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RSA 214:11-a · Driver's License Required

Title: XVIII: FISH AND GAME
Chapter: 214 · LICENSES
Status: current
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214:11-a Driver's License Required. –

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No person is authorized to procure a resident license to hunt, fish, or take clams or clam worms or oysters, without first exhibiting to the person issuing the license the following identification:

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(a)

At the location of a registered fish and game agent, a valid New Hampshire driver's license or New Hampshire nondriver's picture identification card issued pursuant to RSA 260:21, RSA 260:21-a, or RSA 260:21-b.

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(b)

At fish and game department headquarters, a valid New Hampshire driver's license or New Hampshire nondriver's picture identification card issued pursuant to RSA 260:21, RSA 260:21-a, or RSA 260:21-b, or such alternate form of identification and proof of residency as would be accepted by the department of safety, division of motor vehicles, to support the issuance of a New Hampshire driver's license or New Hampshire nondriver's picture identification card. I-a. Whenever the applicant for a resident license to hunt, fish, or take clams or clam worms or oysters is under 18 years of age, the parent or guardian of the applicant shall be a resident pursuant to RSA 207:1, XXIII.

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Any person who is no longer a legal resident of the state but still retains a valid New Hampshire driver's license, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor if said person endeavors to obtain a resident fishing or hunting license based on this driver's license. Source. 1967, 414:1. 1973, 47:2. 1985, 291:33. 2003, 112:5. 2005, 28:1, eff. July 9, 2005. 2016, 71:5, eff. May 10, 2016. 2019, 97:1, eff. Aug. 20, 2019.

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Source note

Source. 1967, 414:1. 1973, 47:2. 1985, 291:33. 2003, 112:5. 2005, 28:1, eff. July 9, 2005. 2016, 71:5, eff. May 10, 2016. 2019, 97:1, eff. Aug. 20, 2019.

Source history

1967, 414:1
1973, 47:2
1985, 291:33
2003, 112:5
2005, 28:1, eff. July 9, 2005
2016, 71:5, eff. May 10, 2016
2019, 97:1, eff. Aug. 20, 2019

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r fishing application without paying a fee. Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened: 1 New Section; Licenses for Minors. Amend RSA 214 by inserting after section 6-a the following new section: 214:6-b Licenses for Minors. Any resident of this state who is under 18 years of age may, upon presentation of proof of age, make application to the executi
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r fishing application without paying a fee. Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened: 1 New Section; Licenses for Minors. Amend RSA 214 by inserting after section 6-a the following new section: 214:6-b Licenses for Minors. Any resident of this state who is under 18 years of age may, upon presentation of proof of age, make application to the executi
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