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2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 37 - Game and Parks › 37-352 - Nebraska Outdoor Recreation Development Cash Fund; disbursements; commission; multiyear recreational development plan.

37-352.
Nebraska Outdoor Recreation Development Cash Fund; disbursements; commission; multiyear recreational development plan.
(1) No appropriation shall be made from the Nebraska Outdoor Recreation Development Cash Fund until the commission has presented electronically a multiyear recreational development plan to the Legislature for its review, modification, and final approval. An updated version of such plan shall also be submitted electronically to the Legislature annually for its modification and approval. The money in such fund shall be administered according to this section by the commission for the development, operation, and maintenance of areas of the state park system. The money in such fund may be used in whole or in part for the matching of federal funds. All disbursements from the fund shall be made upon warrants drawn by the Director of Administrative Services.
(2) When a recreational plan is prepared for any state park system area or part of a state park system area cooperatively managed by the commission and the Nebraska State Historical Society, such plan shall insure that adequate funds are appropriated to develop and maintain historical aspects.
Source
Laws 1978, LB 109, § 5;
Laws 1989, LB 18, § 3;
R.S.1943, (1993), § 37-1304;
Laws 1998, LB 922, § 110;
Laws 2012, LB782, § 36.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 37 - Game and Parks › 37-353 - Taking of wildlife; when authorized.

37-353.
Taking of wildlife; when authorized.
All conservation officers, all wildlife managers employed by the commission, and all other staff designated by the commission shall be authorized to take any wildlife from the wild that has escaped captivity, is diseased, is needed for scientific study, is considered dangerous to human or livestock health, is damaging agricultural crops, or is otherwise deemed unsuitable to remain in the wild, as stipulated in rules and regulations adopted and promulgated by the commission.
Source
Laws 1999, LB 176, § 65.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 37 - Game and Parks › 37-354 - Operation and maintenance; requirements; compliance and enforcement.

37-354.
Operation and maintenance; requirements; compliance and enforcement.
Property conveyed by the commission pursuant to sections 90-272 to 90-275 and 90-278 shall be operated and maintained as follows:
(1) The property shall be maintained so as to appear attractive and inviting to the public;
(2) Sanitation and sanitary facilities shall be maintained in accordance with applicable health standards;
(3) Properties shall be kept reasonably open, accessible, and safe for public use. Fire prevention and similar activities shall be maintained for proper public safety;
(4) Buildings, roads, trails, and other structures and improvements shall be kept in reasonable repair throughout their estimated lifetime to prevent undue deterioration and to encourage public use; and
(5) The facility shall be kept open for public use at reasonable hours and times of the year, according to the type of area or facility.
The commission shall be responsible for compliance and enforcement of the requirements set forth in this section.
Source
Laws 2010, LB743, § 4;
Laws 2011, LB207, § 2;
Laws 2011, LB563, § 2;
Laws 2012, LB739, § 2.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 37 - Game and Parks › 37-355 - Aquatic Invasive Species Program; activities authorized.

37-355.
Aquatic Invasive Species Program; activities authorized.
The Aquatic Invasive Species Program is created. Funds identified to support the program shall be used for aquatic invasive species activities which may include monitoring and sampling waters of the state for aquatic invasive species, hiring personnel, purchasing equipment to inspect and decontaminate conveyances, providing additional enforcement, education, and research relating to aquatic invasive species, and conducting aquatic invasive species projects as needed.
Source
Laws 2015, LB142, § 2.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 37 - Game and Parks › 37-401 - Hunting, fishing, or fur-harvesting permit; required, when; exemptions; violation; penalty.

37-401.
Hunting, fishing, or fur-harvesting permit; required, when; exemptions; violation; penalty.
For the purpose of supplying revenue for the propagation, importation, distribution, protection, and conservation of the wildlife of this state, including all wild animals, birds, fish, and all things pertaining thereto, every person sixteen years of age or older who hunts for game animals or game birds or takes bullfrogs or any other species defined as game or who takes fish and every person sixteen years of age or older who engages in fur harvesting shall first pay a fee established by the commission pursuant to section 37-327 and obtain a permit except persons exempt from this requirement pursuant to section 37-402. Any person violating this section shall be guilty of a Class II misdemeanor and shall be fined at least forty dollars.
Source
Laws 1929, c. 112, II, § 1, p. 409;
C.S.1929, § 37-201;
Laws 1937, c. 89, § 2, p. 291;
C.S.Supp.,1941, § 37-201;
R.S.1943, § 37-201;
Laws 1957, c. 140, § 1, p. 475;
Laws 1957, c. 139, § 3, p. 465;
Laws 1959, c. 149, § 1, p. 565;
Laws 1961, c. 169, § 1, p. 501;
Laws 1961, c. 170, § 1, p. 509;
Laws 1963, c. 201, § 1, p. 650;
Laws 1967, c. 216, § 2, p. 579;
Laws 1973, LB 331, § 2;
Laws 1975, LB 195, § 2;
Laws 1976, LB 861, § 3;
Laws 1981, LB 72, § 2;
Laws 1983, LB 170, § 1;
Laws 1987, LB 105, § 1;
Laws 1989, LB 34, § 3;
Laws 1993, LB 235, § 3;
Laws 1995, LB 259, § 2;
Laws 1996, LB 584, § 3;
R.S.Supp.,1996, § 37-201;
Laws 1998, LB 922, § 111.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 37 - Game and Parks › 37-402 - Hunting, fishing, or fur-harvesting permit; persons exempt.

37-402.
Hunting, fishing, or fur-harvesting permit; persons exempt.
The following persons are exempt from the requirements of section 37-401:
(1) The owner or his or her invitee who takes fish in any body of water (a) which is entirely upon privately owned land, (b) which is entirely privately stocked, (c) which does not connect by inflow or outflow with other water outside such land, and (d) which is not operated on a commercial basis for profit; and
(2) Any paraplegic who takes fish in his or her privately owned body of water if he or she does not operate such body of water on a commercial basis for profit.
Source
Laws 1998, LB 922, § 112.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 37 - Game and Parks › 37-403 - Farm or ranch owner or operator; hunting permit exemption; violation; penalty.

37-403.
Farm or ranch owner or operator; hunting permit exemption; violation; penalty.
Any person who owns or operates farm or ranch land and who actually resides on a portion of such farm or ranch land, together with members of his or her immediate family also residing on such land, may hunt and possess, within duly established season bag and possession limits, upland game birds and all game except migratory waterfowl, shore birds, elk, deer, antelope, wild turkey, and mountain sheep without paying a fee and without obtaining a hunting permit as required in sections 37-401 and 37-411 or a habitat stamp as required in sections 37-426 to 37-433. For purposes of this exemption, immediate family means and is limited to husband and wife and their children and upland game means and is limited to cottontail rabbits, squirrels, grouse, partridges, pheasants, prairie chickens, and quail. Such exemption shall only apply to hunting done on land owned or operated by such person and shall not apply when hunting on the land of other persons. The commission may by rule and regulation require a person hunting without a permit claiming to come under this exemption to sign a statement presented by a conservation officer which states facts which verify that the person comes within this exemption.
A violation of this section shall be a Class IV misdemeanor.
Source
Laws 1998, LB 922, § 113.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 37 - Game and Parks › 37-404 - Permits; qualifications; limitations.

37-404.
Permits; qualifications; limitations.
(1) Any resident of the United States who has resided in this state continuously for a period of thirty days before applying for a permit under the Game Law and who has a bona fide intention of becoming a legal resident of this state, supported by documentary proof, shall be deemed to be a resident and may be issued a resident permit under the Game Law.
(2) No hunting permit shall be issued to any person who is known to have a significant physical or mental disability and who is unable to safely carry or use a firearm because of such disability except as provided in section 37-404.01.
(3) The commission may limit the number of days for which a permit is issued and the number of fish or game birds taken on one permit. The commission may provide for a method of tagging and identification of fish and game birds taken under a nonresident permit.
Source
Laws 1998, LB 922, § 114;
Laws 1999, LB 176, § 17;
Laws 2003, LB 305, § 4;
Laws 2014, LB699, § 3.
Annotations
Legislature was constitutionally free to determine by what authority licenses should be imposed upon those desiring to hunt and fish. State ex rel. Stevens v. Nickerson, 97 Neb. 837, 151 N.W. 981 (1915).
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 37 - Game and Parks › 37-404.01 - Hunting permit; person with developmental disability; license-purchase exemption certificate; application; contents.

37-404.01.
Hunting permit; person with developmental disability; license-purchase exemption certificate; application; contents.
A hunting permit may be issued to any person who has a developmental disability and who has a license-purchase exemption certificate issued by the commission authorizing such person to purchase a hunting permit. The commission may adopt and promulgate rules and regulations to establish forms and procedures for the issuance of license-purchase exemption certificates. Any license-purchase exemption certificate issued pursuant to this section shall be issued at no cost to the person who has a developmental disability and shall clearly state on its face that the holder must at all times while hunting be accompanied as described in subsection (4) of section 37-413. No license-purchase exemption certificate shall be issued to any person who has been found by any court or mental health board to pose a current danger to himself or herself or others. As part of the application process for a license-purchase exemption certificate, a person who has a developmental disability shall present the commission with a written authorization signed by a physician indicating that the person who has a developmental disability is at all times capable of understanding and following directions given by another person and that the person who has a developmental disability is not a danger to himself or herself or others while engaged in hunting with a firearm. For purposes of this section, developmental disability has the same meaning as in section 83-1205.
Source
Laws 2014, LB699, § 2.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 37 - Game and Parks › 37-405 - Hunting, fishing, or fur-harvesting permit; expiration; duties of holder.

37-405.
Hunting, fishing, or fur-harvesting permit; expiration; duties of holder.
(1) The commission shall provide for the issuance of permits to hunt, fish, or harvest fur. Application for such permits shall be made to the commission or its agents and shall contain such information as may be prescribed by the commission. All applications for permits shall include the applicant's last four digits of his or her social security number. A permit shall authorize the person to whom it is issued to hunt, fish, or harvest fur-bearing animals as provided by the Game Law during the period for which the permit is issued.
(2) If the holder of a hunting permit is a hunter of migratory game birds, he or she shall be required to declare himself or herself as such and provide information regarding his or her migratory game bird hunting activity to the commission. Documentation of such a declaration shall be made on the hunting permit or a separate document which shall become a part of the permit. Costs to the commission of implementing such declaration and documentation and for participation in a federal program designed to obtain survey information on migratory bird hunting activity shall be funded from the State Game Fund. For purposes of this subsection, migratory bird has the definition found in 50 C.F.R. part 10, subpart B, section 10.12, and migratory game bird has the definition found in 50 C.F.R. part 20, subpart B, section 20.11(a).
(3)(a) All permits shall expire at midnight on December 31 in the year for which the permit is issued, except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b) of this subsection and sections 37-415, 37-420, and 37-421.
(b) The commission may issue multiple-year permits to hunt, fish, or harvest fur. The permits shall expire at midnight on December 31 in the last year for which the permit is valid.
(c) A multiple-year permit issued to a resident of Nebraska shall not be made invalid by reason of the holder subsequently residing outside of Nebraska.
(4) A person who is hunting, fur harvesting, or fishing shall present evidence of having a permit immediately upon demand to any officer or person whose duty it is to enforce the Game Law. Any person hunting, fishing, or fur harvesting in this state without such evidence shall be deemed to be without such permit.
(5) The commission shall adopt and promulgate rules and regulations necessary to carry out this section.
Source
Laws 1929, c. 112, II, § 2, p. 409;
C.S.1929, § 37-202;
Laws 1935, c. 84, § 1, p. 274;
C.S.Supp.,1941, § 37-202;
Laws 1943, c. 94, § 2, p. 322;
R.S.1943, § 37-202;
Laws 1947, c. 131, § 1, p. 373;
Laws 1975, LB 79, § 1;
Laws 1979, LB 434, § 1;
Laws 1981, LB 72, § 3;
Laws 1985, LB 224, § 1;
Laws 1989, LB 34, § 4;
Laws 1997, LB 173, § 2;
Laws 1997, LB 752, § 86;
R.S.Supp.,1997, § 37-202;
Laws 1998, LB 922, § 115;
Laws 1999, LB 176, § 18;
Laws 2003, LB 305, § 5;
Laws 2011, LB41, § 3;
Laws 2016, LB745, § 2.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 37 - Game and Parks › 37-406 - Licenses, permits, and stamps; issuance; fees; violation; penalty.

37-406.
Licenses, permits, and stamps; issuance; fees; violation; penalty.
(1) Licenses, permits, and stamps required under the Game Law shall be issued by the commission and may be procured from the secretary of the commission. The commission may provide for the electronic issuance of any license, permit, or stamp required under the Game Law and may enter into contracts to procure necessary services and supplies for the electronic issuance of licenses, permits, and stamps. Except for permits issued under sections 37-462 and 37-463, the commission may provide for the issuance of any license, permit, or stamp required under the Game Law in the form of a number which identifies the holder in the records of the commission. The commission may designate itself and other persons, firms, and corporations as agents to issue licenses, permits, and stamps and collect the prescribed fees. The commission and any person, firm, or corporation authorized by the commission to issue licenses, permits, and stamps shall be entitled to collect and retain an additional fee of not more than three dollars, for each license, permit, or stamp issued as reimbursement for the clerical work of issuing the license, permit, or stamp and collecting and remitting the fees.
(2) The commission shall adopt and promulgate rules and regulations regarding electronic issuance of licenses, permits, and stamps, including electronic issuance devices, deposits by agents, and remittance of fees. The commission may provide for the electronic issuance of a license, permit, or stamp by acknowledging the purchase of such license, permit, or stamp without requiring a physical license, permit, or stamp or facsimile of such.
(3) It shall be unlawful for any person to duplicate any electronically issued license, permit, or stamp. Any person violating this subsection shall be guilty of a Class III misdemeanor and shall be fined at least seventy-five dollars, and any license, permit, or stamp involved in such violation shall be confiscated by the court.
Source
Laws 1929, c. 112, II, § 3, p. 409;
C.S.1929, § 37-203;
R.S.1943, § 37-203;
Laws 1963, c. 202, § 1, p. 652;
Laws 1983, LB 162, § 1;
Laws 1993, LB 235, § 5;
R.S.1943, (1993), § 37-203;
Laws 1998, LB 922, § 116;
Laws 1999, LB 176, § 19;
Laws 2002, LB 1003, § 18;
Laws 2003, LB 305, § 6;
Laws 2007, LB299, § 1;
Laws 2016, LB745, § 3.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 37 - Game and Parks › 37-408 - Permit fees; remittance.

37-408.
Permit fees; remittance.
Any county clerk, county official, or agent authorized to issue hunting, fishing, or fur-harvesting permits shall remit the fees for the permits to the commission in the manner and at the times prescribed by the rules and regulations of the commission.
Source
Laws 1929, c. 112, II, § 5, p. 410;
C.S.1929, § 37-205;
R.S.1943, § 37-205;
Laws 1989, LB 34, § 6;
R.S.1943, (1993), § 37-205;
Laws 1998, LB 922, § 118;
Laws 1999, LB 176, § 20.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 37 - Game and Parks › 37-409 - Hunting, fishing, and fur-harvesting permits; lost permit; replacement; fee.

37-409.
Hunting, fishing, and fur-harvesting permits; lost permit; replacement; fee.
The commission may issue a replacement permit for hunting, fishing, both hunting and fishing, or fur harvesting or for such other permits as may be issued by the commission to any person who has lost his or her original permit upon receipt from such person of satisfactory proof of purchase and an affidavit of loss of such original permit. The commission shall prescribe the procedures for applying for a replacement permit and may authorize electronic issuance. The commission may also designate agents to issue replacement permits pursuant to section 37-406. A fee of not more than five dollars, as established by the commission, shall be charged for the issuance of each replacement permit, except that no such fee shall be charged for replacement of any permits exempt from the payment of fees, lifetime permits, or permits issued under section 37-421 or 37-421.01.
Source
Laws 1959, c. 151, § 1, p. 576;
Laws 1967, c. 216, § 3, p. 580;
Laws 1981, LB 72, § 5;
Laws 1993, LB 235, § 7;
R.S.1943, (1993), § 37-204.01;
Laws 1998, LB 922, § 119;
Laws 1999, LB 176, § 21;
Laws 2001, LB 111, § 2;
Laws 2020, LB287, § 7.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 37 - Game and Parks › 37-410 - Permits; unlawful acts; penalty; confiscation of permits; residents under sixteen years of age, no permit necessary.

37-410.
Permits; unlawful acts; penalty; confiscation of permits; residents under sixteen years of age, no permit necessary.
(1) It shall be unlawful (a) for any person who has been issued a permit under the Game Law to lend or transfer his or her permit to another or for any person to borrow or use the permit of another, (b) for any person to procure a permit under an assumed name or to falsely state the place of his or her legal residence or make any other false statement in securing a permit, (c) for any person to knowingly issue or aid in securing a permit under the Game Law for any person not legally entitled thereto, (d) for any person disqualified for a permit to hunt, fish, or harvest fur with or without a permit during any period when such right has been forfeited or for which his or her permit has been revoked by the commission, or (e) for any nonresident under the age of sixteen years to receive a permit to harvest fur from any fur-bearing animal under the Game Law without presenting a written request therefor signed by his or her father, mother, or guardian.
(2) All children who are residents of the State of Nebraska and are under sixteen years of age shall not be required to have a permit to hunt, harvest fur, or fish.
(3) Any person violating subdivision (1)(a), (b), (c), or (d) of this section shall be guilty of a Class II misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined at least one hundred dollars for violations involving a fishing permit, at least one hundred fifty dollars for violations involving a small game, fur-harvesting, paddlefish, or deer permit, at least two hundred fifty dollars for violations involving an antelope permit, at least five hundred dollars for violations involving an elk permit, and at least one thousand dollars for violations involving a mountain sheep permit. Any person violating subdivision (1)(e) of this section shall be guilty of a Class III misdemeanor and shall be fined at least seventy-five dollars. Any permits purchased or used in violation of this section shall be confiscated by the court.
Source
Laws 1929, c. 112, II, § 8, p. 411;
C.S.1929, § 37-208;
Laws 1941, c. 72, § 8, p. 305;
C.S.Supp.,1941, § 37-208;
R.S.1943, § 37-208;
Laws 1949, c. 102, § 1, p. 280;
Laws 1959, c. 150, § 2, p. 569;
Laws 1977, LB 40, § 173;
Laws 1981, LB 72, § 6;
Laws 1989, LB 34, § 9;
R.S.1943, (1993), § 37-208;
Laws 1998, LB 922, § 120;
Laws 1999, LB 176, § 22;
Laws 2003, LB 305, § 7;
Laws 2009, LB105, § 6.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 37 - Game and Parks › 37-412 - Hunting or fur-harvesting permit; exception for dog trials.

37-412.
Hunting or fur-harvesting permit; exception for dog trials.
No hunting permit or fur-harvesting permit shall be required of any nonresident entering this state solely to participate in scheduled dog trials for which an entry fee is charged. For purposes of this section, scheduled dog trials means events in which hunting dogs and their owners or handlers compete and are judged under controlled conditions in various feats of skill and performance in the hunting or retrieving of birds and animals when such events are conducted under the written authorization of the commission.
Source
Laws 1998, LB 922, § 122.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 37 - Game and Parks › 37-414 - Bow hunter education program; certificate; issuance; hunting, lawful; when.

37-414.
Bow hunter education program; certificate; issuance; hunting, lawful; when.
(1) The commission shall establish and administer a bow hunter education program providing instruction in the safe use of bow hunting equipment, the fundamentals of bow hunting, shooting and hunting techniques, game identification, conservation management, and hunter ethics. When establishing such a program, the commission shall locate and train volunteers as bow hunter education instructors. The commission shall issue a certificate of successful completion to any person who satisfactorily completes a bow hunter education program accredited by the commission and shall print, purchase, or otherwise acquire materials necessary for effective program operation. The commission shall adopt and promulgate rules and regulations for carrying out and administering such program.
(2) A person twelve through twenty-nine years of age who is hunting antelope, deer, elk, or mountain sheep with a bow and arrow or crossbow pursuant to any provision of sections 37-447 to 37-453 shall (a) have on his or her person proof of successful completion of a bow hunter education course issued by his or her state or province of residence or by an accredited program recognized by the commission, (b) have on his or her person the appropriate hunting permit and an apprentice hunter education exemption certificate issued by the commission pursuant to subsection (3) of section 37-413 and be accompanied as described in subsection (4) of section 37-413, or (c) hold the appropriate hunting permit and a license-purchase exemption certificate issued pursuant to section 37-404.01 if required pursuant to such section.
Source
Laws 1991, LB 403, § 1;
Laws 1996, LB 584, § 2;
Laws 1997, LB 107, § 1;
R.S.Supp.,1997, § 37-105;
Laws 1998, LB 922, § 124;
Laws 2001, LB 111, § 4;
Laws 2003, LB 305, § 10;
Laws 2007, LB299, § 3;
Laws 2008, LB690, § 2;
Laws 2014, LB699, § 5.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 37 - Game and Parks › 37-415 - Lifetime fur-harvesting, fishing, hunting, or combination permit; fees; replacement; rules and regulations.

37-415.
Lifetime fur-harvesting, fishing, hunting, or combination permit; fees; replacement; rules and regulations.
(1) The commission may issue to any Nebraska resident a lifetime fur-harvesting, fishing, hunting, or combination hunting and fishing permit upon application and payment of the appropriate fee. The fee for a resident lifetime fur-harvesting permit shall be not more than two hundred ninety-nine dollars, the fee for a resident lifetime hunting permit shall be not more than three hundred ninety-six dollars, the fee for a resident lifetime fishing permit shall be not more than four hundred fifty-seven dollars plus the cost of a lifetime aquatic habitat stamp, and the fee for a resident lifetime combination hunting and fishing permit shall be not more than seven hundred ninety-two dollars plus the cost of a lifetime aquatic habitat stamp, as such fees are established by the commission pursuant to section 37-327. Payment of the fee shall be made in a lump sum at the time of application.
(2) A resident lifetime permit shall not be made invalid by reason of the holder subsequently residing outside the state.
(3) The commission may issue to any nonresident a lifetime fishing, hunting, or combination hunting and fishing permit upon application and payment of the appropriate fee. The fee for a nonresident lifetime hunting permit shall be not more than one thousand five hundred sixty-two dollars, the fee for a nonresident lifetime fishing permit shall be not more than one thousand one hundred twenty-five dollars plus the cost of a lifetime aquatic habitat stamp, and the fee for a nonresident lifetime combination hunting and fishing permit shall be not more than two thousand three hundred forty-two dollars plus the cost of a lifetime aquatic habitat stamp, as such fees are established by the commission pursuant to section 37-327. Payment of the fee shall be made in a lump sum at the time of application.
(4) A replacement resident or nonresident lifetime permit may be issued if the original has been lost or destroyed for no additional fee. This subsection applies only to a paper permit and not a commemorative brass plate permit.
(5) The commission may adopt and promulgate rules and regulations to carry out this section and sections 37-416 and 37-417. Such rules and regulations may include, but need not be limited to, establishing fees which vary based on the age of the applicant.
Source
Laws 1983, LB 173, § 1;
Laws 1993, LB 235, § 4;
R.S.1943, (1993), § 37-202.01;
Laws 1998, LB 922, § 125;
Laws 1999, LB 176, § 24;
Laws 2001, LB 111, § 5;
Laws 2003, LB 306, § 2;
Laws 2005, LB 162, § 4;
Laws 2008, LB1162, § 1;
Laws 2009, LB105, § 8;
Laws 2016, LB745, § 5;
Laws 2020, LB287, § 8.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 37 - Game and Parks › 37-416 - Lifetime permits; stamps, required.

37-416.
Lifetime permits; stamps, required.
Lifetime hunting, fishing, or combination hunting and fishing permits shall not allow fur harvesting, the hunting of elk, mountain sheep, deer, antelope, or wild turkey, or other hunting or fishing done under authority of any special permit. The holder of a lifetime permit is required to purchase habitat stamps, aquatic habitat stamps, and Nebraska migratory waterfowl stamps pursuant to section 37-426.
Source
Laws 1983, LB 173, § 2;
Laws 1996, LB 584, § 4;
R.S.Supp.,1996, § 37-202.02;
Laws 1998, LB 922, § 126;
Laws 1999, LB 176, § 25;
Laws 2005, LB 162, § 5.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 37 - Game and Parks › 37-417 - Lifetime permits; fees; disposition.

37-417.
Lifetime permits; fees; disposition.
Fees received for lifetime permits under the Game Law shall be credited to the State Game Fund. Twenty-five percent of the fees for lifetime permits shall not be expended but may be invested by the state investment officer pursuant to the Nebraska Capital Expansion Act and the Nebraska State Funds Investment Act. Income from such investments may be expended by the commission.
Source
Laws 1983, LB 173, § 3;
Laws 1995, LB 7, § 32;
R.S.Supp.,1996, § 37-202.03;
Laws 1998, LB 922, § 127;
Laws 2009, LB105, § 9.
Cross References
Nebraska Capital Expansion Act, see section 72-1269.
Nebraska State Funds Investment Act, see section 72-1260.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 37 - Game and Parks › 37-418 - Permits for scientific, educational, or private wildlife management purposes; when granted.

37-418.
Permits for scientific, educational, or private wildlife management purposes; when granted.
Permits may be granted by the commission to any properly accredited person to take and collect for strictly scientific, educational, or private wildlife management purposes any of the fauna hereby protected and their nests, eggs, and spawn. The commission shall adopt and promulgate rules and regulations to carry out this section, including, but not limited to, requirements relating to applications, eligibility, species which may be taken, methods of taking, and reporting.
Source
Laws 1929, c. 112, II, § 9, p. 411;
C.S.1929, § 37-209;
R.S.1943, § 37-209;
Laws 1967, c. 217, § 1, p. 592;
R.S.1943, (1993), § 37-209;
Laws 1998, LB 922, § 128;
Laws 2001, LB 130, § 2.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 37 - Game and Parks › 37-419 - Hunting, fishing, or fur-harvesting permit; person stationed in Nebraska in military service; certain students; resident permit.

37-419.
Hunting, fishing, or fur-harvesting permit; person stationed in Nebraska in military service; certain students; resident permit.
(1) Any person in the military service of the United States, regardless of residence, who has been ordered to active duty at any facility of the Department of Defense or its component services located in the State of Nebraska, may hunt, fish, or harvest fur on the appropriate resident permit upon satisfactory proof that such person has been actually present for duty at such facility for a period of thirty days or more.
(2) Any person enrolled and in actual attendance as a full-time student in any university, college, junior college, or vocational-technical college in this state, regardless of residence, or any high school foreign exchange student in this state, may hunt or fish on the appropriate resident permit upon satisfactory proof that such person has been actually in attendance at any such institution for a period of thirty days or more or is a high school foreign exchange student.
Source
Laws 1951, c. 107, § 1, p. 515;
Laws 1957, c. 139, § 6, p. 467;
Laws 1959, c. 150, § 5, p. 572;
Laws 1967, c. 216, § 6, p. 583;
Laws 1969, c. 291, § 1, p. 1062;
Laws 1972, LB 1057, § 1;
Laws 1981, LB 72, § 10;
Laws 1983, LB 104, § 1;
R.S.1943, (1993), § 37-214.01;
Laws 1998, LB 922, § 129.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 37 - Game and Parks › 37-420 - Hunting, fur-harvesting, and fishing permit; veterans; exempt from payment of fees, when; special permits; limitations.

37-420.
Hunting, fur-harvesting, and fishing permit; veterans; exempt from payment of fees, when; special permits; limitations.
(1) Any veteran who is a legal resident of the State of Nebraska shall, upon application and without payment of any fee, be issued a combination fishing, fur-harvesting, and hunting permit, habitat stamp, aquatic habitat stamp, and Nebraska migratory waterfowl stamp if the veteran:
(a) Was discharged or separated with a characterization of honorable or general (under honorable conditions); and
(b)(i) Is rated by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs as fifty percent or more disabled as a result of service in the armed forces of the United States; or
(ii) Is receiving a pension from the department as a result of total and permanent disability, which disability was not incurred in the line of duty in the military service.
(2) If disabled persons are unable by reason of physical infirmities to hunt and fish in the normal manner, the commission may issue special permits without cost to those persons to hunt and fish from a vehicle, but such permits shall not authorize any person to shoot from any public highway.
(3) All permits issued without the payment of any fees pursuant to this section shall be perpetual and become void only upon termination of eligibility as provided in this section.
(4) The commission may adopt and promulgate rules and regulations necessary to carry out this section.
(5) Permits issued under subdivision (3) of this section as it existed prior to January 1, 2006, shall not expire as provided in section 37-421.
Source
Laws 1957, c. 143, § 1, p. 479;
Laws 1959, c. 155, § 1, p. 582;
Laws 1965, c. 198, § 1, p. 600;
Laws 1967, c. 216, § 7, p. 583;
Laws 1972, LB 1204, § 1;
Laws 1973, LB 138, § 1;
Laws 1979, LB 434, § 2;
Laws 1991, LB 2, § 5;
Laws 1993, LB 235, § 11;
R.S.1943, (1993), § 37-214.03;
Laws 1998, LB 922, § 130;
Laws 2005, LB 54, § 6;
Laws 2005, LB 162, § 6;
Laws 2005, LB 227, § 2;
Laws 2011, LB41, § 6;
Laws 2016, LB745, § 6.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 37 - Game and Parks › 37-421 - Combination hunting, fur-harvesting, and fishing permits; stamps; persons eligible; special permits, limitation.

37-421.
Combination hunting, fur-harvesting, and fishing permits; stamps; persons eligible; special permits, limitation.
(1) The commission may issue an annual combination fishing, fur-harvesting, and hunting permit, habitat stamp, aquatic habitat stamp, and Nebraska migratory waterfowl stamp upon application and payment of a fee of five dollars to (a) any Nebraska resident who is a veteran, who is sixty-four years of age or older, and who was discharged or separated with a characterization of honorable or general (under honorable conditions) or (b) any Nebraska resident who is sixty-nine years of age or older.
(2) A permit issued as provided in this section shall expire as provided in subdivision (3)(a) of section 37-405. Permits issued under this section as it existed before January 1, 2006, shall not expire as provided in section 37-405.
(3) If disabled persons are unable by reason of physical infirmities to hunt and fish in the normal manner, the commission may issue special permits without cost to those persons to hunt and fish from a vehicle, but such permits shall not authorize any person to shoot from any public highway.
(4) The commission may adopt and promulgate rules and regulations necessary to carry out this section.
Source
Laws 1972, LB 1204, § 6;
Laws 1973, LB 138, § 2;
Laws 1975, LB 79, § 2;
Laws 1979, LB 434, § 3;
Laws 1993, LB 235, § 12;
R.S.1943, (1993), § 37-214.04;
Laws 1998, LB 922, § 131;
Laws 2005, LB 162, § 7;
Laws 2005, LB 227, § 3;
Laws 2011, LB41, § 7;
Laws 2016, LB745, § 7.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 37 - Game and Parks › 37-421.01 - Military deployment; permits; stamps; conditions; fee.

37-421.01.
Military deployment; permits; stamps; conditions; fee.
(1) Notwithstanding any provision of section 37-407 to the contrary, a Nebraska resident who is deployed out of state with a branch of the United States military or has been so deployed within the last twelve months at the time of application shall be entitled to receive an annual combination fishing, fur-harvesting, and hunting permit, habitat stamp, aquatic habitat stamp, and Nebraska migratory waterfowl stamp on a one-time basis upon returning to the state if the resident:
(a) Submits an application to the commission with a fee of five dollars; and
(b) Provides to the commission evidence of the resident's deployment out of state.
(2)(a) Notwithstanding any provision of section 37-447, 37-449, 37-450, 37-451, or 37-457 to the contrary, a Nebraska resident who purchased a big game permit and who was deployed out of state with a branch of the United States military for the entire season of the hunt and who was unable to use the permit shall be entitled to receive a discounted permit on a one-time basis upon returning to the state if the resident provides to the commission evidence of deployment. Alternatively, the member of the military may request a refund of the amount paid for a big game permit and the commission shall pay such amount.
(b) For purposes of this subsection, big game means antelope, deer, elk, mountain sheep, and wild turkeys.
(c) The commission shall establish a fee of five dollars for the discounted permits authorized in this subsection.
(3) The commission may authorize electronic issuance of the discounted permits authorized under this section.
(4) The commission may adopt and promulgate rules and regulations that set forth the procedures for applying for, and the issuance of, the discounted permits authorized in this section, including what constitutes evidence of deployment to qualify for the permits.
Source
Laws 2005, LB 121, § 1;
Laws 2011, LB41, § 8;
Laws 2016, LB745, § 8.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 37 - Game and Parks › 37-422 - Special daily fishing permits; fee; form; requirements; commission; establish; educational fishing project permits.

37-422.
Special daily fishing permits; fee; form; requirements; commission; establish; educational fishing project permits.
(1) The commission may require special daily fishing permits on areas designated by it and subject to intensive fishery management. Such permits may be vended by mechanical or electronic methods. The commission may establish the fee, form, and requirements of such special daily fishing permit, and establish rules and regulations and commission orders pursuant to section 37-314 governing seasons, limits, methods of taking, open or closed waters, and such other regulations and commission orders as it deems necessary on such designated areas. Such special daily fishing permit shall be required of any and all persons fishing on the designated area and shall be the only fishing permit required thereon. The commission may only issue the permits authorized by this section on staffed areas or on portions of staffed areas under its ownership or control which are intensively managed or stocked for a high level of fish production.
(2) An educational fishing project permit may be issued to any instructor of a university, college, or high school and his or her students participating in an educational fishing project. Such persons shall be exempt from the payment of any fees provided by the Game Law for the privilege of fishing in Nebraska while participating in the project. Such exemption shall not extend to the privilege of commercial fishing or to the privilege of fishing for any species of fish on which an open season is limited to a restricted number of permits or to special permits for a restricted area. The commission shall adopt and promulgate rules and regulations necessary to carry out this subsection.
Source
Laws 1967, c. 212, § 1, p. 573;
R.S.1943, (1993), § 37-204.02;
Laws 1998, LB 922, § 132;
Laws 1999, LB 176, § 26;
Laws 2013, LB499, § 4.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 37 - Game and Parks › 37-423 - Fishing permit; recipient of old age assistance; exempt from payment of fees; condition.

37-423.
Fishing permit; recipient of old age assistance; exempt from payment of fees; condition.
Any person who is a recipient of old age assistance as provided by Chapter 68, article 10, and who is a resident of the State of Nebraska shall be exempt from the payment of any fees provided by the laws of the State of Nebraska for the privilege of fishing in Nebraska if he or she obtains a certificate from the county clerk of the county in which such person resides certifying that he or she is a recipient of old age assistance.
Source
Laws 1951, c. 111, § 1, p. 519;
R.S.1943, (1993), § 37-214.02;
Laws 1998, LB 922, § 133.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 37 - Game and Parks › 37-424 - Special fishing permit for resident who is physically or developmentally disabled; fee.

37-424.
Special fishing permit for resident who is physically or developmentally disabled; fee.
(1) The commission may issue, regardless of any other requirements or qualifications of the Game Law, special fishing permits to those residents of the State of Nebraska who are severely physically disabled or developmentally disabled and who require assistance fishing. The special permit shall entitle the disabled person and one person assisting the disabled person to take or possess any aquatic organism in compliance with the Game Law. The special permit shall be valid without an aquatic habitat stamp issued under the provisions of sections 37-426 to 37-433. The disabled person shall be considered the holder of the permit. The annual fee for such permit shall be five dollars, regardless of the age of the applicant.
(2) For purposes of this section, severely physically disabled person means a person certified by a physician to have a permanent physical impairment which results in an inability to use fishing equipment unassisted.
(3) For purposes of this section, developmentally disabled person means a person who has a developmental disability as defined in section 83-1205 and whose disability is certified by a physician as resulting in an inability to use fishing equipment unassisted.
(4) The commission shall adopt and promulgate rules and regulations necessary to carry out this section.
Source
Laws 1997, LB 19, § 1;
R.S.Supp.,1997, § 37-204.03;
Laws 1998, LB 922, § 134.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 37 - Game and Parks › 37-425 - Special fishing permits for wards of the state; issuance.

37-425.
Special fishing permits for wards of the state; issuance.
The commission may issue, regardless of any other requirements or qualifications of law, without cost, special fishing permits to wards of the state, on a group basis, for therapeutic purposes, when application has been made to the commission by the head of the appropriate state institution involved.
Source
Laws 1998, LB 922, § 135.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 37 - Game and Parks › 37-427 - Stamps; nontransferable; expiration.

37-427.
Stamps; nontransferable; expiration.
The habitat stamp, aquatic habitat stamp, or Nebraska migratory waterfowl stamp required by section 37-426 is not transferable. The lifetime habitat stamp, the lifetime aquatic habitat stamp, and the lifetime Nebraska migratory waterfowl stamp do not expire. A multiple-year stamp expires at midnight on December 31 in the last year for which the multiple-year stamp is valid. A habitat stamp purchased for a permit which is valid into the next calendar year expires when the permit expires. Any other stamp expires at midnight on December 31 in the year for which the stamp is issued.
Source
Laws 1976, LB 861, § 8;
Laws 1983, LB 174, § 2;
Laws 1996, LB 584, § 10;
R.S.Supp.,1996, § 37-216.02;
Laws 1998, LB 922, § 137;
Laws 1999, LB 176, § 28;
Laws 2001, LB 111, § 7;
Laws 2003, LB 305, § 12;
Laws 2005, LB 162, § 9;
Laws 2007, LB299, § 5;
Laws 2011, LB41, § 10.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 37 - Game and Parks › 37-428 - Stamps; unlawful acts; penalty; affirmative defense.

37-428.
Stamps; unlawful acts; penalty; affirmative defense.
It shall be unlawful: (1) For any person who has a stamp under sections 37-426 to 37-433 to lend or transfer the stamp to another person or for any person to borrow or use the stamp of another; (2) for any person to (a) procure a stamp under an assumed name, (b) falsely state the place of his or her legal residence in procuring the stamp, or (c) make any other false statement in procuring the stamp; (3) for any person to knowingly issue or aid in securing a stamp under sections 37-426 to 37-433 for any person not legally entitled thereto; (4) for any person disqualified for a stamp to take or possess a fish, bullfrog, snapping turtle, tiger salamander, or mussel, to hunt game birds, upland game birds, or game animals, or to harvest fur-bearing animals with or without a stamp during any period when such right has been forfeited or for which his or her stamp has been revoked by the commission; or (5) for anyone to take or possess a fish, bullfrog, snapping turtle, tiger salamander, or mussel, to hunt game birds, migratory waterfowl, upland game birds, or game animals, or to harvest fur-bearing animals without a permit as required by section 37-401 and the appropriate stamp as required by the Game Law. Any person violating any of the provisions of sections 37-426 to 37-433 shall be guilty of a Class V misdemeanor and the court shall require the offender to purchase the required stamp, and any stamp obtained or used in violation of sections 37-426 to 37-433 shall be canceled and confiscated, if appropriate, by the court.
It shall be an affirmative defense to prosecution for any violation of sections 37-426 to 37-433 for which possession is an element of the offense that such possession was not the result of effort or determination or that the actor was unaware of his or her physical possession or control for a sufficient period to have been able to terminate such possession or control.
Source
Laws 1976, LB 861, § 10;
Laws 1977, LB 41, § 6;
Laws 1983, LB 174, § 4;
Laws 1996, LB 584, § 12;
R.S.Supp.,1996, § 37-216.04;
Laws 1998, LB 922, § 138;
Laws 2003, LB 305, § 13;
Laws 2005, LB 162, § 10.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 37 - Game and Parks › 37-429 - Stamps; issuance.

37-429.
Stamps; issuance.
The commission shall provide for the issuance of habitat stamps, aquatic habitat stamps, and Nebraska migratory waterfowl stamps in the manner provided in section 37-406.
Source
Laws 1976, LB 861, § 11;
Laws 1983, LB 174, § 5;
Laws 1996, LB 584, § 13;
R.S.Supp.,1996, § 37-216.05;
Laws 1998, LB 922, § 139;
Laws 1999, LB 176, § 29;
Laws 2005, LB 162, § 11.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 37 - Game and Parks › 37-430 - Habitat stamps; authorized agents; fees; remit.

37-430.
Habitat stamps; authorized agents; fees; remit.
Any person, firm, or corporation authorized as an agent to sell the stamps under sections 37-426 to 37-433 and collect the fees therefor shall remit the fees for the stamps to the commission in the manner and at the times prescribed by the rules and regulations of the commission.
Source
Laws 1976, LB 861, § 12;
Laws 1983, LB 174, § 6;
Laws 1996, LB 584, § 14;
R.S.Supp.,1996, § 37-216.06;
Laws 1998, LB 922, § 140;
Laws 1999, LB 176, § 30.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 37 - Game and Parks › 37-432 - Stamps; money received from fees; administered by commission; purposes.

37-432.
Stamps; money received from fees; administered by commission; purposes.
(1) All money received from the sale of habitat stamps, as provided by sections 37-426 to 37-433, shall be administered by the commission for the acquisition of, on a willing-seller willing-buyer basis only, leasing of, development of, management of, enhancement of, access to, and taking of easements on wildlife lands and habitat areas. Such funds may be used in whole or in part for the matching of federal funds. Up to twenty-five percent of the money received from the sale of habitat stamps may be used to provide access to private wildlife lands and habitat areas.
(2) All money received from the sale of aquatic habitat stamps, as provided by sections 37-426 to 37-433, shall be administered by the commission and shall be used for the maintenance and restoration of existing aquatic habitat if maintenance and restoration is practicable, for the enhancement of existing aquatic habitat, for public waters angler access enhancements, and for administration of programs related to aquatic habitat and public waters angler access enhancements. Such funds may be used in whole or in part for the matching of federal funds. Up to thirty percent of the money received from the sale of aquatic habitat stamps may be used to provide public waters angler access enhancements and to provide funding for administration of programs related to aquatic habitat and public waters angler access enhancements.
(3) All money received from the sale of Nebraska migratory waterfowl stamps, as provided by sections 37-426 to 37-433, shall be administered by the commission for the acquisition on a willing-seller willing-buyer basis only, leasing, development, management, and enhancement of and taking of easements on migratory waterfowl habitat. Such funds may be used in whole or in part for the matching of federal funds.
Source
Laws 1976, LB 861, § 14;
Laws 1983, LB 174, § 8;
Laws 1996, LB 584, § 16;
R.S.Supp.,1996, § 37-216.08;
Laws 1998, LB 922, § 142;
Laws 2005, LB 162, § 13;
Laws 2009, LB105, § 12.