2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 11 - Fish and Wildlife › Title 7 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping Licenses › 11-0702 - Lifetime Hunting, Fishing, Trapping, Archery and Muzzle-Loading Licenses.

§ 11-0702. Lifetime    hunting,    fishing,    trapping,   archery   and
muzzle-loading licenses.
1. There are hereby created the following lifetime  hunting,  fishing,
  trapping,  archery  and  muzzle-loading  privileges  and  fees  therefor
  subject to the same privileges and obligations  of  a  comparable  short
  term license:
Licenses                               Fees
a. Lifetime license including a
hunting license, fishing license
and turkey permit. If purchased,
for a  child four years
of age or younger                              $380.00
for a child age five through
eleven years of age                            $535.00
for a person age twelve through
sixty-nine years of age                        $765.00
for a person age seventy
and over.                                     $65.00
b. Lifetime hunting license.                  $535.00
c. Lifetime fishing
license for a person age
sixty-nine or younger.                         $460.00
d. Lifetime fishing license
for a person age seventy
and over.                                      $ 65.00
e. Lifetime trapping
license.                                       $395.00
f. Lifetime archery privilege.                $235.00
g. Lifetime muzzle-loading privilege.         $235.00
h. For transfer to a person pursuant
to section 11-0704 of this title                $50.00
The  holder  of a lifetime hunting license or lifetime fishing license
  may, at any time, convert such license to a lifetime license pursuant to
  paragraph a of this subdivision for  an  additional  fee  equal  to  the
  difference  between  the  current  fee  for  the new license and the fee
  originally paid for the license.
2.  Legal  residency  within  the  state  of  New  York  shall  be   a
  prerequisite  for  persons  to  obtain,  or  have obtained for them, any
  lifetime licenses included within this  section.  Lifetime  licenses  so
  obtained  shall  continue  to  be  valid for use within the state by the
  person to whom the lifetime license was issued, regardless of  a  change
  in  residency  of  that  lifetime  license  holder.  Holders of lifetime
  hunting licenses who become non-residents of the state may  continue  to
  obtain  resident  bowhunting  and  muzzle-loading  privileges, including
  lifetime archery and  muzzle-loading  privileges.  Holders  of  lifetime
  bowhunting and muzzle-loading privileges who become non-residents of the
  state  may continue to obtain resident hunting privileges, including any
  lifetime licenses that include any  hunting  privileges.  Possession  of
  lifetime licenses is nontransferable.
3.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the commissioner shall
  promulgate rules and regulations, which the department  deems  necessary
  to implement the establishment of lifetime licenses.
Such rules and regulations shall provide:
a. for a permanent, counterfeit-resistant identification card with the
  necessary identification information;
b. for annual issuance of necessary tags;
c.  (i)  for the replacement of a lost license upon application with a
  notarized affidavit and  a  fee  of  five  dollars  and  (ii)  for  gift
  inscriptions, up to twenty-three characters, on lifetime licenses for an
  additional fee of five dollars;
d. that conditions for lifetime licenses shall include compliance with
  all conditions presently required for holders of short term licenses;
e.  that lifetime license fees shall be increased only when short term
  or annual licenses are increased and shall  be  increased  at  the  same
  percentage level and that such increases shall not be retroactive.
4.  All  moneys  collected from the sale of lifetime licenses shall be
  deposited in the state fish and game trust account pursuant  to  section
  eighty-three of the state finance law.