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Ohio Administrative Code (Last Updated: January 12, 2021) |
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1501:31 Division of Wildlife |
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Chapter1501:31-27. License and Permit Regulations |
1501:31-27-03. Multi-year hunting and fishing license regulations
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(A) A multi-year hunting license issued in accordance with section 1533.321 of the Revised Code to a person who has not obtained a certificate of completion issued upon completion of a hunter education and conservation course approved by the chief or has not submitted evidence of equivalent training in content and manner approved by the chief, shall bear an "apprentice" hunter designation and shall be subject to the provisions of section 1533.102 of the Revised Code and division (G) of section 1533.10 of the Revised Code and rules adopted thereunder, as aplicable. This rule is in addition to and supplements section 1533.102 of the Revised Code.
(1) A multi-year hunting license issued in accordance with this rule shall begin on the date of issuance and expire three years, five years, or ten years from the date of issuance, as applicable.
(2) A multi-year hunting license issued in accordance with this rule to a person who subsequently obtains a certificate of completion issued upon completion of a hunter education and conservation course approved by the chief or submits evidence of equivalent training in content and manner approved by the chief, shall be reissued in accordance with section 1533.10 of the Revised Code and section 1533.321 of the Revised Code without the "apprentice" hunter status designation.
(3) A multi-year hunting license issued in accordance with this rule to a person who subsequently becomes a nonresident after issuance of the license shall remain valid in this state during its term, regardless of residency status.
(B) It shall be unlawful for a person issued a hunting license in accordance with paragraph(A) of this rule to hunt if they are not accompanied by another person who is twenty-one years of age or older and who possesses a valid hunting license issued in accordance with sections 1533.10 of the Revised Code or section 1533.321 of the Revised Code.
(C) It shall be unlawful for the holder of a valid hunting license issued in accordance with sections 1533.10 of the Revised Code or section 1533.321 of the Revised Code to accompany more than two holders of a hunting license in accordance with paragraph (A) of this rule at one time.
(D) All definitions set forth in rule 1501:31-1-02 of the Administrative Code shall apply to this rule.