2010 Rhode Island Code
Title 20 Fish and Wildlife
CHAPTER 20-11 Fresh Water Fishing
§ 20-11-1 Fishing for which license required.


§ 20-11-1 Fishing for which license required. – No person fifteen (15) years old or older shall catch or take any fish in any fresh water stream or fresh water pond within this state or place or operate or superintend any device for the purpose of taking or catching fish in any of those waters, without having first obtained a license; provided, however, that a license shall not be required of any resident of this state or the members of the resident's immediate family to fish in any brook or pond running through or bordering upon land owned or leased by the resident and on which the resident is actually domiciled, nor those individuals exempted under § 20-2-31.
History of Section.
(P.L. 1981, ch. 197, § 3; P.L. 1986, ch. 549, § 3.)

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