West Virginia Code
Chapter 20. Natural Resources
Article 2. Wildlife Resources

§20-2-5a. Forfeiture by Person Causing Injury or Death of Game or Protected Species of Animal; Additional Replacement Costs for Antlered Deer; Forfeiture Procedures and Costs - (a) Any person who is convicted of violating a criminal...

§20-2-5b. Exceeding Creel Limit on Trout; Other Violations of Code or Rules and Regulations for Trout Fishing; Penalties - Any person who exceeds the creel limit on trout or...

§20-2-5c. Protection of Bald Eagles and Golden Eagles; Unlawful Acts; Criminal Penalties; Forfeitures; License Revocation - (a) It is unlawful at any time for any person...

§20-2-5d. Use of Chemicals, Biological Compounds or Devices on Free Roaming Wildlife Populations for Fertility Control - Notwithstanding any other provisions of this code and except as...

§20-2-5e. Assessment Fee for Decoy Animals - Any person convicted for the violation of any law involving...

§20-2-5f. Nonresident Dog Training for Coon Hunting; Training Season - Notwithstanding subdivision (24), section five of this article or any...

§20-2-5g. Use of a Crossbow to Hunt - (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this code to the...

§20-2-5h. Elk Management Area; Elk Damage Fund; Criminal Penalties; Rule-Making - (a) Findings. -- The Legislature finds that Eastern Elk were...

§20-2-5i. Waste of Game Animals, Game Birds, or Game Fish; Penalties - (a) It is unlawful for any person to cause through...

§20-2-5j. Leashed Dogs for Tracking Mortally Wounded Deer or Bear - (a) Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter to the contrary,...

§20-2-5k. Use of Air Rifles to Hunt - (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this code to the...

§20-2-6. Carrying Gun on Landowner's Land - Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, it shall be...

§20-2-7. Hunting, Trapping or Fishing on Lands of Another; Damages and Restitution - (a) It is unlawful for any person to shoot, hunt,...

§20-2-8. Posting Unenclosed Lands; Hunting, etc., on Posted Land - The owner, lessee or other person entitled to possession of...

§20-2-9. Unlawful Posting of Lands - It shall be unlawful and shall constitute a misdemeanor offense...

§20-2-10. Destruction, etc., of Signs Posted Under Chapter - It shall be unlawful and shall constitute a misdemeanor offense...

§20-2-11. Sale of Wildlife; Transportation of Same - (a) A person, except those legally licensed to operate private...

§20-2-12. Transportation of Wildlife Out of State; Penalties - (a) A person may not transport or have in his...

§20-2-13. Importation of Wildlife; Certification and Inspection of Imported Wildlife - No person shall transport into or have in his possession...

§20-2-14. Propagation of Wildlife for Commercial Purposes - No person shall propagate wildlife for commercial purposes except when...

§20-2-15. Permit to Kill Deer or Other Wildlife Causing Damage to Cultivated Crops, Trees, Commercial Nurseries, Homeowners' Shrubbery and Vegetable Gardens; Weapon Restrictions - (a) Whenever it is found that deer or other wildlife...

§20-2-16. Dogs Chasing Deer - Except as provided in 20-2-5j of this code, no person...

§20-2-17. Hunting Fur-Bearing Animals; Possession of Fur; Disturbing Traps of Another - No person shall hunt, capture, trap, take or kill fur-bearing...

§20-2-18. Number and Types of Traps - The director shall have the power and authority to regulate...

§20-2-19. Marking of Traps - All traps used for taking game or fur-bearing animals shall...

§20-2-20. Trapping Beaver - A person may not have in his possession an untagged...

§20-2-21. Reporting Beaver and Otter Pelts Taken and Tagged - Each trapper shall electronically register each beaver and otter, or...

§20-2-22. Tagging, Removing, Transporting and Reporting Bear, Deer, Wild Boar and Wild Turkey - (a) Each person killing a bear, deer, wild boar or...

§20-2-22a. Hunting, Tagging and Reporting Bear; Procedures Applicable to Property Destruction by Bear; Penalties - (a) A person may not hunt, capture, or kill any...

§20-2-23. Outfitters and Guides -- Generally; Definitions - (a) Services of outfitters and guides for the benefit and...

§20-2-23a. Whitewater Commission; Powers and Duties of Commission and Division of Natural Resources; Allocations; Civil and Criminal Penalties for Violations - (a) There is hereby created a whitewater commission within the...

§20-2-23b. Whitewater Study and Improvement Fund - There is hereby created in the State Treasury a special...

§20-2-23c. Voluntary Contributions to Whitewater Advertising and Promotion Fund - There is hereby created in the State Treasury a special...

§20-2-23d. Bond; Revocation of License; Licensing Carrying Requirement; Criminal Penalties - (a) Immediately upon the issuance of a whitewater outfitter's license...

§20-2-23e. Implementation of Allocation Methodology - Other provisions of this article notwithstanding, the implementation of an...

§20-2-24. Outfitters and Guides -- Qualifications - Each outfitter and guide licensed under the provisions hereof shall...

§20-2-25. Same -- License Applications; National Forest Requirements - Each applicant for an outfitter or guide license shall file...

§20-2-26. Same -- License Fee; Bond; Revocation of License; Penalties - When satisfied as to the applicant's qualifications for an outfitter's...

§20-2-27. Necessity for License - (a) Except as otherwise provided by law, no resident who...

§20-2-28. When Licenses or Permits Not Required - Persons in the following categories are not required to obtain...

§20-2-29. Conservation of Species and Request for Public Records - (a) The director may exempt from disclosure under the Freedom...

§20-2-30. Application and Statement of Eligibility for Licenses or Permits; Procuring License or Permit in Violation of Chapter - (a) Each person who applies for any class of license...

§20-2-30a. Certificate of Training; Falsifying, Altering, Forging, Counterfeiting or Uttering Training Certificate; Penalties - (a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this article, no base...

§20-2-31. Size and Form of License and Tag; Contents; Unlawful to Alter Licenses or Permits; Penalty - (a) The size, content, and form of all licenses, tags,...

§20-2-32. Issuance of Licenses; Duplicate Licenses - (a) The clerk of the county commission in each county...

§20-2-33. Authority of Director to Designate Agents to Issue Licenses; Bonds; Fees - (a) The Director may appoint, in addition to the clerk...

§20-2-33a. Electronic Application to Apprise Applicant of Hunters Helping the Hungry Program; Check-Off Donations; Special Fund Continued; Authorized Expenditures - (a) (1) Every application for electronic license shall include a...

§20-2-33b. Electronic Application Donation to Fund the Coyote Management Program - (a) (1) Effective January 1, 2006, every application for a...

§20-2-33c. Electronic Application Donation to West Virginia University Rifle Team; Special Fund Created; Authorized Disbursements - (a) Every electronic application for a hunting or fishing license...

§20-2-34. Disposition of License Fees and Donations; Reports of Agents; Special Funds and Uses - (a) All persons in this state who receive money for...

§20-2-35. Period During Which License Valid - Licenses and permits provided by this chapter shall be valid...

§20-2-36. When License, Related Documents, and Picture Identification to Be Carried; Using License of Another; Transferring License to Another - (a) A person who is required by this article to...

§20-2-36a. Hunting or Fishing When License Revoked; Penalty - Any person whose license to hunt or fish has been...

§20-2-37. Display of License, etc., by Persons in Possession of Hunting, Fishing, etc., Paraphernalia - (a) Any person having in his or her possession in...

§20-2-38. Refusal or Revocation of License or Permit - The director may, for cause, refuse a license or permit...

§20-2-38a. Suspension of License or Permit for Failure to Pay Fines or Penalties Imposed by Magistrate Court - The director shall suspend the license or permit of any...

§20-2-42. Effective Date and Indexing of License and Stamp Fees - The director may propose rules for legislative approval in accordance...

§20-2-42a. Class a Resident Hunting and Trapping License - A Class A license is a resident hunting and trapping...

§20-2-42b. Class B Resident Fishing License - A Class B license is a resident fishing license and...

§20-2-42c. Class C Courtesy Statewide Hunting and Fishing License - A Class C license is a courtesy hunting and fishing...

§20-2-42d. Class E Nonresident Hunting and Trapping License - A Class E license is a nonresident hunting and trapping...

§20-2-42e. Class Ee Nonresident Bear Hunting License - A Class EE license is a nonresident bear hunting license...

§20-2-42f. Class F Nonresident Fishing License - A Class F license is a nonresident fishing license and...

§20-2-42g. Class H Nonresident Small Game Hunting License - A Class H license is a nonresident small game hunting...

§20-2-42h. Class J Nonresident Small Game Shooting Preserve License - A Class J license is a nonresident small game shooting...

§20-2-42i. Class Ll Nonresident One-Day Fishing License - A Class LL license is a nonresident fishing license and...

§20-2-42j. Class X Resident Hunting, Fishing and Trapping License - A Class X license is a resident hunting, fishing and...

§20-2-42k. Class Xj Resident Junior and Class Xxj Nonresident Junior Hunting, Fishing and Trapping License - A Class XJ license is a resident junior hunting, fishing...

§20-2-42l. Class A-L Small Arms Hunting Stamp - Notwithstanding the provisions of section two, article seven, chapter sixty-one...

§20-2-42m. Class I Nonresident National Forest Hunting, Trapping and Fishing Stamp - A Class I stamp is a nonresident national forest hunting,...

§20-2-42n. Class N Resident and Class Nn Nonresident Antlerless Deer Hunting Stamp - A Class N stamp is a resident deer hunting stamp...

§20-2-42o. Class O Resident and Class Oo Nonresident Trout Fishing Stamp - A Class O stamp is a resident trout fishing stamp....

§20-2-42p. Class Rg Resident and Class Rrg Nonresident Gun Deer Hunting Stamp for an Additional Deer - The Director has the authority to issue a Class RG...

§20-2-42q. Class Rb Resident and Class Rrb Nonresident Archery Deer Hunting Stamp for an Additional Deer - The director may issue a Class RB resident and a...

§20-2-42r. Class Rm Resident and Class Rrm Nonresident Muzzle-Loader Deer Hunting Stamp for an Additional Deer - The Director shall have the authority to issue a Class...

§20-2-42s. Class Uu Nonresident Archery Deer Hunting Stamp - A Class UU stamp is a nonresident archery deer hunting...

§20-2-42t. Class Vv Nonresident Muzzle-Loading Deer Hunting Stamp - A Class VV stamp is a nonresident muzzle-loading deer hunting...

§20-2-42u. Class Ww Nonresident Turkey Hunting Stamp - A Class WW stamp is a nonresident turkey hunting stamp...

§20-2-42v. Class Bg Resident Big Game Stamp - A Class BG stamp is a resident big game stamp...

§20-2-42w. Class Y Special Crossbow Hunting Permit for Certain Disabled Persons - (a) A Class Y permit is a special statewide hunting...

§20-2-42x. Class Xs Resident Senior Hunting, Fishing and Trapping License - (a) A Class XS license is a resident senior hunting,...

§20-2-42y. Class Ah, Ahj, Aah, Aahj Apprentice Hunting and Trapping Licenses; Penalties - (a) Except for persons otherwise exempted, Class AH, AHJ, AAH,...

§20-2-42z. Class L Resident Five-Day Fishing License - A Class L license is a resident fishing license and...

§20-2-44. Free Fishing Days - The Director may designate up to two days each year...

§20-2-44b. Bear Damage Stamp; Proceeds to Be Paid Into Bear Damage Fund; Purposes, etc. - To hunt bear in this state, a licensed hunter shall...

§20-2-46e. Class Q Special Hunting Permit for Disabled Persons - (a) A Class Q permit is a special statewide hunting...

§20-2-46f. Class Dt Special Hunting and Fishing License for Persons With a Life-Threatening Condition - (a) A Class DT license is a special statewide hunting...

§20-2-47. License for Private Game Farm for Propagating Animals and Birds for Commercial Purposes - The director may issue a license for the operation of...

§20-2-48. License for Private Plant or Pond for Propagating Fish, Frogs, Turtles and Other Forms of Aquatic Life for Commercial Purposes - The director may issue a license for the operation of...

§20-2-49. Licenses for Dealers in Furs, Pelts, etc. - The director may issue licenses for buying or dealing in...

§20-2-50. Permit to Hunt, Kill, etc., Wildlife for Scientific or Propagation Purposes - The director may issue a permit to a person to...

§20-2-50a. Wildlife Damage Control Agents; Licensing - The director may issue a license to a person to...

§20-2-51. Permit for Keeping Pets - The director may issue a permit to a person to...

§20-2-52. Permits for Roadside Menageries - The director may issue a permit for the keeping and...

§20-2-53. License for Privately Owned Commercial Fishing Preserve - The director may issue a license for the operation of...

§20-2-54. License for Privately-Owned Commercial Shooting Preserves - (1) The director may issue a license for privately-owned commercial...

§20-2-55. License to Catch and Sell Minnows or Other Bait Fish - The director shall have the power and authority to issue...

§20-2-56. Permit to Hold a Field Trial, Shoot-to-Retrieve Field Trial, Water Race or Wild Hunt; License Exemption - The director may issue a permit to any person, group...

§20-2-56a. Bird Dog Training Permit - The director may issue a permit to train bird dogs...

§20-2-57. Negligent Shooting, Wounding or Killing of Livestock While Hunting; Criminal Violations; Penalty - (a) It is unlawful for any person, while engaged in...

§20-2-57a. Negligent Shooting, Wounding or Killing of Another Person While Hunting; Duty to Render Aid; Criminal Violations; Suspension of Hunting and Fishing License; Criminal Penalties; Administrative Penalties - (a) It is unlawful for any person, while engaged in...

§20-2-57b. Prohibition Against Hunting While Intoxicated; Offense of Hunting While Intoxicated, Creating Offense of Shooting Another Person When Hunting While Intoxicated; Creating Misdemeanor And, Felony Offenses for the Same; Defining Suspension of... - (a) It is unlawful for any person to hunt, pursue,...

§20-2-58. Shooting Across Road or Near Building or Crowd; Penalty - (a) In addition to any other prohibitions which may exist...

§20-2-59. License to Take Fish and Mussels for Commercial Purposes in Certain Waters - The director may issue a license to any resident of...

§20-2-60. Required Attire for Deer Hunters; Exemption; Penalty - Any person who hunts deer on public lands or the...

§20-2-62. Persons Exempt From Obtaining Hunting and Fishing Licenses; Qualification - Any person who has been a prisoner of war, was...

§20-2-64. Regulating Release of Fish, Water Animal and Other Aquatic Organisms; Stocking Permit - (a) It is unlawful for any person: (i) To release...

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West Virginia Code Chapter 20. Natural Resources Article 2. Wildlife Resources

West Virginia Code
Chapter 20. Natural Resources
Article 2. Wildlife Resources