Public Notice Number 3135 is hereby amended.
A. Requirement to Possess Valid License
Any resident or nonresident who hunts, takes or traps any
wild animal, bird or fish must possess a valid license issued by the
commission, unless specifically exempted under Title 49, Chapter Seven (7),
Mississippi Code of 1972.
B. Requirement to Carry Valid License on
Person
A holder of a resident or nonresident license is required to
carry the license on his person while engaged in hunting, trapping or fishing.
any penalty for not carrying a license while engaged in hunting, trapping or
fishing shall be waived if the person can verify purchase of a license prior to
the date of the violation.
C. Fishing License
Any person who resides within the State of Mississippi shall
be entitled to receive a resident fishing license.
D. Hunting or Combination Hunting/Fishing
License
1. Any person domiciled within the
State of Mississippi shall be entitled to receive a resident hunting license or
resident combination hunting/fishing license.
2. The domicile of a person is that person's
principal or primary home or place of abode. A "principal or primary home or
place of abode" is that home or place in which a person's habitation is fixed
and to which he, whenever absent, has the present intention of returning after
a departure or absence therefrom, regardless of the duration of the absence.
The burden of proving domicile shall be on the person claiming such status. A
person holding a current driver's license shall be deemed to be domiciled
within the state issuing the license. If a person does not hold a current
driver's license, the following evidence or other reliable evidence may be
considered in establishing, but is not necessarily determinative of, domicile:
residence for income or other tax purposes, homestead exemption receipt, or any
other means prescribed by the department. In the case of minors, domicile of a
parent or legal guardian shall be used as evidence of the child's domicile. For
the purpose of this license application, "minor is defined as a person under 18
years of age.
3. Any person
claiming domicile but unable to comply with the foregoing requirements may
apply to the Jackson office for a resident hunting license or combination
hunting/fishing license. In such case, the Department may prescribe other means
of proving domicile.
E.
Issuance of Resident License to a Non-domiciliary of the state
A non-domiciliary of the state may be issued a resident
hunting or fishing license or combination resident hunting/fishing license upon
providing the following:
1. A current
identification card from a Mississippi college or university;
2. A current military identification card
showing that the person is an active member of the Armed Forces (excluding
Reserves and the National Guard) and proof that the person is stationed on a
military base in Mississippi.
F. Penalty for submitting false information
on application.
In accordance with Section
49-7-21(5),
Mississippi Code of 1972, any person who obtains a license under an assumed
name or makes a materially false statement to obtain a license is guilty of a
felony and shall be subject to a fine of Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) or
may be imprisoned for a term not to exceed one (1) year or
both.
