Ind. Code ch. 14-22-12

Ind. Code ch. 14-22-12
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Ind. Code § 14-22-12-1 Types of hunting, fishing, and trapping licenses; fees; donations

Sec. 1. (a) The department may issue the following licenses individually or in combination and, except as provided in section 1.5 of this chapter and subject to subsection (b), shall charge the following minimum license fees to hunt, trap, or fish in Indiana: (1) A resident yearly license to fish, eight dollars and seventy-five cents ($8.75). (2) A resident yearly license to hunt, eight dollars and seventy-five cents ($8.75). (3) A resident yearly license to hunt and fish, thirteen dollars and seventy-five cents ($13.75). (4) A resident yearly license to trap, eight dollars and seventy-five cents ($8.75). (5) A nonresident yearly license to fish, twenty-four dollars and seventy-five cents ($24.75). (6) A nonresident yearly license to hunt, sixty dollars and seventy-five cents ($60.75). (7) A nonresident yearly license to trap, one hundred seventeen dollars and seventy-five cents ($117.75). (8) A resident or nonresident license to fish, including for trout and salmon, for one (1) day only, four dollars and seventy-five cents ($4.75). (9) A nonresident license to fish, excluding for trout and salmon, for seven (7) days only, twelve dollars and seventy-five cents ($12.75). (10) A nonresident license to hunt for five (5) consecutive days only, twenty-five dollars and seventy-five cents ($25.75). (11) A resident or nonresident yearly electronically generated stamp to fish for trout and salmon, six dollars and seventy-five cents ($6.75). (12) A resident yearly license to take a deer with a shotgun, muzzle loading gun, rifle, or handgun, thirteen dollars and seventy-five cents ($13.75). (13) A resident yearly license to take a deer with a muzzle loading gun, thirteen dollars and seventy-five cents ($13.75). (14) A resident yearly license to take a deer with a: (A) bow and arrow; or (B) crossbow and bolt; thirteen dollars and seventy-five cents ($13.75). (15) A nonresident yearly license to take a deer with a shotgun, muzzle loading gun, rifle, or handgun, one hundred twenty dollars and seventy-five cents ($120.75). (16) A nonresident yearly license to take a deer with a muzzle loading gun, one hundred twenty dollars and seventy-five cents ($120.75). (17) A nonresident yearly license to take a deer with a: (A) bow and arrow; or (B) crossbow and bolt; one hundred twenty dollars and seventy-five cents ($120.75). (18) A resident license to take an extra deer by a means, in a location, and under conditions established by rule adopted by the department under IC 4-22-2, five dollars ($5). (19) A nonresident license to take an extra deer by a means, in a location, and under conditions established by rule adopted by the department under IC 4-22-2, ten dollars ($10). (20) A resident yearly license to take a turkey, fourteen dollars and seventy-five cents ($14.75). (21) A nonresident yearly license to take a turkey, one hundred fourteen dollars and seventy-five cents ($114.75). (22) A resident license to take an extra turkey by a means, in a location, and under conditions established by rule adopted by the department under IC 4-22-2, fourteen dollars and seventy-five cents ($14.75). (23) A nonresident license to take an extra turkey by a means, in a location, and under conditions established by rule adopted by the department under IC 4-22-2, one hundred fourteen dollars and seventy-five cents ($114.75). (24) A resident youth yearly consolidated license to hunt and trap, six dollars ($6). This license is subject to the following: (A) An applicant must be less than eighteen (18) years of age at the time of application, but the license may still be used when the license holder is eighteen (18) years of age while the license is still valid. (B) The license is in lieu of the resident yearly license to hunt and trap and all other yearly licenses, stamps, or permits to hunt and trap for a specific species or by a specific means. (25) A nonresident youth yearly license to hunt, seventeen dollars ($17). The applicant must be less than eighteen (18) years of age at the time of application, but the license may still be used when the license holder is eighteen (18) years of age while the license is still valid. This license includes all yearly stamps to hunt for a specific species or by specific means. (26) A nonresident youth yearly license to trap, seventeen dollars ($17). The applicant must be less than eighteen (18) years of age at the time of application, but the license may still be used when the license holder is eighteen (18) years of age while the license is still valid. (27) A nonresident youth yearly license to take a turkey, twenty-five dollars ($25). The applicant must be less than eighteen (18) years of age at the time of application, but the license may still be used when the license holder is eighteen (18) years of age while the license is still valid. This license includes all yearly stamps to hunt wild turkeys and all specific means. (28) A nonresident youth license to take an extra turkey by a means, in a location, and under conditions established by rule adopted by the department under IC 4-22-2, twenty-five dollars ($25). The applicant must be less than eighteen (18) years of age at the time of application, but the license may still be used when the license holder is eighteen (18) years of age while the license is still valid. This license includes all yearly stamps to hunt wild turkeys and all specific means. (29) A nonresident youth yearly license to take a deer with a shotgun, muzzle loading gun, or rifle, twenty-four dollars ($24). The applicant must be less than eighteen (18) years of age at the time of application, but the license may still be used when the license holder is eighteen (18) years of age while the license is still valid. (30) A nonresident youth yearly license to take a deer with a muzzle loading gun, twenty-four dollars ($24). The applicant must be less than eighteen (18) years of age at the time of application, but the license may still be used when the license holder is eighteen (18) years of age while the license is still valid. (31) A nonresident youth yearly license to take a deer with a: (A) bow and arrow; or (B) crossbow and bolt; twenty-four dollars ($24). The applicant must be less than eighteen (18) years of age at the time of application, but the license may still be used when the license holder is eighteen (18) years of age while the license is still valid. (32) A nonresident youth license to take an extra deer by a means, in a location, and under conditions established by rule adopted by the department under IC 4-22-2, twenty-four dollars ($24). The applicant must be less than eighteen (18) years of age at the time of application, but the license may still be used when the license holder is eighteen (18) years of age while the license is still valid. (33) A resident senior yearly license to fish, three dollars ($3). This license is subject to the following: (A) An applicant must be at least sixty-four (64) years of age and born after March 31, 1943. (B) The license is in lieu of the resident yearly license to fish and all other yearly licenses, stamps, or permits to fish for a specific species or by a specific means. (C) The license may still be used if the license holder moves out of state. (34) A resident senior "fish for life" license, seventeen dollars ($17). This license is subject to the following: (A) An applicant must be at least sixty-four (64) years of age. (B) The license applies each year for the remainder of the license holder's life. (C) The license is in lieu of the resident senior yearly license to fish and all other yearly licenses, stamps, or permits to fish for a specific species or by a specific means. (D) The license may still be used if the license holder moves out of state. (35) A voluntary resident senior yearly license to fish, three dollars ($3). This license is subject to the following: (A) An applicant must have been born before April 1, 1943. (B) The license is instead of the resident yearly license to fish and all other yearly licenses, stamps, and permits to fish for a specific species or by a specific means. (36) A resident license to take a bobcat, fifteen dollars ($15). (37) A nonresident youth license to take a bobcat, twenty-four dollars ($24). (38) A nonresident license to take a bobcat, one hundred twenty dollars ($120). (b) The commission may set license fees to hunt, trap, or fish above the minimum fees established under subsection (a). (c) In addition to the license fees set under this section, the department shall establish a procedure to collect voluntary donations for processing wild game when a hunting license is sold. The minimum suggested donation must be one dollar ($1). The money collected under this section shall be deposited in the Indiana sportsmen's benevolence account (IC 14-9-5-4). [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-2-7-5(a).] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.15. Amended by P.L.219-1999, SEC.1; P.L.140-1999, SEC.1; P.L.14-2000, SEC.40; P.L.1-2001, SEC.23; P.L.188-2001, SEC.3; P.L.1-2002, SEC.70; P.L.132-2006, SEC.4; P.L.14-2007, SEC.2; P.L.66-2008, SEC.10; P.L.18-2009, SEC.4; P.L.69-2009, SEC.9; P.L.46-2010, SEC.2; P.L.165-2011, SEC.11; P.L.289-2013, SEC.9; P.L.155-2015, SEC.14; P.L.39-2018, SEC.9; P.L.127-2022, SEC.25; P.L.32-2024, SEC.2; P.L.104-2024, SEC.49; P.L.164-2024, SEC.7.

Ind. Code § 14-22-12-1.5 "Qualified individual"; reduced fee licenses

Sec. 1.5. (a) As used in this section, "qualified individual" means an individual who: (1) is a resident of Indiana; (2) has served in the armed forces of the United States; and (3) has a service connected disability, as evidenced by: (A) records of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs; or (B) disability retirement benefits awarded to the individual under laws administered by the United States Department of Defense. (b) A qualified individual is entitled to reduced fee hunting and fishing licenses under this section. (c) Each year a qualified individual may obtain: (1) both: (A) a resident yearly license to fish; and (B) a resident yearly license to hunt; or (2) a resident yearly license to hunt and fish; by paying a reduced license fee of two dollars and seventy-five cents ($2.75) instead of the fee prescribed by section 1 of this chapter. (d) Each decade a qualified individual may obtain: (1) both: (A) a resident license to fish that is valid for ten (10) years; and (B) a resident license to hunt that is valid for ten (10) years; or (2) a resident license to hunt and fish that is valid for ten (10) years; by paying a reduced license fee of twenty-seven dollars and fifty cents ($27.50). The license may still be used if the license holder moves out of state. (e) An applicant for a reduced fee license under this section must do the following: (1) Request the license from: (A) the department; (B) an agent appointed by the director under IC 14-22-11-3; or (C) the clerk of the circuit court who is an authorized representative of the department under IC 14-22-11-3 in the county in which the individual resides. (2) Present evidence that the applicant is a qualified individual. As added by P.L.188-2001, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.151-2012, SEC.20; P.L.164-2024, SEC.8.

Ind. Code § 14-22-12-1.7 Apprentice hunting license

Sec. 1.7. (a) As used in this section, "apprentice hunter" means an individual who hunts under an apprentice hunting license issued under this section. (b) The department may issue an apprentice hunting license to a resident or nonresident in lieu of any hunting license authorized under section 1 of this chapter. (c) The commission shall establish a fee to be paid by an applicant for an apprentice hunting license issued under this section. (d) An apprentice hunter may hunt in Indiana without completing the course of instruction in hunter education offered by the department or the department's agent under IC 14-22-35. (e) An apprentice hunter must: (1) comply with the requirements under this article and the rules adopted by the director; and (2) while hunting be accompanied by an individual who: (A) is at least eighteen (18) years of age; and (B) either holds a valid hunting license issued under this chapter or is not required to have a hunting license under IC 14-22-11. (f) An individual described in subsection (e)(2) who accompanies an apprentice hunter: (1) must be in close enough proximity to monitor the apprentice hunter's activities and communicate with the apprentice hunter at all times; and (2) may not accompany more than two (2) holders of an apprentice hunting license at one (1) time. (g) An individual may not purchase more than three (3) apprentice hunting licenses of any type during the individual's lifetime. As added by P.L.14-2008, SEC.2.

Ind. Code § 14-22-12-1.8 Special circumstances hunter; card

Sec. 1.8. (a) As used in this section, "individual with special circumstances" means an individual who: (1) has a developmental disability (as defined in IC 12-7-2.1-118); (2) is determined to be a student with a disability (as defined in IC 20-35-1-8); or (3) has a permanent disability as determined by rules adopted by the department. (b) As used in this section, "special circumstances hunter" means an individual with special circumstances who hunts under a special circumstances hunting safety card issued under this section. (c) As used in this section, "special circumstances hunting safety card" refers to the card issued to a special circumstances hunter. (d) The department may issue a special circumstances hunting safety card to a resident or nonresident who qualifies under the rules adopted by the department as authorized under this section. (e) The commission shall establish the criteria for determining qualifications for a special circumstances hunting safety card. (f) A special circumstances hunter may hunt in Indiana if the special circumstances hunter attends the course of instruction in hunter education offered by the department or the department's agent under IC 14-22-35. (g) A special circumstances hunter must: (1) comply with the requirements under this article, including obtaining a valid hunting license issued under IC 14-22-11, and the rules adopted by the department; and (2) while hunting, be accompanied by an individual who: (A) is at least eighteen (18) years of age; and (B) holds a valid hunting license issued under IC 14-22-11. (h) An individual described in subsection (g)(2) who accompanies a special circumstances hunter: (1) must be in close enough proximity to monitor the special circumstances hunter's activities and communicate with the special circumstances hunter at all times; and (2) may not accompany more than two (2) holders of a special circumstances hunting safety card at one (1) time. (i) The department shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to carry out this section. As added by P.L.204-2014, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.233-2015, SEC.26; P.L.145-2026, SEC.95.

Ind. Code § 14-22-12-2 Use of fees to increase upland game bird population

Sec. 2. Except for a license sold under IC 14-22-31-8, the department shall use the following to increase the upland game bird population in Indiana: (1) Four dollars ($4) from the cost of every nonresident license to hunt any game for any period in any manner. (2) Forty dollars ($40) from the cost of every nonresident license to hunt deer for any period in any manner. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-2-7-5(b), (c).] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.15. Amended by P.L.289-2013, SEC.10.

Ind. Code § 14-22-12-3 Deposits in deer research and management fund; use of fees

Sec. 3. The department shall deposit in the fish and wildlife fund twenty dollars ($20) from the cost of every nonresident license to hunt deer for any time in any manner. The department shall transfer the revenue deposited under this section from the fish and wildlife fund to the deer research and management fund. However, a transfer is not required if the budget agency finds that it would reduce the balance in the fish and wildlife fund to less than three million dollars ($3,000,000) at the end of the state fiscal year. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-2-7-5(d).] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.15. Amended by P.L.217-2017, SEC.83.

Ind. Code § 14-22-12-4 Repealed

[Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-2-7-5(e).] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.15. Repealed by P.L.195-2017, SEC.12.

Ind. Code § 14-22-12-5 Duplicate licenses; electronic affirmation

Sec. 5. (a) The department may issue a duplicate license to replace a lost license issued to an individual under section 1 of this chapter. (b) A duplicate license under subsection (a) is valid only with the signature or electronic affirmation of the licensee on the form or device prescribed by the director. (c) The department may require a licensee to pay a fee established by the commission for a duplicate license. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-2-7-5.3.] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.15. Amended by P.L.225-2005, SEC.22; P.L.66-2008, SEC.11; P.L.155-2015, SEC.15; P.L.195-2017, SEC.13.

Ind. Code § 14-22-12-6 Special permit for persons with disabilities

Sec. 6. Subject to IC 14-22-2-10, the department may issue a special permit for the taking of wildlife by a person with a disability of such a nature that it is difficult or impossible for the individual to be in a position to take wildlife unless the individual is given special consideration. Statutes and rules may be waived only as necessary to give effect to this section. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-2-7-5.5.] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.15. Amended by P.L.195-2017, SEC.14.

Ind. Code § 14-22-12-7 Repealed

[Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-2-7-5.7.] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.15. Amended by P.L.17-1997, SEC.5; P.L.225-2005, SEC.23. Repealed by P.L.2-2014, SEC.76.

Ind. Code § 14-22-12-7.3 Lifetime licenses to hunt, fish, or trap; fees

Sec. 7.3. (a) Subject to the commission adopting fees under subsection (b), the department may issue to residents of Indiana lifetime licenses to hunt, fish, or trap. (b) The commission may adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 and IC 14-10-2-4 to establish fees for lifetime licenses to hunt, fish, or trap. (c) A lifetime license issued under this article before July 1, 2005, may still be used if the license holder moves out of state. As added by P.L.219-2014, SEC.26. Amended by P.L.164-2024, SEC.9.

Ind. Code § 14-22-12-7.5 Automated point of sales licensing system

Sec. 7.5. (a) As used in this section, "automated point of sale licensing system" means a system designed to dispense hunting, fishing, and trapping licenses. (b) The department shall develop and implement an automated point of sale licensing system for use in Indiana for the sale of hunting, fishing, and trapping licenses to residents and nonresidents of Indiana. (c) The department shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to implement the automated point of sale licensing system under this section. As added by P.L.186-2003, SEC.61. Amended by P.L.195-2017, SEC.15.

Ind. Code § 14-22-12-8 Fees for agents

Sec. 8. (a) Each license agent who is authorized to sell licenses under this article shall retain a seventy-five cent ($0.75) service fee for each license sold. (b) In addition to the service fee retained under subsection (a), a license agent may charge on each transaction both a: (1) twenty-five cent ($0.25) processing fee; and (2) one and ninety-six hundredths percent (1.96%) fee; to cover credit card processing costs associated with the sale of a license. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-2-7-6(1).] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.15. Amended by P.L.186-2003, SEC.62; P.L.35-2023, SEC.1; P.L.9-2024, SEC.355.

Ind. Code § 14-22-12-9 Retention of service fee

Sec. 9. The clerk of the circuit court in each county shall retain as the property of the county the service fees provided by section 8 of this chapter from the sale of licenses sold by the clerk. The clerk shall pay the fees promptly into the county general fund as other fees are paid. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-2-7-6(2).] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.15. Amended by P.L.186-2003, SEC.63.

Ind. Code § 14-22-12-10 Repealed

[Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-2-7-6(3) part.] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.15. Repealed by P.L.186-2003, SEC.82.

Ind. Code § 14-22-12-11 Repealed

[Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-2-7-6(3) part.] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.15. Amended by P.L.186-2003, SEC.64. Repealed by P.L.195-2017, SEC.16.

Ind. Code § 14-22-12-12 Repealed

[Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-2-7-6(3) part.] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.15. Repealed by P.L.186-2003, SEC.82.

Ind. Code § 14-22-12-13 Repealed

[Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-2-7-6(3) part.] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.15. Repealed by P.L.186-2003, SEC.82.

Ind. Code § 14-22-12-14 Excessive or insufficient charges prohibited

Sec. 14. A person may not directly or indirectly charge, collect, or receive for a license required under this article more or less than the amount specified in this article, regardless of the official capacity of the person or the relationship to the licensee. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-2-7-6(4).] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.15.

Ind. Code § 14-22-12-15 Deposits in fish and wildlife fund

Sec. 15. All license fees shall be deposited into the fish and wildlife fund. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-2-7-6(5).] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.15.
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