5 AAC 92.031 - [Effective until 7/1/2025] Permit for selling skins, skulls, and trophies
(a) A licensed
taxidermist may sell an unclaimed, finished skin or trophy under a permit
issued by the department after the finished skin or trophy has been held
unclaimed for six month, and after the taxidermist sends notice of intent to
sell, by registered mail at least 15 days before the sale, to the last known
address of the person who ordered the taxidermy work.
(b) A court appointed or duly authorized
estate executor, or a referee in a bankruptcy, may sell a game skin or trophy
in a bankruptcy or probate action if that person first obtains a permit from
the department.
(c) Repealed
7/1/2008.
(d) Repealed
7/1/2008.
(e) Repealed
7/1/2008.
(f) A person who has
obtained ownership of a big game trophy as a result of a divorce may sell that
big game trophy only if that person first obtains a permit from the department
after providing the department with a list of the big game trophies being sold
and a divorce decree documenting ownership.
(g) A person may sell, advertise, or
otherwise offer for sale a skull or hide with claws attached of a brown bear
harvested in an area where the bag limit is two brown bears per regulatory year
only after first obtaining a permit from the department. Any advertisement must
include the permit number assigned by the department, and the department will
permanently mark all hides and skulls intended for sale. All bears sold under
this permit must be reported to the department within the time frame specified
on the permit.
(h) A person may
sell a lawfully harvested and prepared big game trophy if that person First
obtains a permit from the department.
Notes
Authority:AS 16.05.255
AS 16.05.920
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(a) A licensed taxidermist may sell an unclaimed, finished skin or trophy under a permit issued by the department after the finished skin or trophy has been held unclaimed for six month, and after the taxidermist sends notice of intent to sell, by registered mail at least 15 days before the sale, to the last known address of the person who ordered the taxidermy work.
(b) A court appointed or duly authorized estate executor, or a referee in a bankruptcy, may sell a game skin or trophy in a bankruptcy or probate action if that person first obtains a permit from the department.
(c) Repealed 7/1/2008.
(d) Repealed 7/1/2008.
(e) Repealed 7/1/2008.
(f) A person who has obtained ownership of a big game trophy as a result of a divorce may sell that big game trophy only if that person first obtains a permit from the department after providing the department with a list of the big game trophies being sold and a divorce decree documenting ownership.
(g) A person may sell, advertise, or otherwise offer for sale a skull or hide with claws attached of a brown bear harvested in an area where the bag limit is two brown bears per regulatory year only after first obtaining a permit from the department. Any advertisement must include the permit number assigned by the department, and the department will permanently mark all hides and skulls intended for sale. All bears sold under this permit must be reported to the department within the time frame specified on the permit.
(h) A person may sell a lawfully harvested and prepared big game trophy if that person First obtains a permit from the department.
Notes
Authority:AS 16.05.255
AS 16.05.920