Utah Administrative Code
Topic - Natural Resources
Title R657 - Wildlife Resources
Rule R657-11 - Taking Furbearers and Trapping
Section R657-11-8 - Trap Registration Numbers
Universal Citation: UT Admin Code R 657-11-8
Current through Bulletin 2024-18, September 15, 2024
(1)
(a) Except as provided in Subsection
(1)(a)(ii), a person must possess a valid trap registration license before
using any trapping device to take a furbearer, coyote, or raccoon.
(i) A trap registration license is required
in addition to any other license, permit, or tag required by this rule to take
a furbearer.
(ii) A trap
registration license is not required for trapping a coyote, or raccoon when the
trapping device is set within 600 feet of a building or structure occupied or
utilized by humans or domestic livestock, provided the trapping device is set
with the landowner's or lessee's permission.
(b) To obtain a trap registration license, a
person must:
(i) provide the following
information when requested by the division:
(A) full name;
(B) complete home address;
(C) email address;
(D) phone number;
(E) date of birth; and
(F) any other information requested by the
division; and
(ii) pay a
$10 license fee.
(c) The
division may deny issuing a trap registration license if the applicant;
(i) is subject to an administrative or
judicial order suspending any hunting, trapping or fishing privilege;
(ii) has violated any provision in Title 23
Wildlife Resources Code of Utah, or rules or guidebooks of the Wildlife Board;
or
(iii) fails to pay the one-time
$10 license fee.
(d) The
division may suspend a trap registration license, as provided in Sections
23-19-9,
23-25-5, and
23-25-6.
(e) The trap registration license must be
carried on the person of the individual it is issued to while setting, checking
or moving trapping devices.
(f) A
trap registration license shall include a unique trap registration number
printed on its face that is permanently assigned to the
licensee.
(2)
(a) Each trapping device used to take a
furbearer, cougar, coyote, or raccoon must be permanently, legibly, and
indelibly marked or tagged with the trap registration number of the
owner.
(b) A trap registration
number is not required on a trapping device set within 600 feet of a building
or structure occupied or utilized by humans or domestic livestock, provided the
trapping device is set:
(i) to capture a
coyote or raccoon; and
(ii) with
the landowner's or lessee's permission.
(3) No more than one trap registration number may be on a single trapping device.
(4) Each individual is issued only one trap registration number.
(5) Except as provided in Section R657-11-9, a person may not take a furbearer, coyote, or raccoon with any trapping device marked with the trap registration number of another person.
(6) A person may not lend, transfer, sell, give, or assign a trap registration license or trap registration number to another person or entity.
(7) Any person who has obtained a trap registration number must notify the division within 30 days of any:
(a) change in address:
or
(b) theft of trapping
devices.
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