2017 Oregon Revised Statutes
Volume : 12 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources
Chapter 497 - Licenses and Permits
Section 497.121 - Angling and shellfish licenses and tags.


(1) The State Fish and Wildlife Commission is authorized to issue, upon application, to persons desiring to angle for fish or take shellfish the following licenses and tags and shall charge the applicable fees under the fee schedule in ORS 497.061:

(a) Resident annual angling license.

(b) Nonresident annual angling license.

(c) Nonresident angling license to angle for seven consecutive days.

(d) Angling license to angle for one day.

(e) Angling and shellfish license to angle and take shellfish for one day.

(f) Angling license to angle for two days.

(g) Angling license to angle for three days.

(h) Resident annual shellfish license.

(i) Nonresident annual shellfish license.

(j) Nonresident three-day shellfish license.

(k) Two rod angling license for anglers who also hold a valid annual angling license.

(L) Resident annual senior citizen angling license for persons 70 years of age or older who have resided in the state for not less than five years prior to the date of application.

(m) Resident disabled veteran angling license for a person who files with the commission written proof that the last official certification of record by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs or by any branch of the Armed Forces of the United States shows the person to be at least 25 percent disabled.

(n) Resident disabled veteran shellfish license for a person who files with the commission written proof that the last official certification of record by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs or by any branch of the Armed Forces of the United States shows the person to be at least 25 percent disabled.

(o) Resident annual combined angling tag to angle for salmon, steelhead trout, sturgeon and halibut.

(p) Nonresident annual combined angling tag to angle for salmon, steelhead trout, sturgeon and halibut.

(q) Annual youth combined angling tag for persons under 18 years of age to angle for salmon, steelhead trout, sturgeon and halibut.

(r) Renewable tag to angle for hatchery salmon and steelhead.

(2) Any person who holds a valid permanent angling license for persons who are blind or a permanent angling license for persons in a wheelchair issued by the commission before January 1, 2000, need not obtain a resident annual angling license under this section.

(3) The annual combined angling tags to angle for salmon, steelhead trout, sturgeon and halibut referred to in subsection (1)(o), (p), (q) and (r) of this section are in addition to and not in lieu of the angling licenses required by the wildlife laws. However, an annual combined angling tag to angle for salmon, steelhead trout, sturgeon and halibut is not required of a person who holds a valid angling license referred to in subsection (1)(c) to (g) of this section. [1973 c.723 §51; 1975 c.34 §1; 1975 c.454 §4; 1979 c.377 §2; 1981 c.445 §7; 1983 c.740 §202; 1985 c.60 §2; 1985 c.390 §1; 1991 c.67 §151; 1991 c.435 §1; 1993 c.619 §1; 1999 c.25 §5; 1999 c.1006 §6; amendments by 1999 c.1006 §16 repealed by 2001 c.949 §1; 2001 c.94 §§2,3; 2001 c.571 §§4,5; 2003 c.644 §3; 2003 c.656 §8; 2007 c.70 §277; 2009 c.41 §23; 2009 c.425 §2; 2009 c.832 §7; 2015 c.779 §15]

Note: Section 4, chapter 512, Oregon Laws 1989, provides:

Sec. 4. Special dedication of fees through 2019. Notwithstanding any other provision of the wildlife laws and during the period beginning January 1, 1998, and ending December 31, 2019, of the moneys received from the sale of the following licenses, the following amounts shall be deposited as provided for in ORS 496.283:

(1) Resident annual combination license issued under ORS 497.132, $4.

(2) Resident annual angling license issued under ORS 497.121 (1)(a), $4.

(3) Angling license to angle for one day issued under ORS 497.121 (1)(d), $2.

(4) Angling and shellfish license to angle and take shellfish for one day issued under ORS 497.121 (1)(e), $2.

(5) Angling license to angle for two days issued under ORS 497.121 (1)(f), $2.

(6) Angling license to angle for three days issued under ORS 497.121 (1)(g), $2.

(7) Nonresident annual angling license issued under ORS 497.121 (1)(b), $10.

(8) Nonresident angling license to angle for seven consecutive days issued under ORS 497.121 (1)(c), $5. [1989 c.512 §4; 1991 c.184 §1; 1993 c.619 §3; 1997 c.8 §9; 1999 c.1006 §11; 2003 c.643 §1; 2009 c.765 §1; 2015 c.779 §16]

Note: Section 19, chapter 659, Oregon Laws 1993, provides:

Sec. 19. Special dedication of fees through 2019. Notwithstanding any other provision of the wildlife laws and during the period beginning January 1, 1994, and ending December 31, 2019, of the moneys received from the sale of the following licenses, the following amounts shall be deposited as provided for in ORS 496.242:

(1) Resident annual combination license issued under ORS 497.132, $4.

(2) Resident annual hunting license issued under ORS 497.102 (1)(a), $4.

(3) Nonresident annual hunting license issued under ORS 497.102 (1)(b), $4. [1993 c.659 §19; 1997 c.246 §1; 1999 c.1006 §12; 2003 c.203 §1; 2009 c.291 §1; 2015 c.779 §17]

Note: Section 3, chapter 734, Oregon Laws 2015, provides:

Sec. 3. Special dedication of fees through 2026. Notwithstanding any other provision of the wildlife laws and during the period beginning January 1, 2016, and ending December 31, 2026, of the moneys received from the sale of the following licenses, the following amounts shall be deposited in the Oregon Hatchery Research Center Fund:

(1) Resident annual combination license issued under ORS 497.132, $1.

(2) Resident annual angling license issued under ORS 497.121 (1)(a), $1.

(3) Angling license to angle for one day issued under ORS 497.121 (1)(d), $0.50.

(4) Nonresident annual angling license issued under ORS 497.121 (1)(b), $1.50.

(5) Nonresident angling license to angle for seven consecutive days issued under ORS 497.121 (1)(c), $1.50. [2015 c.734 §3; 2015 c.779 §52]

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