97A.474 NONRESIDENT LIFETIME LICENSES.

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Subdivision 1.Nonresident lifetime licenses authorized.

(a) The commissioner may issue a lifetime angling license or a lifetime small-game-hunting license to a nonresident. The license fees paid for a lifetime license are nonrefundable.

(b) The commissioner may require the holder of a lifetime license issued under this section to notify the department each year that the license is used, by:

(1) telephone or Internet notification, as specified by the commissioner; or

(2) the purchase of stamps for the license. §

Subd. 2.Nonresident lifetime angling license; fee.

(a) A nonresident lifetime angling license authorizes a person to take fish by angling in the state. The license authorizes those activities authorized by the annual nonresident angling license. The license does not include a trout-and-salmon stamp validation, a walleye stamp validation, or other stamps required by law.

(b) The fees for a nonresident lifetime angling license are:

(1) age 3 and under, $821;

(2) age 4 to age 15, $1,046;

(3) age 16 to age 50, $1,191; and

(4) age 51 and over, $794. §

Subd. 3.Nonresident lifetime small-game-hunting license; fee.

(a) A nonresident lifetime small-game-hunting license authorizes a person to hunt small game in the state. The license authorizes those hunting activities authorized by the annual nonresident small-game-hunting license. The license does not include any hunting stamps required by law.

(b) The fees for a nonresident lifetime small-game-hunting license are:

(1) age 3 and under, $947;

(2) age 4 to age 15, $1,280;

(3) age 16 to age 50, $1,633; and

(4) age 51 and over, $1,083.

[See Note.]

History:

2000 c 341 s 6; 1Sp2001 c 2 s 111,112; 2008 c 368 art 2 s 29; 2012 c 277 art 2 s 15,38; 2017 c 93 art 2 s 86; 2024 c 90 art 1 s 34

**NOTE: **The amendment to subdivision 3 by Laws 2024, chapter 90, article 1, section 34, is effective upon full implementation of the replacement electronic license system. The commissioner of natural resources must notify the revisor of statutes when the replacement electronic license system is fully implemented. Laws 2024, chapter 90, article 1, section 52.

History: History: 2000 c 341 s 6; 1Sp2001 c 2 s 111,112; 2008 c 368 art 2 s 29; 2012 c 277 art 2 s 15,38; 2017 c 93 art 2 s 86; 2024 c 90 art 1 s 34