ORS 497.102: Hunting licenses and permits.
Edition: 2025 EditionEffective: 2026-01-01Last verified: 2026-09-07
(1) The State Fish and Wildlife Commission is authorized to issue, upon application, to persons desiring to hunt wildlife the following licenses and permits and shall charge the applicable fees under the fee schedule in ORS 497.061: (a) Resident annual hunting license to hunt wildlife. (b) Nonresident annual hunting license to hunt wildlife. (c) Resident annual senior citizen hunting license to hunt wildlife for persons 70 years of age or older who have resided in the state for not less than five years prior to the date of application. (d) Resident disabled veteran hunting license to hunt wildlife for a person who files with the commission written proof that the last official certification of record by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs or any branch of the Armed Forces of the United States shows the person to be at least 25 percent disabled. (e) Resident uniformed services hunting license to hunt wildlife for a person who is a resident member of the uniformed services as defined in ORS 497.006. (f) Resident annual private hunting preserve permit to hunt privately owned hunting preserve game birds. (g) Nonresident annual private hunting preserve permit to hunt privately owned hunting preserve game birds. (h) Nonresident hunting license to hunt migratory waterfowl and upland birds for three consecutive days. (2) The hunting preserve permits referred to in subsection (1)(f) and (g) of this section are in lieu of the hunting licenses required by the wildlife laws. [1973 c.723 §50; 1975 c.454 §2; 1979 c.218 §1; 1979 c.377 §1a; 1979 c.774 §2c; 1981 c.445 §5; 1987 c.255 §1; 1991 c.67 §150; 1991 c.661 §1; 1993 c.659 §20; 1999 c.667 §2; 1999 c.1006 §4; amendments by 1999 c.1006 §14 repealed by 2001 c.949 §1; 2001 c.571 §§2,3; 2003 c.644 §1; 2009 c.41 §22; 2009 c.832 §5; 2015 c.779 §13]
Administrative rules citing this section
- OAR 635-047-0025: Marking of Birds — implements
- OAR 635-047-0025: Marking of Birds — authority
- OAR 635-047-0045: License Requirements of Hunters — implements
- OAR 635-047-0045: License Requirements of Hunters — authority
This rule cites
- ORS 497.061 — resolved
- ORS 497.006 — resolved
Cited by
- ORS 496.146: Additional powers of commission; rules; fees; penalties.
- ORS 496.992: Penalties; revocation; forfeiture.
- ORS 497.022: Issuance of licenses, tags or permits by commission agents; fees.
- ORS 497.071: Dedication of certain license, tag and permit fee increases.
- ORS 497.104: Access and habitat program funding.
- ORS 497.151: Annual migratory waterfowl stamp; effect of purchase by nonresident.
- ORS 497.153: Annual upland bird stamp; effect of purchase by nonresident.
- ORS 497.156: Annual nonresident bird-waterfowl stamp.
- ORS 497.158: Mail or Internet license renewal.
- ORS 497.655: Voluntary contributions; county predatory animal control program; State Department of Fish and Wildlife duties.
- ORS 498.166: Bears or cougars posing threat to human safety.
- OAR 635-010-0150: Resident Senior Citizen Licenses
- OAR 635-010-0157: Free Resident Licenses for Disabled Veterans
Official source: https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors497.html