OAR 635-010-0019: License and Tag Exchanges

(1) Fees for replacements and exchanges: (a) A $2 license agent fee is charged to replace a tag or harvest card. (b) A fee of $5.00 (plus a $2.00 license agent fee) is charged to exchange a tag. However, a fee of $5.00 (plus a $10.00 license agent fee) will be charged for nonresident deer and elk tags. (c) No fee is charged to exchange a license and tag for a higher cost privilege, other than the difference between the fee for the original privilege and the fee for the higher cost privilege. (d) A fee of $23.50 (plus a $2.00 license agent fee) is charged for purchase of a tag issued after the tag sale deadline under OAR-635-065-0015. (2) The following privileges may be exchanged: (a) A license may be exchanged for a combination hunting and fishing license, a senior combination license, a pioneer combination license, a disabled veteran combination license or a Sports Pac. (b) A controlled buck deer tag or controlled elk tag may be exchanged for a general season tag before the opening date of the season for which either tag is valid. A controlled antlerless deer tag shall not be exchanged. General season Deer and Elk tags may be exchanged only prior to the seasons for which both of the tags to be exchanged are valid. No tag may be exchanged after the start of the season for which it is valid. Exceptions can be found under OAR 635-065-0015. (c) A “leftover” controlled hunt deer tag may only be exchanged for a general season deer tag, but only if the person does not already possess a deer tag authorized by OAR 635-065-0015(4)(a), (b), or (c). (d) A “leftover” controlled hunt elk tag may only be exchanged for a general season elk tag but only if the person does not already possess an elk tag authorized by OAR 635-065-0015(5)(a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), or (g). (e) In the event of the death of a successful controlled hunt applicant before the start of the season for which the tag or permit was issued, the tags of the deceased may be issued to an immediate family member as defined by OAR 635-045-0002. Tag or permit transfer shall require a copy of the death certificate and must be requested by the legal heir to the deceased which shall be presumed by possession of the death certificate. (f) A controlled hunt tag shall only be exchanged for another controlled hunt tag, as described in 635-060-0008(5) and 635-075-0015(3). (3) In the event that an immediate family member, as defined by OAR 635-045-0002, of a successful controlled hunt applicant is diagnosed as terminally ill before the start of the season for which the tag or permit was issued, the Director may authorize that the tags of the successful applicant be issued to the “qualified family member.” Tag or permit transfers shall require documentation of the terminal condition as diagnosed by a licensed physician . For the purposes of this rule, “terminally ill” means that the family member has a medical prognosis that his or her life expectancy is 12 months or less if the illness runs its normal course. (a) A qualified family member may be either resident or non-resident and must comply with all requirements for lawful hunting including but not limited to those concerning: (A) Minimum hunting age (ORS 497.350); (B) Hunter education (ORS 497.360); (C) Hunting hours (OAR 635-065-0730); (D) Holding a valid Oregon hunting license, and (E) Using a legal weapon for hunting the species for which the tag is issued. (b) There is no additional fee for tag exchanges under this subsection. (4) Exchanges must occur within 90 days of the purchase of the original license. (5) Exchanges may be done online or in person at a Department Field Office as identified online or at the Department’s Salem Headquarters. (6) Tag replacements may only be obtained through an Agent, the Department’s field offices or Salem headquarters. (7) At the Department’s discretion, license refunds for the existing license will be applied against the original credit card, deposited electronically or mailed to the licensee after a replacement license has been issued.