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Miss. Code Ann. § 49-7-8

Hunting, fishing or trapping license for nonresident; fees; violations

Laws, 1989, ch. 377, § 1; Laws, 1994, ch. 345, § 1, eff from and after July 1, 1994.

(1) No nonresident sixteen (16) years of age or older may hunt, fish, kill, take or trap any game animal, bird or fish without having acquired and having in his immediate possession a valid license issued by the Mississippi Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks.

(2) The commission shall have the following duties and powers: To prescribe the forms and types of nonresident licenses that a nonresident must obtain;

(3) To determine the total number of each type of nonresident license to be issued annually;

(4) To establish fees for nonresident licenses and the collection fees for the agent issuing such licenses; provided, however, that the fee for a nonresident all game hunting license shall not be less than Sixty Dollars ($60.00);

(5) To exercise all incidental powers necessary to develop a nonresident licensing program.

(6) A nonresident who violates this section or any licensing regulation of the commission is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished as provided in Section 49-7-21(3).

Current official text: Mississippi Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Mississippi statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.