Idaho § 36-404 - Classes of licenses
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§ 36-404. Classes of licenses
The licenses required by the provisions of this title shall be of eight (8) classes. Classes one (1) through five (5) and eight (8) in this section may be purchased or obtained only by persons who meet residency requirements under the provisions of section 36-202 (s) and (t), Idaho Code, or who are valid holders of a lifetime license certificate.
Class 1: Adult Combination - Hunting - Fishing - Trapping Licenses. Licenses to be issued only to persons who are residents of the state of Idaho.
Class 2: Junior Hunting - Trapping.
(a) Junior hunting license. Licenses to be issued only to persons who are residents of the state of Idaho and are between ten (10) and seventeen (17) years of age, inclusive. Provided, that a license may be issued to qualified persons who are nine (9) years of age to allow the application for a controlled hunt big game tag or turkey permit; however, said persons shall not hunt until they are ten (10) years of age. Persons with a junior hunting license who are ten (10) or eleven (11) years of age shall be accompanied in the field by an adult licensed to hunt in the state of Idaho.
(b) Junior trapping licenses. Licenses to be issued only to persons who are residents of the state of Idaho and are seventeen (17) years of age or younger.
Class 3: Junior Combination - Fishing Licenses. Licenses to be issued only to persons who are residents of the state of Idaho between fourteen (14) and seventeen (17) years of age, inclusive.
Class 4: Senior Resident Combination License. Licenses to be issued only to persons over sixty-five (65) years of age who meet the definition of "resident" pursuant to the provisions of section 36-202 , Idaho Code.
Class 5: Resident Lifetime Combination - Hunting - Fishing License. Licenses to be issued only to persons who are valid holders of a lifetime license certificate.
Class 6: Nonresident Combination - Hunting - Fishing - Trapping - Junior Mentored Hunting - Disabled Hunting License for American Veteran - Licenses. Licenses required of persons who are nonresidents.
Class 7: Duplicate License - Tag. A license or tag to be issued as a replacement for an original license or tag lost or mutilated. Said license or tag shall be issued in the same class and type as the original and upon issuance of such duplicate license or tag the original license or tag shall become null and void.
Class 8: Resident Hunting and Fishing License with Tags, Permits and Stamps. Licenses to be issued only to persons who meet residency requirements under the provisions of section 36-202 (s) and (t), Idaho Code.
[36-404, added 1976, ch. 95, sec. 2, p. 334; am. 1983, ch. 56, sec. 1, p. 132; am. 1986, ch. 51, sec. 2, p. 145; am. 1986, ch. 52, sec. 2, p. 151; am. 1988, ch. 205, sec. 1, p. 385; am. 1996, ch. 185, sec. 1, p. 582; am. 1998, ch. 175, sec. 3, p. 620; am. 2000, ch. 211, sec. 7, p. 550; am. 2002, ch. 234, sec. 2, p. 685; am. 2008, ch. 98, sec. 1, p. 265; am. 2010, ch. 50, sec. 1, p. 94; am. 2011, ch. 88, sec. 1, p. 183; am. 2013, ch. 70, sec. 1, p. 169; am. 2014, ch. 81, sec. 1, p. 221; am. 2015, ch. 55, sec. 2, p. 146; am. 2017, ch. 61, sec. 2, p. 141.]
Source: official Idaho text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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