32-1041. Forfeiture or suspension of license, permit, stamp or other issue. (a) (1) Upon the first conviction of violating any provision of the wildlife, parks and tourism laws of this state or rules and regulations of the secretary, and in addition to any authorized sentence imposed by the convicting court, such court may: (A) Order such person to refrain from engaging in any activity, legal or illegal, the activity for which convicted for up to one year from the date of conviction; and (B) order the forfeiture of any license, permit, stamp or other issue of the department, other than a lifetime license, which is held by the convicted person and pertains to the activity for which the person was convicted for up to one year from the date of conviction.
(2) Upon any subsequent conviction of violating any provision of the wildlife, parks and tourism laws of this state, or rules and regulations adopted thereunder, and in addition to any authorized sentence imposed by the convicting court, such court shall: (A) Order such person to refrain from any activity, legal or illegal, related to the activity for which convicted for one year from the date of conviction; and (B) order the forfeiture of any license, permit, stamp or other issue of the department, other than a lifetime license, which is held by the convicted person and pertains to the activity for which the person was convicted for one year from the date of conviction.
(b) (1) Upon the first conviction of violating any provision of the wildlife, parks and tourism laws of this state, or rules and regulations adopted thereunder, by a person who has been issued a lifetime hunting or fishing license or a combination thereof, and in addition to any authorized sentence imposed by the convicting court, such court may order the suspension of such license for up to one year from the date of conviction.
(2) Upon any subsequent conviction of violating any provision of the wildlife, parks and tourism laws of this state, or rules and regulations adopted thereunder, by a person who has been issued a lifetime hunting or fishing license or a combination thereof, and in addition to any authorized sentence imposed by the convicting court, such court shall order the suspension of such license for one year from the date of conviction.
(c) If a convicted person has been issued a combination hunting and fishing license or a combination lifetime license, only that portion of such license which pertains to the activity for which such person is convicted shall be subject to forfeiture or suspension pursuant to this section. In such case, the order of conviction shall indicate that part of the license which is forfeited or suspended, and such order shall become a temporary license under which the offender may either hunt or fish as the order indicates.
(d) Whenever a judge orders forfeiture or suspension of a license, permit, stamp or other issue of the department pursuant to this section, such physical license, permit, stamp or other issue shall be surrendered to the court and the judge shall forward it, along with a copy of the conviction order, to the department.
(e) A person whose license, permit, stamp or other issue of the department has been forfeited or suspended pursuant to subsection (a)(1) or (b)(1) shall not be eligible to purchase another such issue within 30 days of the conviction. A person whose license, permit, stamp or other issue of the department has been forfeited or suspended pursuant to subsection (a)(2) or (b)(2) shall not be eligible to purchase another such issue within one year from the date of conviction.
(f) A judge, upon a finding of multiple, repeated or otherwise aggravated violations by a defendant, may order forfeiture or suspension of the defendant's license, permit, stamp or other issue of the department for a period longer than otherwise provided by this section and may order the defendant to refrain from any activity, legal or illegal, related to the activity for which convicted for a period longer than otherwise provided by this section.
History: L. 1985, ch. 132, § 8; L. 1989, ch. 118, § 132; L. 2012, ch. 47, § 62; L. 2017, ch. 25, § 2; July 1.
Structure Kansas Statutes
Chapter 32 - Wildlife, Parks And Recreation
32-1001 Licenses, permits, stamps and other issues of the department; unlawful acts; penalties.
32-1003 Unlawful methods of taking wildlife; penalties.
32-1005 Commercialization of wildlife.
32-1006 Coyotes, moles, gophers.
32-1012 Application of prohibitions regarding nongame or endangered species.
32-1013 Taking wildlife without permission on land posted "by written permission only"; penalties.
32-1014 Obstruction or impeding of lawful activities.
32-1015 Miscellaneous violations.
32-1031 Violations; penalties.
32-1032 Big game and wild turkey violations; penalties.
32-1033 Unlawful taking of endangered species.
32-1034 Second conviction for obstruction or impeding of lawful activities.
32-1040 Violations by 16- and 17-year-olds.
32-1041 Forfeiture or suspension of license, permit, stamp or other issue.
32-1047 Seizure of wildlife, devices, equipment and firearms; disposition.
32-1048 Conservation officers and employees; arrest powers.
32-1051 Law enforcement officers' duties.
32-1053 County or district attorneys' duties; prosecution fee.
32-1054 Report of prosecutions.
32-1061 Wildlife violator compact; enactment of compact.
32-1062 Same; rules and regulations.
32-1064 Same; licensing authority; duties.
32-1065 Same; compact administrator, compensation and expenses.
32-1066 Same; board of compact administrators; appointment of state administrator.
32-1071 State sovereignty over non-migratory wildlife act; citation of act.
32-1074 Same; non-migratory nature of lesser and greater prairie chickens.
32-1075 Same; regulation of prairie chickens and prairie chicken habitats in Kansas.
32-1076 Same; enforcement of act.