Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 321 CMR - DIVISION OF FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE › Title 321 CMR 2.00 - Miscellaneous Regulations › Section 2.11 - Display of Sporting, Hunting, Fishing, and Trapping Licenses

Current through Register 1525, July 5, 2024
(1)
Definitions
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Mobile Device
means any electronic
				device that can be carried on one's person, such as a smart phone, which is
				capable of displaying a true, complete and legible image of a current and valid
				hunting, fishing, or trapping license issued by the Division.
Online System
means the online
				licensing and game harvest reporting system of the Department of Fish and Game
				and Division of Fisheries and Wildlife accessible via the Department's and the
				Division's website that allows for automated licensing and game harvest
				reporting, including issuance of applicable official seals or tags via the
				internet in accordance with M.G.L. c. 131. § 12. The purchase online of a
				license, official seal, tag or other applicable required permit to hunt, fish
				or trap for inland fish and wildlife species requires an electronic signature
				made after an online affirmation under the pains and penalties of perjury by
				the applicant that the information provided is true and accurate and that the
				applicant shall comply with all applicable hunting, fishing and trapping rules
				and regulations.
(2) Each
			 person, except those lawfully hunting, fishing or trapping without a license
			 under provisions of M.G.L. c. 131, § 13, shall while hunting, fishing, or
			 trapping possess on their person a current and valid license to do so and such
			 license shall be signed on the face thereof by the person to whom issued or
			 electronically signed when such license is purchased through the Online System.
			 Persons may show that they possess a current and valid license on their person
			 by displaying a true, complete and legible image of it on their mobile
			 device.
(3) Each person hunting
			 waterfowl, except certain persons 12 through 14 years of age as provided in
			 321 CMR
			 3.02(2):
Table 1E,
shall possess on their person a Massachusetts waterfowl stamp as
			 provided in M.G.L. c. 131, § 13 and
			 321 CMR
			 3.02(2)(e)8. Such persons
			 shall sign their license as provided in 321 CMR 2.11(2) and such signature
			 shall constitute compliance with the requirement specified in M.G.L. c. 131,
			 § 13, paragraph 3. The license documenting the issuance of such stamp
			 shall be carried on the person at all times while exercising the authority
			 granted thereby. Persons may show that they possess on their person the license
			 documenting the issuance of the stamp by displaying a true, complete and
			 legible image of it on their mobile device.
(4) Each person hunting deer during the
			 exclusive archery season or the exclusive primitive firearms season, or during
			 any other season during which an archery stamp or a primitive firearms stamp
			 may be required by law, shall possess on their person a Massachusetts archery
			 stamp or primitive firearms stamp, as the case may be, as provided in M.G.L. c.
			 131, § 13. Such person shall sign their license, or the form on which the
			 stamp is imprinted, as the case may be, as provided in 321 CMR 2.11(2) and such
			 signature shall constitute compliance with the requirement specified in M.G.L.
			 c. 131, § 13, paragraph 2. The license documenting the issuance of such
			 stamp shall be carried on the person at all times while exercising the
			 authority granted thereby. Persons may show that they possess on their person
			 the license documenting the issuance of the stamp by displaying a true,
			 complete and legible image of it on their mobile device.
(5) When engaged in the act of hunting deer,
			 wild turkey or black bear, a paper copy of the applicable license or permit
			 with associated tags shall be carried on the person in accordance with the
			 requirements of
			 321 CMR 3.02(1)(f),
			 (4)(h) and (9)(g). No person shall detach or
			 remove from their license or permit, as the case maybe, their deer, wild
			 turkey, or black bear tag or tags, except as provided in
			 321 CMR 3.02(1)(f),
			 (4)(h), and (9)(g). Any such tags detached or
			 removed except as provided therein shall be void and shall be surrendered on
			 demand to any officer empowered to enforce the provisions of M.G.L. c.
			 131.
(6) All persons hunting,
			 fishing, or trapping pursuant to M.G.L. c. 131 shall produce for examination
			 upon demand of any officer or other person specified in M.G.L. c. 131, §
			 32 any licenses, permits, stamps, or certificates issued to them. Persons may
			 produce any such license or permit, including those that document the issuance
			 of a stamp or certificate, by displaying a true, complete and legible image of
			 it on their mobile device.