OAR 635-043-0003: Fur Dealer and Taxidermy

(1) Fur Dealer License shall cost $109.00 (plus a $2.00 license agent fee) and shall expire on December 31 of the year issued. (2) Whenever a fur dealer purchases, possesses, sells, or disposes of the pelt of any furbearing mammal, the dealer must record: (a) The date, numbers and types of pelts; (b) For furbearing mammals requiring tags, the tag number, the state issuing the tag, the species, and the year the tag was issued; and (c) The name and address of those from whom the pelts were obtained, and to whom they were sold or otherwise transferred; (d) This record must be maintained at the business address of the fur dealer for a period of three years. (3) No fur dealer may purchase, sell, or possess any raw pelt requiring a tag or seal without having a proper tag or seal affixed to the pelt. (4) Fur buyers who are agents for companies shall have a fur dealer's license and record the company whom they represent on the fur dealer's license application. (5) Fur dealer records and pelts are subject to inspection at any time by any Oregon State Police officer or Department representative. (6) Failure to comply with the record keeping criteria in OAR 635-043-0003(1) or to permit inspection of such records may result in a two year license suspension. (7) Taxidermy License shall cost $109.00 (plus a $2.00 license agent fee) and shall expire on December 31 of the year issued. (8) Licensed taxidermists may sell a client's unclaimed, legally taken, mounted wildlife, except migratory birds protected by Federal Law 16 USC 703, provided that: (a) Upon completion, at least two written notices of intent to sell are sent to the client; (b) Two months have passed since completion of mount; (c) The amount realized by the sale of a mount is not to exceed the original quoted price stated contemporaneously in writing, less any deposit received; (d) Taxidermists may mount and sell legally taken furbearing animals with a fur dealer's license. (9) At the time of receiving wildlife for mounting, every licensed taxidermist shall: (a) Record the date, number and kinds of wildlife received; (b) Record the tag number and year of issuance of those furbearing mammals requiring tags; (c) For game mammals and game birds requiring tags, record the confirmation number of electronic tags, record the date (month/day/year) and time (hour:minute) of issuance of paper tags. (d) Record the date taken, the county or hunting unit and state where taken, and the name and address of the person who killed the wildlife; (e) Record the name and address of the person from whom the wildlife is received and the quoted price for the taxidermy work; (f) Maintain this record at the business address of the taxidermist for a three-year period; (g) Maintain copies of the written notices, as described in 635-043-0003(6), date of sale, amount of sale and name and address of the person purchasing the mount at the business address of the taxidermist for a three-year period. (10) Taxidermy records and all wildlife possessed by licensed taxidermists for the purpose of taxidermy are subject to inspection at any time by any Oregon State Police officer or Department representative.