2023 Minnesota Statutes

97A.474 NONRESIDENT LIFETIME LICENSES.

Subdivision 1.Nonresident lifetime licenses authorized.

(a) The commissioner may issue a lifetime angling license or a lifetime small-game-hunting license to a nonresident. The license fees paid for a lifetime license are nonrefundable.

(b) The commissioner may require the holder of a lifetime license issued under this section to notify the department each year that the license is used, by:

(1) telephone or Internet notification, as specified by the commissioner; or

(2) the purchase of stamps for the license.

Subd. 2.Nonresident lifetime angling license; fee.

(a) A nonresident lifetime angling license authorizes a person to take fish by angling in the state. The license authorizes those activities authorized by the annual nonresident angling license. The license does not include a trout-and-salmon stamp validation, a walleye stamp validation, or other stamps required by law.

(b) The fees for a nonresident lifetime angling license are:

(1) age 3 and under, $821;

(2) age 4 to age 15, $1,046;

(3) age 16 to age 50, $1,191; and

(4) age 51 and over, $794.

Subd. 3.Nonresident lifetime small-game-hunting license; fee.

(a) A nonresident lifetime small-game-hunting license authorizes a person to hunt small game in the state. The license authorizes those hunting activities authorized by the annual nonresident small-game-hunting license. The license does not include a turkey stamp validation or any other hunting stamps required by law.

(b) The fees for a nonresident lifetime small-game-hunting license are:

(1) age 3 and under, $947;

(2) age 4 to age 15, $1,280;

(3) age 16 to age 50, $1,633; and

(4) age 51 and over, $1,083.

History:

2000 c 341 s 6; 1Sp2001 c 2 s 111,112; 2008 c 368 art 2 s 29; 2012 c 277 art 2 s 15,38; 2017 c 93 art 2 s 86