2010 Pennsylvania Code
Title 34 - GAME
Chapter 27 - Hunting and Furtaking Licenses
2701 - License requirements.

                                CHAPTER 27
                      HUNTING AND FURTAKING LICENSES

     Subchapter
        A.  General Provisions
        B.  Agents
        C.  License Denials or Revocations

        Enactment.  Chapter 27 was added July 8, 1986, P.L.442,
     No.93, effective July 1, 1987.
        Cross References.  Chapter 27 is referred to in sections
     2923, 2945 of this title; section 4355 of Title 23 (Domestic
     Relations).

                               SUBCHAPTER A
                            GENERAL PROVISIONS

     Sec.
     2701.  License requirements.
     2702.  Residents.
     2703.  Nonresidents.
     2704.  Eligibility for license.
     2705.  Classes of licenses.
     2706.  Resident license and fee exemptions.
     2706.1. Complimentary nonresident licenses.
     2706.2. Elk hunting licenses.
     2707.  License periods.
     2708.  Application requirements.
     2709.  License costs and fees.
     2710.  Replacement of lost licenses.
     2711.  Unlawful acts concerning licenses.
     2712.  Vouchers for licenses and permits.
     § 2701.  License requirements.
        (a)  General rule.--Except in defense of person or property
     or pursuant to exemptions authorized in this title or by
     regulation of the commission for implementing a mentored youth
     hunting program, every person, prior to engaging in any of the
     privileges granted by this title, shall first obtain the
     applicable license subject to any conditions or other
     requirements imposed by this title.
        (b)  Only one license valid.--Only one full-term or distinct
     hunting license and furtaking license shall be valid during any
     full-term license year. The issuance of any replacement license
     or the purchase of a second or subsequent license of any class
     shall immediately and automatically invalidate any license of
     the same kind which had been previously issued.
        (c)  Exception.--Any person who has never held a hunting
     license in Pennsylvania or any other state may participate in
     the hunting and trapping activities authorized under this title
     or commission regulations without compliance with subsection (a)
     or section 2704 (relating to eligibility for license) if that
     person satisfies all of the following requirements:
            (1)  The person who participates in the hunting or
        trapping activities must always be in sight of and close
        enough to a licensed hunter who is at least 18 years of age
        to clearly hear and understand instructions communicated to
        the person through normal conversation without the aid of any
        device. The licensed hunter shall have a valid hunting
        license for the game or wildlife they are hunting or qualify
        for license and fee exemptions under section 2706 (relating
        to resident license and fee exemptions).
            (2)  The unlicensed person may not possess, convey or use
        any firearm, bow or any other device that may be used to
        harvest game or furbearers.
            (3)  The unlicensed person must be in compliance with
        section 2524 (relating to protective material required) and
        with any regulations promulgated by the commission related to
        protective material.
            (4)  The unlicensed person who participates in any
        hunting party shall be listed on any required hunting roster
        and shall count as a member of the hunting party for purposes
        of section 2324 (relating to roster of parties hunting big
        game) and commission regulations relating to big game animal
        hunting roster and parties hunting small game.
            (5)  For the purposes of this section, at no time shall a
        licensed hunter accompany more than one unlicensed person.
     (June 28, 2004, P.L.452, No.48, eff. imd.; Dec. 22, 2005,
     P.L.452, No.86, eff. 60 days)

        2005 Amendment.  Act 86 amended subsec. (a).
        Cross References.  Section 2701 is referred to in section
     2301 of this title.