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2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 497 - Licenses, Tags and Permits › Section 497.012 - Validity of licenses on Snake River.

(1) Angling, hunting or trapping in the waters of the Snake River or on the islands of the Snake River, where the river forms the boundary line between the State of Oregon and the State of Idaho, by a holder of either a valid Oregon or Idaho license therefor in accordance with the laws and rules of the respective states is lawful.
(2) Nothing in this section is intended to authorize:
(a) The holder of an Oregon license to angle, hunt or trap on the shoreline, sloughs or tributaries on the Idaho side of the Snake River.
(b) The holder of an Idaho license to angle, hunt or trap on the shoreline, sloughs or tributaries on the Oregon side of the Snake River. [1973 c.723 §43]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 497 - Licenses, Tags and Permits › Section 497.014 - Validity of licenses in Pacific Ocean or Columbia River; rules.

(1) A person may take fish or shellfish in the waters of the Pacific Ocean within three miles of the coast of the State of Oregon or the State of Washington, between the Oregon-Washington boundary and Cape Falcon, or in the waters of the Columbia River where it forms the Oregon-Washington boundary, if the person holds either a valid Oregon or Washington license therefor in accordance with the laws and rules of the respective state. However, a person other than a Washington resident landing fish or taking shellfish by boat in Oregon must hold a valid Oregon angling or shellfish license. All persons landing fish by boat in Oregon are subject to all Oregon laws, rules and regulations relating to taking fish or shellfish, including bag and length requirements.
(2) Subsection (1) of this section applies only if the State Fish and Wildlife Commission by rule determines that laws, rules or regulations of the State of Washington, in substance or effect, contain provisions that make a valid Oregon license lawful in the waters of the Pacific Ocean within three miles of the coast of the State of Oregon or the State of Washington, between the Oregon-Washington boundary and Leadbetter Point, or in the waters of the Columbia River where it forms the Oregon-Washington boundary. [1983 c.173 §§2, 3; 1985 c.373 §1; 2003 c.656 §4; 2005 c.260 §1]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 497 - Licenses, Tags and Permits › Section 497.016 - Term of licenses, tags and permits.

Unless otherwise provided by law, all licenses, tags and permits issued by the State Fish and Wildlife Commission shall be valid for such period of time as the commission prescribes. [1973 c.723 §44; 1981 c.445 §1]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 497 - Licenses, Tags and Permits › Section 497.026 - Duty of license agents to remit funds; rules.

(1) No agent appointed by the State Fish and Wildlife Commission to issue licenses, tags or permits shall fail to remit to the commission moneys received from the issuance of licenses, tags and permits in the manner required by this section.
(2) The commission shall, by rule, prescribe the method in which license agents shall remit all moneys belonging to the state accruing from the issuance of licenses, tags and permits.
(3) Notwithstanding subsection (2) of this section, the commission shall not require a license agent to remit moneys from the issuance of licenses, tags and permits more often than once each month if:
(a) The license agent issues licenses, tags and permits in the amount of $12,500 or less each year; and
(b) The license agent does not use a state computerized licensing system to issue licenses, tags and permits. [1973 c.723 §46; 1975 c.85 §1; 1987 c.345 §2; 1989 c.573 §2]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 497 - Licenses, Tags and Permits › Section 497.032 - Duplicate licenses, tags and permits; fees.

If one or more licenses, tags or permits issued by the State Fish and Wildlife Commission are lost, destroyed or stolen, the commission may require the holder of the licenses, tags or permits to attest to an agent of the commission that the licenses, tags or permits have been lost, destroyed or stolen and to submit any applicable fee determined by the commission. The commission may not charge a fee under this section that exceeds the lesser of the cost of the original document or the fee listed under the fee schedule in ORS 497.061 for filing a duplicate certificate. [1973 c.723 §47; 1981 c.445 §3; 1985 c.60 §6; 2009 c.832 §4; 2015 c.779 §11; 2019 c.102 §3]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 497 - Licenses, Tags and Permits › Section 497.036 - Inspection of licenses, tags, permits and wildlife.

The holder of any license, tag or permit to angle, take, hunt or trap must consent to the inspection of any such license, tag or permit and any wildlife taken pursuant to such license, tag or permit:
(1) By any employee of the State Fish and Wildlife Commission or any person authorized to enforce the wildlife laws.
(2) By the owner, or the agent of the owner, of any land upon which the license, tag or permit holder is angling for, taking, hunting or trapping any wildlife. [1973 c.723 §48; 1981 c.445 §4; 1991 c.67 §149; 2003 c.656 §5]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 497 - Licenses, Tags and Permits › Section 497.041 - Applications for licenses, tags and permits to include certain statement for applicant attestation.

(1) As used in this section, "hunt" and "wildlife" have the meanings given those terms in ORS 496.004.
(2) Each application for the issuance of a license, tag or permit to hunt wildlife with firearms under the wildlife laws shall include the following statement to which the applicant shall attest prior to the issuance of any license, tag or permit to the applicant:
______________________________________________________________________________
I am not a convicted felon who is prohibited from possessing a firearm under the laws of Oregon or the United States; and
I am not a person who has been found guilty except for insanity of a felony and who is prohibited from possessing a firearm under the laws of Oregon or the United States.
______________________________________________________________________________ [2011 c.383 §1]
Note:
497.041 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 497 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 497 - Licenses, Tags and Permits › Section 497.071 - Dedication of certain license, tag and permit fee increases.

The Legislative Assembly finds it imperative that the wildlife resources of the State of Oregon be augmented to a level sufficient to provide Oregonians the recreational benefits of hunting and angling, an abundance of wildlife, and the reasonable expectation that their efforts will result in the taking of game or fish. The intent of this legislation is to provide adequate revenue to the State Fish and Wildlife Commission whereby game mammal herds and game fish populations may be increased for the benefit of Oregon hunters and anglers. Concomitant with the purposes for which the Legislative Assembly approves this legislation, the State Fish and Wildlife Commission is directed to expend the revenues created by this section and ORS 497.102 to 497.134 in achieving wildlife management objectives including, but not limited to the following:
(1) Habitat management.
(2) Predator control.
(3) Replenishment of fish and game populations.
(4) Reduction of the anadromous bag limit.
(5) Adjustment of seasons and deadlines to protect returning anadromous adults.
(6) Supplemental wildlife feeding.
(7) Protection of game mammals and game birds with characteristics of high reproductive potential.
(8) Enforcement of closings necessitated by herd or population depletion.
(9) Expansion of the road and access closure program when necessary to reduce hunting pressure in specific areas. [1975 c.454 §1]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 497 - Licenses, Tags and Permits › Section 497.075 - General license, tag and permit requirements; exemptions.

(1) Except as provided in subsections (2), (3) and (4) of this section, no person shall angle for, take, hunt or trap, or assist another in angling for, taking, hunting or trapping, any wildlife unless the person has in possession such valid licenses, tags and permits therefor as the State Fish and Wildlife Commission issues.
(2) An angling or shellfish license is not required:
(a) Of a person younger than 12 years of age. However, each such person who angles for salmon, steelhead trout, sturgeon or halibut must have in possession a valid annual youth combined angling tag to angle for salmon, steelhead trout, sturgeon and halibut while so angling.
(b) Of a resident person to angle or take shellfish on land owned by that person. However, each such person who angles for salmon, steelhead trout, sturgeon or halibut must have in possession a valid annual combined angling tag to angle for salmon, steelhead trout, sturgeon and halibut while so angling.
(c) Of a resident person to angle or take shellfish on land owned by a member of the person’s immediate family and upon which the person resides. However, each such person who angles for salmon, steelhead trout, sturgeon or halibut must have in possession a valid annual combined angling tag to angle for salmon, steelhead trout, sturgeon and halibut while so angling.
(d) Of a person to take crayfish or freshwater clams.
(3) A hunting license is not required:
(a) Of a person younger than 12 years of age to hunt wildlife, except those species for which a tag or permit is required by the wildlife laws or by any rule promulgated pursuant thereto.
(b) Of a resident person to hunt wildlife, except those species of wildlife for which a tag or permit is required by the wildlife laws or by any rule promulgated pursuant thereto, on land upon which the person resides and is owned by the person or a member of the person’s immediate family.
(c) Of a person who holds a valid trapping license to take, by any means involving the use of a weapon, fur-bearing mammals during authorized trapping seasons or predators.
(d) Of a person to take wildlife pursuant to ORS 498.012, notwithstanding any other provision of this subsection.
(4) A trapping license is not required:
(a) Of a resident person to trap fur-bearing mammals or predators, except those species for which a tag or permit is required by the wildlife laws or any rule promulgated pursuant thereto, on land upon which the person resides and is owned by the person or a member of the person’s immediate family.
(b) Of a person younger than 12 years of age to trap fur-bearing mammals or predators, except those species for which a tag or permit is required by the wildlife laws or by any rule promulgated pursuant thereto.
(c) Of a person to trap wildlife that is not protected by the wildlife laws or the laws of the United States. [1973 c.723 §49; 1975 c.214 §1; 1985 c.60 §3; 1999 c.1006 §3; 2003 c.656 §6; 2015 c.779 §12]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 497 - Licenses, Tags and Permits › Section 497.079 - Open fishing and shellfish taking days.

Notwithstanding ORS 497.075, 497.121 and 497.132, the State Fish and Wildlife Commission may issue, up to four times each year, an order that authorizes individuals to angle for fish or take shellfish in the waters of this state without the licenses or tags, or without the licenses and tags otherwise required by law, on any two consecutive days. [1989 c.344 §2; 1995 c.177 §1; 2003 c.656 §7; 2015 c.764 §1]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 497 - Licenses, Tags and Permits › Section 497.102 - Hunting licenses and permits.

(1) The State Fish and Wildlife Commission is authorized to issue, upon application, to persons desiring to hunt wildlife the following licenses and permits and shall charge the applicable fees under the fee schedule in ORS 497.061:
(a) Resident annual hunting license to hunt wildlife.
(b) Nonresident annual hunting license to hunt wildlife.
(c) Resident annual senior citizen hunting license to hunt wildlife for persons 70 years of age or older who have resided in the state for not less than five years prior to the date of application.
(d) Resident disabled veteran hunting license to hunt wildlife for a person who files with the commission written proof that the last official certification of record by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs or any branch of the Armed Forces of the United States shows the person to be at least 25 percent disabled.
(e) Resident uniformed services hunting license to hunt wildlife for a person who is a resident member of the uniformed services as defined in ORS 497.006.
(f) Resident annual private hunting preserve permit to hunt privately owned hunting preserve game birds.
(g) Nonresident annual private hunting preserve permit to hunt privately owned hunting preserve game birds.
(h) Nonresident hunting license to hunt migratory waterfowl and upland birds for three consecutive days.
(2) The hunting preserve permits referred to in subsection (1)(f) and (g) of this section are in lieu of the hunting licenses required by the wildlife laws. [1973 c.723 §50; 1975 c.454 §2; 1979 c.218 §1; 1979 c.377 §1a; 1979 c.774 §2c; 1981 c.445 §5; 1987 c.255 §1; 1991 c.67 §150; 1991 c.661 §1; 1993 c.659 §20; 1999 c.667 §2; 1999 c.1006 §4; amendments by 1999 c.1006 §14 repealed by 2001 c.949 §1; 2001 c.571 §§2,3; 2003 c.644 §1; 2009 c.41 §22; 2009 c.832 §5; 2015 c.779 §13]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 497 - Licenses, Tags and Permits › Section 497.104 - Access and habitat program funding.

Notwithstanding any other provision of the wildlife laws, of the moneys received from the sale of the following licenses, the following amounts shall be deposited as provided for in ORS 496.242:
(1) Resident annual combination license issued under ORS 497.132, $4.
(2) Resident annual hunting license issued under ORS 497.102 (1)(a), $4.
(3) Nonresident annual hunting license issued under ORS 497.102 (1)(b), $4. [1993 c.659 §19; 1997 c.246 §1; 1999 c.1006 §12; 2003 c.203 §1; 2009 c.291 §1; 2015 c.779 §17; 2019 c.99 §2]
Note:
497.104 was added to and made a part of ORS chapter 497 by legislative action but was not added to any smaller series therein. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 497 - Licenses, Tags and Permits › Section 497.123 - Hatchery harvest tag rules.

The State Fish and Wildlife Commission shall adopt rules for the issuance of hatchery harvest tags to persons holding an annual angling license and an annual tag to angle for salmon and steelhead. The rules shall allow persons holding a hatchery harvest tag to angle for 10 fin clipped or otherwise marked returning hatchery salmon and steelhead. [2001 c.94 §1]
Note:
497.123 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 497 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 497 - Licenses, Tags and Permits › Section 497.124 - Special dedication of fees to Fish Screening Subaccount.

Notwithstanding any other provision of the wildlife laws, of the moneys received from the sale of the following licenses, 75 cents from the sale of each license shall be credited to the Fish Screening Subaccount under ORS 496.303:
(1) Resident annual combination license issued under ORS 497.132.
(2) Resident annual angling license issued under ORS 497.121 (1)(a).
(3) Angling and shellfish license to angle and take shellfish for one day issued under ORS 497.121 (1)(d).
(4) Angling license to angle for two days issued under ORS 497.121 (1)(e).
(5) Angling license to angle for three days issued under ORS 497.121 (1)(f).
(6) Nonresident annual angling license issued under ORS 497.121 (1)(b).
(7) Nonresident angling license to angle for seven consecutive days issued under ORS 497.121 (1)(c). [1991 c.858 §15; 1993 c.619 §4; 1995 c.426 §4; 1999 c.25 §6; 2009 c.832 §8; 2015 c.779 §19; 2022 c.56 §4]
Note:
497.124 was added to and made a part of ORS chapter 497 by legislative action but was not added to any smaller series therein. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 497 - Licenses, Tags and Permits › Section 497.126 - Use of certain moneys from angling licenses.

Notwithstanding any other provision of the wildlife laws, of the moneys received from the sale of the following licenses, the following amounts shall be deposited as provided for in ORS 496.283:
(1) Resident annual combination license issued under ORS 497.132, $4.
(2) Resident annual angling license issued under ORS 497.121 (1)(a), $4.
(3) Angling and shellfish license to angle and take shellfish for one day issued under ORS 497.121 (1)(d), $2.
(4) Angling license to angle for two days issued under ORS 497.121 (1)(e), $2.
(5) Angling license to angle for three days issued under ORS 497.121 (1)(f), $2.
(6) Nonresident annual angling license issued under ORS 497.121 (1)(b), $10.
(7) Nonresident angling license to angle for seven consecutive days issued under ORS 497.121 (1)(c), $5. [1989 c.512 §4; 1991 c.184 §1; 1993 c.619 §3; 1997 c.8 §9; 1999 c.1006 §11; 2003 c.643 §1; 2009 c.765 §1; 2015 c.779 §16; 2019 c.458 §4; 2022 c.56 §5]
Note:
497.126 was added to and made a part of ORS chapter 497 by legislative action but was not added to any smaller series therein. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 497 - Licenses, Tags and Permits › Section 497.127 - Youth licenses.

The State Fish and Wildlife Commission is authorized to issue, upon application, youth licenses for resident and nonresident persons at least 12 years of age and under 18 years of age and shall charge the applicable fee under the fee schedule in ORS 497.061. The youth license shall be equivalent to, and authorize the purchaser to engage in the activities authorized by, the following adult licenses:
(1) Resident annual hunting license;
(2) Resident annual angling license; and
(3) Resident annual shellfish license. [2015 c.779 §21]
Note:
497.127 was added to and made a part of ORS chapter 497 by legislative action but was not added to any smaller series therein. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
Note:
Section 22, chapter 779, Oregon Laws 2015, provides:
Sec. 22.
The youth license under ORS 497.127 and the pioneer combination license under ORS 497.132 include authorization for the purchaser to engage in angling activities for which an endorsement to fish for salmon, steelhead or sturgeon in the Columbia Basin under ORS 496.146 is required. [2015 c.779 §22; 2021 c.169 §7]
Note:
Section 8, chapter 169, Oregon Laws 2021, provides:
Sec. 8.
Section 22, chapter 779, Oregon Laws 2015, is repealed on January 2, 2026. [2021 c.169 §8]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 497 - Licenses, Tags and Permits › Section 497.134 - Voluntary contributions.

(1) The State Fish and Wildlife Commission may provide a means for persons to make voluntary contributions to be used for special fish and wildlife management programs, including programs to improve access for recreational angling. The commission may seek voluntary contributions in conjunction with the sale of hunting and angling licenses and tags or by such other means as the commission considers appropriate.
(2) If the commission implements an electronic licensing system, the commission shall provide a means for persons to make voluntary contributions in conjunction with the sale of licenses and tags referred to in ORS 497.121 (1). All such voluntary contributions received by the commission may be expended only for projects for which applications are made pursuant to ORS 496.450. [1985 c.391 §2; 1989 c.204 §1; 1999 c.25 §7; 1999 c.1006 §8]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 497 - Licenses, Tags and Permits › Section 497.136 - Uses of certain fee increases.

The moneys received from the fee increases prescribed in the amendments to ORS 497.121, 497.124, 497.126 and 497.132 by sections 1 to 4, chapter 619, Oregon Laws 1993, shall be used by the State Department of Fish and Wildlife for recreational fishing activities, including fish hatchery production, freshwater fish programs, groundfish sampling, fish research projects, Oregon State Police Game Bureau enforcement, a name and address database, and the Hatchery Maintenance Information System. [1993 c.619 §6]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 497 - Licenses, Tags and Permits › Section 497.138 - Special dedication of fees to Fish Passage Fund.

Notwithstanding any other provision of the wildlife laws, of the moneys received from the sale of the following licenses, 25 cents from the sale of each license shall be credited to the Fish Passage Fund established under ORS 497.139:
(1) Resident annual combination hunting and angling license issued under ORS 497.132.
(2) Resident annual angling license issued under ORS 497.121 (1)(a).
(3) Angling and shellfish license to angle and take shellfish for one day issued under ORS 497.121 (1)(d).
(4) Angling license to angle for two days issued under ORS 497.121 (1)(e).
(5) Angling license to angle for three days issued under ORS 497.121 (1)(f).
(6) Nonresident annual angling license issued under ORS 497.121 (1)(b).
(7) Nonresident angling license to angle for seven consecutive days issued under ORS 497.121 (1)(c). [2009 c.832 §17; 2015 c.779 §24; 2022 c.56 §6]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 497 - Licenses, Tags and Permits › Section 497.139 - Fish Passage Fund.

The Fish Passage Fund is established in the State Treasury, separate and distinct from the General Fund. Interest earned by the Fish Passage Fund shall be credited to the fund. Moneys in the fund are continuously appropriated to the State Department of Fish and Wildlife for purposes related to fish passage. [2009 c.832 §14]
Note:
497.139 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 497 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 497 - Licenses, Tags and Permits › Section 497.141 - Fish Passage Restoration Subaccount; sources; uses.

(1) There is created a Fish Passage Restoration Subaccount within the Fish Passage Fund established under ORS 497.139. Fees described in ORS 543.765 (15) shall be paid into the subaccount. The State Department of Fish and Wildlife may solicit and accept additional moneys for crediting to the subaccount, including but not limited to federal funds, appropriations, donations, grants from nongovernmental entities and moneys from other public or private sources. Any interest earned by moneys within the subaccount shall be credited to the subaccount.
(2) The department shall use the subaccount moneys to fund priority fish passage restoration projects. The department shall give priority to the funding of projects on the statewide inventory of artificial obstructions priority list described in ORS 509.585, with an emphasis on those statewide priority list projects that also pay fees under ORS 543.765 (15), and give priority to projects that have the ability to leverage matching dollars. The department may not use subaccount moneys to fund culvert projects or projects that are state-owned structures. The department may not expend more than six percent of the annual contributions to the subaccount to pay staffing costs associated with the advancement of capital projects funded by the subaccount. [2013 c.674 §1; 2023 c.49 §3]
Note:
497.141 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 497 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 497 - Licenses, Tags and Permits › Section 497.142 - Fur-bearer trapping or hunting license and tag.

(1) The State Fish and Wildlife Commission is authorized to issue, upon application, to persons desiring to take fur-bearing mammals the following licenses and shall charge the applicable fee under the fee schedule in ORS 497.061:
(a) Resident annual license to trap or hunt fur-bearing mammals.
(b) Annual youth license to trap or hunt fur-bearing mammals.
(c) Resident annual license to hunt fur-bearing mammals.
(d) Nonresident annual fur-takers license to trap or hunt fur-bearing mammals.
(2) The commission is authorized to issue, upon application, fur-bearer annual tags to take fur-bearing mammals.
(3) The tags referred to in subsection (2) of this section are in addition to and not in lieu of the licenses referred to in subsection (1)(c) and (d) of this section. [1973 c.723 §55; 1979 c.774 §1; 1987 c.255 §4; 2009 c.832 §10; 2015 c.779 §25]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 497 - Licenses, Tags and Permits › Section 497.146 - Trapper education program; when certificate required; exceptions.

(1) The State Fish and Wildlife Commission, by rule, shall prescribe and administer a trapper education program to provide instruction in the proper use of trapping equipment. The program may also include instruction on wildlife and natural resource conservation, firearms safety, first aid and survival and such other subjects as the commission considers desirable to promote good outdoor conduct and respect for the rights and property of others. The commission may cooperate and enter into agreements with other public or private agencies and individuals in carrying out the provisions of this section.
(2) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, no person shall trap mammals with commercial fur value unless the person has in possession a certificate issued by the commission indicating that the person has satisfactorily completed a course in trapper education prescribed or approved by the commission. However, the commission shall issue the certificate automatically, without the necessity of completing the course, to any person who has previously held a valid trapping license issued by the commission and who is 18 years of age or older on July 1, 1986.
(3) The certificate referred to in subsection (2) of this section is not required of a person to trap mammals with commercial fur value on land owned or leased by that person or a member of that person’s immediate family.
(4) Nothing in this section is intended to prevent any person or the persons’ agent from taking mammals with commercial fur value that are damaging livestock or agricultural crops on lands the person owns or leases.
(5) As used in this section, "mammals with commercial fur value" means badger, beaver, bobcat, coyote, red fox, gray fox, marten, mink, muskrat, nutria, opossums, raccoon, river otter, striped skunk, spotted skunk and weasel. [1979 c.774 §4; 1985 c.467 §1]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 497 - Licenses, Tags and Permits › Section 497.151 - Annual migratory waterfowl stamp; effect of purchase by nonresident.

(1)(a) The State Fish and Wildlife Commission is authorized to issue, upon application, to resident persons desiring to hunt migratory waterfowl an annual migratory waterfowl stamp and shall charge the applicable fee under the fee schedule in ORS 497.061.
(b) The commission is authorized to issue, upon application, to resident and nonresident persons at least 12 years of age and under 18 years of age desiring to hunt migratory waterfowl an annual youth migratory waterfowl stamp and shall charge the applicable fee under the fee schedule in ORS 497.061.
(2) The stamps referred to in subsection (1) of this section are in addition to and not in lieu of the hunting licenses required by ORS 497.102 and 497.127.
(3) A migratory waterfowl stamp is not required of a person younger than 12 years of age.
(4) ORS 497.016 to 497.026 and 497.036 apply to the stamps referred to in subsection (1) of this section.
(5) Nothing in this section is intended to prevent nonresident persons 18 years of age or older from purchasing resident migratory waterfowl stamps for stamp collecting or other purposes. However, possession of a resident migratory waterfowl stamp does not authorize a nonresident 18 years of age or older to hunt migratory waterfowl. [1983 c.801 §2; 1993 c.659 §22; 1999 c.1006 §9; amendments by 1999 c.1006 §18 repealed by 2001 c.949 §1; 2009 c.832 §11; 2015 c.779 §26]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 497 - Licenses, Tags and Permits › Section 497.153 - Annual upland bird stamp; effect of purchase by nonresident.

(1)(a) The State Fish and Wildlife Commission is authorized to issue, upon application, to resident persons desiring to hunt upland birds an annual upland bird stamp and shall charge the applicable fee under the fee schedule in ORS 497.061.
(b) The commission is authorized to issue, upon application, to resident and nonresident persons at least 12 years of age and under 18 years of age desiring to hunt upland birds an annual youth upland bird stamp and shall charge the applicable fee under the fee schedule in ORS 497.061.
(2) The stamps referred to in subsection (1) of this section are in addition to and not in lieu of the hunting licenses required by ORS 497.102 and 497.127.
(3) An upland bird stamp is not required of a person younger than 12 years of age.
(4) ORS 497.016 to 497.026 and 497.036 apply to the stamps referred to in subsection (1) of this section.
(5) Nothing in this section is intended to prevent nonresident persons 18 years of age or older from purchasing resident upland bird stamps for stamp collecting or other purposes. However, possession of a resident upland bird stamp does not authorize a nonresident 18 years of age or older to hunt upland birds. [1989 c.406 §4; 1993 c.659 §23; 2009 c.832 §12; 2015 c.779 §27]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 497 - Licenses, Tags and Permits › Section 497.156 - Annual nonresident bird-waterfowl stamp.

(1) The State Fish and Wildlife Commission is authorized to issue, upon application, to nonresident persons 18 years of age or older desiring to hunt either migratory waterfowl or upland birds an annual bird-waterfowl stamp and shall charge the applicable fee under the fee schedule in ORS 497.061.
(2) The stamp referred to in subsection (1) of this section is in addition to and not in lieu of the hunting licenses required by ORS 497.102.
(3) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, a bird-waterfowl stamp is not required of:
(a) A person younger than 12 years of age;
(b) A nonresident person at least 12 years of age and under 18 years of age who holds an annual youth migratory waterfowl stamp and an annual youth upland bird stamp; or
(c) A nonresident hunter on a private hunting preserve who holds an annual private hunting preserve permit issued under ORS 497.102.
(4) ORS 497.016 to 497.026 and 497.036 apply to the stamp referred to in subsection (1) of this section. [1993 c.659 §25; 1999 c.667 §3; 1999 c.1006 §10; amendments by 1999 c.1006 §19 repealed by 2001 c.949 §1; 2009 c.832 §13; 2015 c.779 §28]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 497 - Licenses, Tags and Permits › Section 497.158 - Mail or Internet license renewal.

The State Fish and Wildlife Commission may adopt a system for renewing licenses issued under ORS 497.102, 497.121, 497.127 and 497.132 through the mail or the World Wide Web. [2001 c.559 §2; 2015 c.779 §49; 2019 c.102 §4]
Note:
497.158 was added to and made a part of the wildlife laws by legislative action but was not added to ORS chapter 497 or any series therein. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 497 - Licenses, Tags and Permits › Section 497.162 - Angling and shellfish licenses for persons in state care or persons receiving certain services; rules.

(1) Upon application of the Oregon Youth Authority, the Oregon Health Authority or the Department of Human Services, the State Fish and Wildlife Commission shall issue, without fee, a license to angle for the temporary use of any person in a state institution as described in ORS 179.610, any student in a youth correction facility or related camps or programs operated by the Oregon Youth Authority, any child placed by the department and under the care of a foster home or a child-caring agency licensed, certified or otherwise authorized by the department under ORS 418.205 to 418.327, any person in an alternative to state hospitalization program as described in ORS 430.630 (2)(b) or (c), or any person receiving services from a community developmental disabilities program under ORS 430.620 (1)(a) or (c). The licenses issued under this subsection shall be in bearer form and, subject to applicable laws and regulations relating to angling, shall be used as the agency applying for the license directs.
(2) Upon application of the Department of Human Services, the commission shall issue, without fee, a license to take shellfish for the temporary use of any child placed by the department and under the care of a foster home or a child-caring agency licensed, certified or otherwise authorized by the department under ORS 418.205 to 418.327. The licenses issued under this subsection shall be in bearer form and, subject to applicable laws and regulations relating to taking shellfish, shall be used as the department directs.
(3) Upon application of the director of any veteran’s administration hospital or domiciliary within this state, the commission shall issue, without fee, to each hospital or domiciliary 30 licenses to angle or to take shellfish for the temporary use of any person who is a patient or resident in the hospital or domiciliary. The licenses issued under this subsection shall be in bearer form and, subject to applicable laws and regulations relating to angling and to taking shellfish, shall be used as the director of the hospital or domiciliary provides.
(4) The commission may adopt rules for the administration and enforcement of this section. [Formerly 497.840; 1977 c.492 §1; 1979 c.70 §1; 1997 c.249 §178; 1999 c.59 §162; 2001 c.900 §207; 2003 c.656 §16; 2009 c.595 §982; 2011 c.720 §207; 2016 c.106 §53; 2021 c.192 §6; 2021 c.334 §1]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 497 - Licenses, Tags and Permits › Section 497.170 - Columbia River Indians; free hunting and fishing licenses.

The State Fish and Wildlife Commission shall furnish a permanent hunting and angling license, without payment of fee, to all Columbia River Indians who are eligible to hunt and angle under the terms of the Treaty of 1855 between the Columbia River Indians and the United States of America. The chief authority of the Columbia River Indians shall furnish from time to time to the commission a list of all Indians who have become eligible, and shall certify under oath that the Indians named in the list are included in the terms of the treaty. [Amended by 1973 c.723 §56]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 497 - Licenses, Tags and Permits › Section 497.218 - Fur dealer license; records.

(1) No person shall engage in the business of buying the skins or pelts of any fur-bearing mammal unless the person has first obtained from the State Fish and Wildlife Commission a fur dealer license.
(2) Every fur dealer shall maintain a record of transactions involving the skins or pelts of fur-bearing mammals. The record shall be in such form and contain such information as the commission, by rule, prescribes to accurately indicate the date, type and number of skins or pelts received and the name and address of the person with whom such transaction was made. [1973 c.723 §60]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 497 - Licenses, Tags and Permits › Section 497.228 - Wildlife propagation license; grounds for license denial; records; rules.

(1) No person shall engage in the business of propagating game birds or game mammals for sale unless a wildlife propagation license is first obtained from the State Department of Fish and Wildlife.
(2) The State Fish and Wildlife Commission may refuse to issue a license to an applicant if the commission finds that the conduct of the wildlife propagation business would tend to be harmful to existing wildlife populations.
(3) The commission, by rule, may prescribe requirements for the care, inspection, transportation and the sale, taking or other disposition of the game birds or game mammals and for such record keeping and reporting procedures as will insure that the propagation activities are conducted in such manner as will not be harmful to existing wildlife populations. [1973 c.723 §61; 1987 c.139 §1]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 497 - Licenses, Tags and Permits › Section 497.238 - Taxidermy license; records.

(1) No person shall engage in the business of taxidermy unless the person first obtains from the State Fish and Wildlife Commission a taxidermist license.
(2) Every licensed taxidermist shall maintain a record of the taxidermy work the person performs. The record shall be in such form and contain such information as the commission, by rule, prescribes to accurately indicate the date, type and number of wildlife species received for taxidermy work and the name and address of the persons from whom the wildlife species were received. [1973 c.723 §62]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 497 - Licenses, Tags and Permits › Section 497.249 - Revocation or refusal to renew private hunting preserve license.

(1) In addition to the penalties provided in ORS 496.992, the State Department of Fish and Wildlife may revoke or refuse to renew a license issued under ORS 497.248 if the operator fails to comply with any provision of ORS 497.248 or any rule adopted by the State Fish and Wildlife Commission in relation to the operation of private hunting preserves.
(2) A new license may not be issued to a person whose license has been revoked unless it appears to the satisfaction of the department that the person will comply with the provisions of ORS 497.248 and the rules adopted by the commission in relation to the operation of private hunting preserves.
(3) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, the department may not revoke a license for a first violation.
(4) Prior to revoking or refusing to renew a license, the department shall serve written notice, in the manner prescribed for contested case proceedings pursuant to ORS 183.415, on the operator of the private hunting preserve, ordering the operator to:
(a) Notify the department within 30 days of the service of the notice if the operator seeks a review of the proposed revocation or refusal to renew the license in the manner provided for contested case proceedings in ORS 183.413 to 183.470; and
(b) Set forth in any notification under paragraph (a) of this subsection the operator’s reasons why the license should be renewed or not be revoked.
(5) At the conclusion of a contested case proceeding conducted by the department pursuant to subsection (4) of this section, an operator may petition the commission for a review of the determination by the department. [2001 c.151 §3]
Note:
497.249 was added to and made a part of the wildlife laws by legislative action but was not added to ORS chapter 497 or any series therein. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 497 - Licenses, Tags and Permits › Section 497.252 - Fish propagation license; terms and conditions; rules; applicability of other licensing laws.

(1) Except as provided in ORS 508.700 to 508.745 and 622.220, no person shall engage in the business of propagating game fish or food fish for sale unless a fish propagation license is first obtained from the State Department of Fish and Wildlife.
(2) The State Fish and Wildlife Commission may refuse to issue a license to an applicant if the commission finds that the conduct of the fish propagation business would tend to be harmful to existing game fish or food fish populations.
(3) The commission, by rule, may prescribe requirements for the care, inspection, transportation and the sale, taking or other disposition of the game fish or food fish, and for such record keeping and reporting procedures as will insure that the propagation activities are conducted in such manner as will not be harmful to existing game fish or food fish populations.
(4) Persons propagating the following food fish under the license prescribed in subsection (1) of this section are exempt from the licensing provisions of ORS 508.025 and 508.035:
(a) Food fish raised entirely in, then harvested from facilities which are enclosed or designed to prevent escape and from which the fish are not released for natural rearing.
(b) Food fish harvested from the wild under licenses prescribed in ORS 508.025 and 508.035 and on which the appropriate fee has been paid at the time holding or rearing commences in the licensed fish propagation facility.
(5) As used in this section, food fish has the meaning as defined in ORS 506.011. [1987 c.139 §3; 1991 c.701 §16]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 497 - Licenses, Tags and Permits › Section 497.258 - Licensing authority.

The State Department of Fish and Wildlife is authorized to issue, upon application, to persons desiring to engage in the following occupations the following licenses and shall charge the applicable fees under the fee schedule in ORS 497.061:
(1) Resident annual fur dealer license.
(2) Resident annual taxidermist license.
(3) Resident annual wildlife propagation license.
(4) Resident annual fish propagation license.
(5) Resident annual private hunting preserve license. [1973 c.723 §54; 1979 c.615 §3; 1985 c.565 §79; 1987 c.139 §4; 2009 c.832 §15; 2015 c.779 §29]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 497 - Licenses, Tags and Permits › Section 497.268 - Inspection of occupational licenses.

The holder of any license issued pursuant to ORS 497.218 to 497.248 shall consent to the inspection by any person authorized to enforce the wildlife laws of any such license and any records the holder is required to keep by the wildlife laws or any rule promulgated pursuant thereto. [1973 c.723 §64]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 497 - Licenses, Tags and Permits › Section 497.298 - Scientific taking permit; rules.

(1) Any person desiring to take wildlife for scientific purposes shall first obtain from the State Fish and Wildlife Commission a scientific taking permit. The commission, by rule, shall prescribe a procedure for applying for permits and the form thereof, and shall prescribe the terms and conditions of taking wildlife under the permit to insure that wildlife taken pursuant to the permit will be used only for scientific purposes.
(2) No person who holds a scientific taking permit shall violate any of the terms or conditions of the permit.
(3) As used in this section, "scientific purposes" means the study or examination of wildlife for the acquisition of knowledge thereof. [1973 c.723 §65]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 497 - Licenses, Tags and Permits › Section 497.308 - Wildlife holding and habitat removal permits; rules.

(1) No person shall remove from its natural habitat or acquire and hold in captivity any live wildlife in violation of the wildlife laws or any rule adopted thereunder.
(2) The State Fish and Wildlife Commission may adopt rules to carry out the provisions of subsection (1) of this section that include but are not limited to:
(a) Providing for the issuance and form of permits for the holding or removal from habitat of wildlife.
(b) Prescribing the wildlife species for which holding or habitat removal permits are required.
(c) Prescribing the terms and conditions of holding wildlife and removing wildlife from habitat to ensure the humane care and treatment of the wildlife.
(3) In adopting rules authorized by subsection (2) of this section, the commission shall:
(a) Strive to protect public health;
(b) Consider any public health risks related to holding wildlife or transmitting zoonotic disease, including any public health risks identified by the Oregon Health Authority; and
(c) Consult with the authority.
(4) No person to whom a wildlife holding or removal from habitat permit has been issued shall violate any of the terms or conditions thereof. [1973 c.723 §66; 2022 c.9 §9]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 497 - Licenses, Tags and Permits › Section 497.312 - Special restrictions on holding coyotes.

(1) Any rules promulgated by the State Fish and Wildlife Commission pursuant to ORS 497.308 that authorize the acquisition and holding in captivity of a coyote must require, among other matters:
(a) That the holder of the permit obtain for the animal rabies inoculations;
(b) That the animal must at all times wear an identification tag issued by the commission;
(c) That the holder of the permit notify the commission upon the death or the sale, transfer, removal from the state or other disposition of the animal;
(d) That the holder of the permit not abandon the animal; and
(e) That the holder of the permit cause the animal to be neutered.
(2) The holder of a permit referred to in subsection (1) of this section is subject to the same liability and other requirements of ORS 609.135 to 609.190 as provided for dogs.
(3) The holder of any permit referred to in subsection (1) of this section shall at all times be able to demonstrate to the satisfaction of the commission that the holder has physical custody of the animal or evidence of the death or other disposition of the animal in compliance with the provisions of this section and ORS 497.308.
(4) Nothing in this section or in ORS 497.308 authorizes the acquisition and holding in captivity of any coyote not held in captivity at the State Fish and Wildlife Facility at Pendleton before September 10, 1976, or held pursuant to a scientific taking permit issued pursuant to ORS 497.298. [1977 c.247 §2]