Rhode Island General Laws
Chapter 20-2 - Licensing
Section 20-2-9. - Possession, inspection, and display of license.

§ 20-2-9. Possession, inspection, and display of license.
Every person holding a license issued under this chapter shall have that license in his or her possession at all times while engaged in the licensed activity and shall present the license for inspection on demand by any authorized person. In the case of freshwater fishing, the licensee shall wear in any manner plainly visible upon the licensee’s person while fishing, an identifying device as the director may prescribe, the device to be furnished by the director at a minimum cost to the licensee. Any person who shall refuse to present a license on demand shall be liable to the same punishment as if that person were hunting or fishing without a license.
History of Section.P.L. 1981, ch. 197, § 3.

Structure Rhode Island General Laws

Rhode Island General Laws

Title 20 - Fish and Wildlife

Chapter 20-2 - Licensing

Section 20-2-1. - General.

Section 20-2-1.1. - Repealed.

Section 20-2-2. - Issuance of licenses.

Section 20-2-2.1. - Expiration date.

Section 20-2-3. - Record of licenses issued — Accounting for fees.

Section 20-2-4. - Authorized agents fee.

Section 20-2-4.1. - Authorized internet agent.

Section 20-2-5. - Replacement of lost or destroyed certificate.

Section 20-2-6. - Appropriation of license fees.

Section 20-2-7. - Use of license proceeds.

Section 20-2-7.1. - Repealed.

Section 20-2-8. - False statements and violations — Cancellation of license.

Section 20-2-9. - Possession, inspection, and display of license.

Section 20-2-10. - Endorsement of license.

Section 20-2-11. - Transfer or loan of license.

Section 20-2-12. - Application for license.

Section 20-2-13. - License revocation.

Section 20-2-14. - Licenses — Expiration.

Section 20-2-15. - Freshwater fishing license.

Section 20-2-16. - Hunting license.

Section 20-2-16.1. - Shooting preserves.

Section 20-2-17. - Combination fishing and hunting license.

Section 20-2-18. - Deer permits.

Section 20-2-18.1. - Wild turkey permits.

Section 20-2-18.2. - Stocked game bird permits required.

Section 20-2-18.3. - Stocked game bird permit fees and bag limits.

Section 20-2-19. - Commercial minnow license.

Section 20-2-20. - Repealed.

Section 20-2-21. - Repealed.

Section 20-2-22. - Nonresident’s noncommercial shellfish license.

Section 20-2-23. - Repealed.

Section 20-2-24. - Recreational lobster license.

Section 20-2-25. - Repealed.

Section 20-2-26. - Repealed.

Section 20-2-26.1. - Repealed.

Section 20-2-27. - Repealed.

Section 20-2-27.1. - Rhode Island party and charter vessel license.

Section 20-2-27.2. - Repealed.

Section 20-2-28. - Repealed.

Section 20-2-28.1. - Repealed.

Section 20-2-28.2. - Deposit of fees.

Section 20-2-29. - Commercial game licenses.

Section 20-2-30. - Fur trapping and licenses.

Section 20-2-31. - Hunting and fishing licenses — Exceptions.

Section 20-2-32. - Inspections condition of license.

Section 20-2-33. - Altering and counterfeiting a license.

Section 20-2-34. - Definitions.

Section 20-2-35. - Waterfowl stamp required.

Section 20-2-36. - Waterfowl stamp design, production, and distribution.

Section 20-2-37. - Waterfowl stamp fees.

Section 20-2-38. - Disposition of waterfowl receipts.

Section 20-2-38.1. - Grants, donations, and gifts to the waterfowl fund.

Section 20-2-39. - Definitions.

Section 20-2-40. - Trout conservation stamp required.

Section 20-2-41. - Trout conservation stamp design, production, and distribution.

Section 20-2-42. - Trout conservation stamp fee.

Section 20-2-43. - Disposition of trout conservation stamp receipts.

Section 20-2-44. - Shellfish transplant program.

Section 20-2-45. - Narragansett Bay Oyster Restoration Act.