voluntary and is not required in order to hunt, fish or trap.   The general assembly shall review and reauthorize the conservation stamp program after it has been in operation for three (3) years.
TN Code § 70-2-107 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 70 - Wildlife Resources|Chapter 2 - Licenses and Permits|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 70-2-107. Date of Issuance of License or Permit — Duration — Penalty for Violations

  Licenses and permits required under this and any other law relating to wildlife shall be dated the true date of issue. All annual sport licenses shall be issued for the year beginning March 1 and ending the last day of February of the following year, both inclusive.   A violation of this section is a Class C misdemeanor.   In addition to the annual licenses authorized by subsection (a), the agency is authorized to issue any hunting, fishing or trapping license for periods exceeding one (1) year.
TN Code § 70-2-108 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 70 - Wildlife Resources|Chapter 2 - Licenses and Permits|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 70-2-108. Hunter Education Course

   Every person born on or after January 1, 1969, before hunting, shall possess, in addition to all other licenses and permits required, proof of satisfactory completion of an agency approved hunter education course, except this provision shall not apply to persons under ten (10) years of age accompanied by an adult at least twenty-one (21) years of age.    The commission is authorized to promulgate rules to create a permit for a fee exempting persons from the hunter education requirements of this section for a twelve-month period, as long as the person possesses all other licenses and permits required, and, if ten (10) years of age or older, the person must be accompanied by a licensed adult at least twenty-one (21) years of age or older, who is hunter-education-certified or otherwise exempt by law.   Effective July 1, 2015, a person who meets the requirements of subdivision (a)(2)(A) may purchase the permit annually for up to three (3) consecutive years.     For the purpose of this section, “accompanied” is defined as being able to take immediate control of the hunting device.     The state board of education is encouraged to develop a section related to hunter education as a part of its safety education curriculum.   This section shall not apply to persons hunting or fishing within the guidelines of § 70-2-204.   As punishment, any person violating this section shall have all hunting privileges suspended and the person's license shall be taken by the arresting officer. Submission of proof of satisfactory completion of an agency approved hunter education course shall entitle a person to the return of that person's license and the restoration of hunting privileges.
TN Code § 70-2-109 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 70 - Wildlife Resources|Chapter 2 - Licenses and Permits|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 70-2-109. Free Sport Fishing Day

 The fish and wildlife commission may designate by proclamation one (1) day each year as “free sport fishing day” and all sport fishing license requirements as designated by proclamation for that day shall be suspended.
TN Code § 70-2-110 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 70 - Wildlife Resources|Chapter 2 - Licenses and Permits|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 70-2-110. Free Hunting Day for Persons With Disabilities

 The fish and wildlife commission shall authorize persons with disabilities one (1) day each year to hunt in a wildlife resources agency sponsored hunt, and all hunting license requirements for such persons for that day and purpose shall be suspended. For the purposes of this section, persons with disabilities shall be those people entitled to receive placards as provided in title 55, chapter 21, part 1.
TN Code § 70-2-202 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 70 - Wildlife Resources|Chapter 2 - Licenses and Permits|Part 2 - Miscellaneous Licenses and Permits|§ 70-2-202. Nonresident License Fees and Requirements. [See the Compiler's notes.]

   Every nonresident shall pay, in accordance with the following fee schedule, for the privilege of hunting, sport fishing, or trapping:  Nonresident annual hunting, sport fishing and trapping:   Hunting:  Small game and waterfowl $ 55.00   All game 155.00     Fishing, except trout 25.00   Fishing, all species 50.00   Trapping 250.00   Junior hunting and fishing 5.00     No license is required for trapping beaver.     Every nonresident shall pay in accordance with the following fee schedule for the privilege of trip hunting and sport fishing:  Hunting:   Seven (7) day small game and waterfowl $ 30.00   Seven (7) day all game 105.00     Fishing:   Three (3) day, except trout 10.00   Three (3) day, all species 20.00   Ten (10) day, except trout 15.00   Ten (10) day, all species 30.00         Every nonresident shall provide the correct information specified on all licenses and permits. All licenses and permits must be filled out in ink, indelible pencil, typewriter, or punched or stamped, or otherwise marked to prevent erasures, false entries or alterations and must be signed in ink or indelible pencil by the licensee.   Any nonresident between thirteen (13) years of age and fifteen (15) years of age, inclusive, may purchase a junior hunting and fishing license. Such license entitles the individual to the privilege of sport fishing and small game and waterfowl hunting. Any nonresident under thirteen (13) years of age is exempt from the licensing requirements of subsection (a).
TN Code § 70-2-203 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 70 - Wildlife Resources|Chapter 2 - Licenses and Permits|Part 2 - Miscellaneous Licenses and Permits|§ 70-2-203. Fishing in County or City of Residence — When License Required — Penalty

  A resident of Tennessee may fish in the waters of such person's county of legal residence by use of a hook and line or a single trotline with not more than fifty (50) hooks, and natural or cut bait if such person possesses a county of residence fishing license. Additionally, possession of this license permits a person who resides in a city that lies in two (2) or more counties to fish in all of the waters of that city, including those waters in the city lying outside of the person's county of legal residence.   Other appropriate license is required:  To fish within one's county of legal residence, for residents who do not qualify for a county of residence fishing license under subsection (a) or who qualify but who choose to purchase any other appropriate license;   To fish outside one's county of legal residence unless such person qualifies under the exception contained in subsection (a);   If minnows or artificial lures are used;   If one fishes in a state lake or state-owned or operated wildlife management area; or   To fish for or take trout.     A violation of this section is a Class C misdemeanor.
TN Code § 70-2-206 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 70 - Wildlife Resources|Chapter 2 - Licenses and Permits|Part 2 - Miscellaneous Licenses and Permits|§ 70-2-206. Wholesale Fish and Mussel Dealers — Definitions — License Requirements — Fees. [See the Compiler's notes.]

  Before any person, firm or corporation engages in the business of a wholesale fish dealer or a wholesale mussel dealer, as defined in this subsection (a), such person, firm or corporation shall possess the appropriate license.    “Person” includes the plural as well as the singular, as the case demands, and includes individuals, partnerships, associations, or corporations;   “Places of business,” as used in this title, includes the place where orders for aquatic products are received, or where aquatic products are purchased or sold;   “Wholesale fish dealer” means any person in the business of buying from a commercial fisher, fish or other edible aquatic life, or parts of fish or other edible aquatic life, or products taken from the waters of this state for the purpose of canning, preserving or processing; or any person in the business of buying from a wholesale fish dealer for the purpose of selling or handling for shipment or sale. Excluded from this definition are restaurants, hotels, grocery stores, retail fish markets, and other businesses that do not buy directly from a commercial fisher and that sell directly to the general public. Each separate place of business shall require a separate license; and   “Wholesale mussel dealer” means any person who buys freshwater mussels or parts of mussels for the purpose of selling, processing or handling for shipment, to wholesalers, retailers or consumers.     The license and fee to be paid are as follows:  Wholesale fish dealer's license  $250.00   Wholesale mussel dealer's license   250.00
TN Code § 70-2-207 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 70 - Wildlife Resources|Chapter 2 - Licenses and Permits|Part 2 - Miscellaneous Licenses and Permits|§ 70-2-207. [reserved.]

  A fur dealer is any person who, either directly or through another person, engages in the business of buying and selling the pelts or hides of fur-bearing mammals from hunters, trappers, or other fur dealers.   The license fee for a resident or a nonresident fur dealer shall be one hundred dollars ($100).   Any person, before engaging in the business of buying and selling the pelts or hides of fur-bearing mammals, shall possess the appropriate dealer's license; provided, that a furrier may engage in the business of buying and selling the pelts or hides of fur bearing mammals without possessing or being required to possess a fur dealer's license. Such pelts or hides may be purchased by the furrier from fur dealers.   Each dealer must file with the agency, periodically, as directed by the executive director, a complete report, on forms provided by the agency, of the activity of the previous reporting period. The report must be completed in its entirety and the dealer must, by signature, certify as to its accuracy.   The commission is authorized to adopt rules and regulations governing the tagging of all pelts or hides of fur-bearing mammals taken.   Each dealer must permit wildlife officers to inspect the inventory of pelts or hides and any records.   Any person violating this section commits a Class C misdemeanor. Upon conviction of a second or subsequent offense within a twelve-month period, the person's license shall be revoked for a period of one (1) year. In addition, any person found guilty of engaging in business as defined in subsection (a) without the necessary licenses shall be sentenced to the county jail or workhouse, which sentence may be suspended if such person shall show to the court that the appropriate licenses have been subsequently purchased.   When used in this section, “person” includes any resident or nonresident individual, association, partnership, corporation or other legal entity including any individual or entity operating in any capacity on behalf of such individual, association, partnership, corporation or other legal entity.
TN Code § 70-2-209 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 70 - Wildlife Resources|Chapter 2 - Licenses and Permits|Part 2 - Miscellaneous Licenses and Permits|§ 70-2-209. Unlicensed Possession and Traffic in Hides or Pelts— Penalty

  It is unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to purchase, receive for sale or have in its possession for commercial purposes any green hides, raw furs or pelts of wild animals without first procuring a license, except as provided in § 70-2-208.   Any violation of this section is a Class A misdemeanor.
TN Code § 70-2-213 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 70 - Wildlife Resources|Chapter 2 - Licenses and Permits|Part 2 - Miscellaneous Licenses and Permits|§ 70-2-213. Permits for Scientific Purposes — Reports Required — Penalty for Violation

  The executive director has the power, at the executive director's discretion, to grant permission, under the executive director's seal, to any reliable person to take, capture and transport in Tennessee, wild birds, and nests and eggs of wild birds, and wild animals and fish, when taken and used for purely scientific purposes. The permit so issued shall continue in force for one (1) year after the date of issue and shall specify the number of any species to be taken under the permit.   Each person receiving a permit under this section shall report to the wildlife resources agency on blanks furnished by it, at or before the expiration of such permit, the number and disposition of the collections made under the permit.   Any person taking any wildlife in violation of this section, or of the permit held by that person, shall be, upon conviction, fined not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100) and the permit held by that person shall become void.
TN Code § 70-2-214 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 70 - Wildlife Resources|Chapter 2 - Licenses and Permits|Part 2 - Miscellaneous Licenses and Permits|§ 70-2-214. Training of Hunting Dogs — License Requirements — Regulation of Field Trials — Penalty for Violations

  Any resident or nonresident who trains hunting dogs in this state shall purchase the appropriate hunting license, except when such person is competing in recognized field trials.   Raccoon dog field trials, retriever dog field trials, bird dog field trials, rabbit dog field trials, and foxhound field trials will be permitted only under rules and regulations promulgated by the fish and wildlife commission. The fish and wildlife commission is authorized to make all such rules or regulations, or both, in connection with the field trials as it may deem necessary to carry out this section.   Any violation of this section, or any violation of any rule or regulation promulgated by the fish and wildlife commission pursuant to this section, is a Class C misdemeanor and, upon conviction of the violation, shall be punishable by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor more than fifty dollars ($50.00).