When satisfied as to the applicant's qualifications for an outfitter's or guide's license and upon receipt of a fee of $10 therefor, the director shall issue such license which shall be for the calendar year therein designated.
Immediately upon the issuance of an outfitter's or guide's license and before any outfitter's or guide's services are offered or rendered thereunder, the licensee shall execute a surety bond in the penal sum of $1,000 payable to the State of West Virginia and conditioned upon the faithful and reliable discharge of his services under and pursuant to such license. Such bond shall be approved as to form by the Attorney General and as to surety by the director, and when so executed and approved, shall be filed in the office of the director. Such bond shall be for the life of the license.
The director is hereby authorized to revoke and cancel any such license for failure of the licensee to give the bond herein required, for licensee's violation or disregard of any of the provisions of this chapter, upon licensee's conviction of crime, or for any other reason or cause justifying refusal of the license to the licensee upon a new application therefor. The director shall afford a licensee an opportunity to be heard upon the revocation and cancellation of the license.
No person shall act or serve as a guide or outfitter, as defined in this article, without procuring and having on his person at the time a valid license from the director authorizing him so to do. Any person violating this provision shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, may be fined not exceeding $100 or confined in the county jail not exceeding ninety days, or, in the discretion of the court, be both fined and imprisoned within the limits herein prescribed.
Structure West Virginia Code
§20-2-1. Declaration of Policy
§20-2-1a. Wildlife Resources Division; Organization and Administration
§20-2-2. Violations of Article
§20-2-2a. Interference With Hunters, Trappers and Fishermen
§20-2-3. State Ownership of Wildlife
§20-2-4. Possession of Wildlife
§20-2-5. Unlawful Methods of Hunting and Fishing and Other Unlawful Acts; Sunday Hunting
§20-2-5e. Assessment Fee for Decoy Animals
§20-2-5f. Nonresident Dog Training for Coon Hunting; Training Season
§20-2-5g. Use of a Crossbow to Hunt
§20-2-5h. Elk Management Area; Elk Damage Fund; Criminal Penalties; Rule-Making
§20-2-5i. Waste of Game Animals, Game Birds, or Game Fish; Penalties
§20-2-5j. Leashed Dogs for Tracking Mortally Wounded Deer or Bear
§20-2-5k. Use of Air Rifles to Hunt
§20-2-6. Carrying Gun on Landowner's Land
§20-2-7. Hunting, Trapping or Fishing on Lands of Another; Damages and Restitution
§20-2-8. Posting Unenclosed Lands; Hunting, etc., on Posted Land
§20-2-9. Unlawful Posting of Lands
§20-2-10. Destruction, etc., of Signs Posted Under Chapter
§20-2-11. Sale of Wildlife; Transportation of Same
§20-2-12. Transportation of Wildlife Out of State; Penalties
§20-2-13. Importation of Wildlife; Certification and Inspection of Imported Wildlife
§20-2-14. Propagation of Wildlife for Commercial Purposes
§20-2-17. Hunting Fur-Bearing Animals; Possession of Fur; Disturbing Traps of Another
§20-2-18. Number and Types of Traps
§20-2-21. Reporting Beaver and Otter Pelts Taken and Tagged
§20-2-22. Tagging, Removing, Transporting and Reporting Bear, Deer, Wild Boar and Wild Turkey
§20-2-23. Outfitters and Guides -- Generally; Definitions
§20-2-23b. Whitewater Study and Improvement Fund
§20-2-23c. Voluntary Contributions to Whitewater Advertising and Promotion Fund
§20-2-23d. Bond; Revocation of License; Licensing Carrying Requirement; Criminal Penalties
§20-2-23e. Implementation of Allocation Methodology
§20-2-24. Outfitters and Guides -- Qualifications
§20-2-25. Same -- License Applications; National Forest Requirements
§20-2-26. Same -- License Fee; Bond; Revocation of License; Penalties
§20-2-27. Necessity for License
§20-2-28. When Licenses or Permits Not Required
§20-2-29. Conservation of Species and Request for Public Records
§20-2-31. Size and Form of License and Tag; Contents; Unlawful to Alter Licenses or Permits; Penalty
§20-2-32. Issuance of Licenses; Duplicate Licenses
§20-2-33. Authority of Director to Designate Agents to Issue Licenses; Bonds; Fees
§20-2-33b. Electronic Application Donation to Fund the Coyote Management Program
§20-2-34. Disposition of License Fees and Donations; Reports of Agents; Special Funds and Uses
§20-2-35. Period During Which License Valid
§20-2-36a. Hunting or Fishing When License Revoked; Penalty
§20-2-38. Refusal or Revocation of License or Permit
§20-2-42. Effective Date and Indexing of License and Stamp Fees
§20-2-42a. Class a Resident Hunting and Trapping License
§20-2-42b. Class B Resident Fishing License
§20-2-42c. Class C Courtesy Statewide Hunting and Fishing License
§20-2-42d. Class E Nonresident Hunting and Trapping License
§20-2-42e. Class Ee Nonresident Bear Hunting License
§20-2-42f. Class F Nonresident Fishing License
§20-2-42g. Class H Nonresident Small Game Hunting License
§20-2-42h. Class J Nonresident Small Game Shooting Preserve License
§20-2-42i. Class Ll Nonresident One-Day Fishing License
§20-2-42j. Class X Resident Hunting, Fishing and Trapping License
§20-2-42l. Class A-L Small Arms Hunting Stamp
§20-2-42m. Class I Nonresident National Forest Hunting, Trapping and Fishing Stamp
§20-2-42n. Class N Resident and Class Nn Nonresident Antlerless Deer Hunting Stamp
§20-2-42o. Class O Resident and Class Oo Nonresident Trout Fishing Stamp
§20-2-42p. Class Rg Resident and Class Rrg Nonresident Gun Deer Hunting Stamp for an Additional Deer
§20-2-42s. Class Uu Nonresident Archery Deer Hunting Stamp
§20-2-42t. Class Vv Nonresident Muzzle-Loading Deer Hunting Stamp
§20-2-42u. Class Ww Nonresident Turkey Hunting Stamp
§20-2-42v. Class Bg Resident Big Game Stamp
§20-2-42w. Class Y Special Crossbow Hunting Permit for Certain Disabled Persons
§20-2-42x. Class Xs Resident Senior Hunting, Fishing and Trapping License
§20-2-42y. Class Ah, Ahj, Aah, Aahj Apprentice Hunting and Trapping Licenses; Penalties
§20-2-42z. Class L Resident Five-Day Fishing License
§20-2-44b. Bear Damage Stamp; Proceeds to Be Paid Into Bear Damage Fund; Purposes, etc.
§20-2-46e. Class Q Special Hunting Permit for Disabled Persons
§20-2-47. License for Private Game Farm for Propagating Animals and Birds for Commercial Purposes
§20-2-49. Licenses for Dealers in Furs, Pelts, etc.
§20-2-50. Permit to Hunt, Kill, etc., Wildlife for Scientific or Propagation Purposes
§20-2-50a. Wildlife Damage Control Agents; Licensing
§20-2-51. Permit for Keeping Pets
§20-2-52. Permits for Roadside Menageries
§20-2-53. License for Privately Owned Commercial Fishing Preserve
§20-2-54. License for Privately-Owned Commercial Shooting Preserves
§20-2-55. License to Catch and Sell Minnows or Other Bait Fish
§20-2-56a. Bird Dog Training Permit
§20-2-58. Shooting Across Road or Near Building or Crowd; Penalty
§20-2-59. License to Take Fish and Mussels for Commercial Purposes in Certain Waters
§20-2-60. Required Attire for Deer Hunters; Exemption; Penalty
§20-2-62. Persons Exempt From Obtaining Hunting and Fishing Licenses; Qualification
§20-2-64. Regulating Release of Fish, Water Animal and Other Aquatic Organisms; Stocking Permit