New York Laws
Title 7 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping Licenses
11-0715 - Fees.

1. When any license or privilege listed in this section is issued by
the department or an officer or employee of the department, the license
fee is the amount specified in this section plus the amount, if any,
specified as a fee to the issuing clerk.

2. A member of the Shinnecock tribe or the Poospatuck tribe or a
member of the six nations, residing on any reservation wholly or partly
within the state, is entitled to receive free of charge a fishing
license, a hunting license, a muzzle-loading privilege, a trapping
license, and a bowhunting privilege; a resident of the state who is a
member of the United States armed forces in active service who is not
stationed within the state and has not been herein longer than thirty
days on leave or furlough, is entitled to receive free of charge a
fishing license, a hunting license, and a trapping license; a resident
of the state who is an active member of the organized militia of the
state of New York as defined by section one of the military law, or the
reserve components of the armed forces of the United States, and
excluding members of the inactive national guard and individual ready
reserve, is entitled to receive free of charge a fishing license, a
hunting license, and a trapping license; and a resident who is blind is
entitled to receive a fishing license free of charge. For the purposes
of this subdivision a person is blind only if either: (a) his or her
central visual acuity does not exceed 20/200 in the better eye with
correcting lenses, or (b) his or her visual acuity is greater than
20/200 but is accompanied by a limitation of the field of vision such
that the widest diameter of the visual field subtends an angle no
greater than 20 degrees.

A resident in the state for a period of thirty days immediately prior
to the date of application who has attained the age of seventy is
entitled to receive a fishing license, a trapping license, and a hunting
license, at a cost of five dollars for each license.

A resident in the state for a period of thirty days immediately prior
to the date of application who has attained the age of seventy is
entitled to receive free of charge a bowhunting privilege and a
muzzle-loading privilege.

3. Each applicant for a license, permit or privilege shall pay to the
issuing officer a fee, according to the license, permit or privilege
issued and the residence or other qualification of the applicant.

a. In the case of persons who meet the criteria set forth in paragraph
c of subdivision four of section 11-0703 of this title:

License Fee

(1) (a) Hunting $22.00

(b) Hunting ages fifteen

and under $5.00

(2) Fishing $25.00

(3)(a) Trapping $20.00

(b) Trapping ages fifteen and under $5.00

(4) Muzzle-loading privilege $15.00

(5)(a) Bowhunting privilege $15.00

(b) Bowhunting privilege

ages fifteen and under $4.00

(6) Turkey permit $10.00

(7) Seven-day fishing $12.00

(8) One-day fishing $ 5.00

b. In the case of a non-resident and persons resident in the state for
less than thirty days:

License Fee

(1) (a) Hunting $100.00


(b) Hunting ages fifteen and under $5.00

(2) Fishing $50.00

(3) Seven-day fishing $28.00

(4)(a) Trapping $275.00

(b) Trapping ages fifteen and under $5.00

(5)(a) Bowhunting privilege $30.00

(b) Bowhunting privilege ages

fifteen and under $4.00

(6) Muzzle-loading $30.00

(7) Turkey permit $20.00

(8) One-day fishing $10.00

c. In all cases:

(1) Certificates in lieu of

lost license or privilege or tag $5.00

(2) Duplicate for lost or

destroyed permit or tag $10.00

4. A person, resident in the state for at least thirty days
immediately prior to the date of application, who (a) has been honorably
discharged from service in the armed forces of the United States, or (b)
has a qualifying condition, as defined in section one of the veterans'
services law, and has received a discharge other than bad conduct or
dishonorable from such service, or (c) is a discharged LGBT veteran, as
defined in section one of the veterans' services law, and has received a
discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable from such service, and
is certified as having a forty percent or greater service-connected
disability is entitled to receive all licenses, privileges, tags, and
permits authorized by this title for which he or she is eligible, except
turkey permits, renewable each year for a five dollar fee.

5. Prior to the first day of February in the second year following the
year in which this subdivision shall have become a law, and prior to the
first day of February of every second year thereafter, the conservation
fund advisory council shall submit recommendations to the commissioner
regarding the level of fees established by this section taking into
account economic indicators, the status of the conservation fund, and
such program indicators as it may deem appropriate. The commissioner
shall transmit the recommendations in their entirety to the governor,
the legislature and interested individuals and organizations, and the
governor may submit a budget bill incorporating his recommendations
thereon to the legislature.

6. a. License issuing officers may retain 1.1 percent of the gross
proceeds from the sale of all lifetime licenses listed in section
11-0702 of this title.

b. License issuing officers may retain 5.5 percent of the gross
proceeds from sale of all other license, privileges, certificates and
permits, including any application fees associated with such licenses,
privileges, certificates and permits.

7. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision three of this
section, the commissioner may offer for sale licenses, privileges and
permits listed in this section at a reduced price up to ten days per
year to encourage resident and out-of-state hunters, trappers and
anglers to utilize New York's hunting, trapping and fishing
opportunities. These days shall be designated in a manner determined by
the department to best provide public notice thereof and to maximize
public participation therein.

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