Current through Bulletin 2024-18, September 15, 2024
(1) The refund of a
license, certificate of registration or permit shall be made in accordance
with:
(a) Section
23-19-38 and Rule
R657-50;
(b) Section
23-19-38.2 and Subsection (3);
or
(c) Section 23-19-38 and this
section.
(2)
(a) An application for a refund may be
obtained from any division office.
(b) All refunds must be processed through the
Salt Lake Division office.
(c)
Except for an individual applying for a refund under Subsection (3), an
individual may apply for a refund up to 90 days after the expiration of the
wildlife document.
(d) The division
may reject an application for a refund that is incomplete.
(3) A person may receive a refund for a
wildlife document if that person was deployed or mobilized on or after
September 11, 2001, in the interest of national defense or national emergency
and is thereby completely precluded from participating in the hunting or
fishing activity authorized by the wildlife document, provided:
(a) the refund request is made to the
division within one year of the end of the hunting or fishing season authorized
by the wildlife document;
(b) the
person surrenders the wildlife document to the division, or signs an affidavit
stating the wildlife document is no longer in the person's possession;
and
(c) the person verifies that
the deployment or mobilization completely precluded them from participating in
the activity authorized by the wildlife document; and
(d) the person provides military orders, or a
letter from an employment supervisor on official public health or public safety
organization letterhead stating:
(i) the
branch of the United States Armed Forces, or name of the public health
organization or public safety organization from which they were deployed or
mobilized; and
(ii) the nature and
length of their duty while deployed or mobilized.
(4) The division may issue a
refund for a wildlife document if the person to whom it was issued dies before
participating in the hunting or fishing activity authorized by the wildlife
document, provided the person legally entitled to administer the decedent's
estate provides the division with:
(a) picture
identification;
(b) letters
testamentary, letters of administration, or such other evidence establishing
the person is legally entitled to administer the affairs of the decedent's
estate;
(c) a photocopy of the
decedent's certified death certificate; and
(d) the wildlife document for which a refund
is requested.
(5)
(a)
(i) A
person may receive a refund for a once-in-a-lifetime or limited-entry permit
provided the permit is surrendered to the division no less than 30 days before
the season opening date identified on the permit.
(ii) A person may receive a refund for a
general season permit that must be surrendered to accept a reallocated limited
entry permit for the same species.
(b) The established wildlife document refund
fee will not be assessed on general season permits surrendered under Subsection
(5)(a)(ii).
(6) The
division may issue a refund for a wildlife document if the person to whom it
was issued was precluded from participating in the activity authorized by the
wildlife document due to COVID-19 related personal health concerns or general
public health restrictions imposed by the federal government, a state, or a
local government.
(7) The director
may determine that a person did not have the opportunity to participate in an
activity authorized by the wildlife document.
(8) Notwithstanding any other provision is
this rule, the division may reinstate a bonus point or preference point,
whichever applies, and waive waiting periods, if applicable, when issuing a
refund in accordance with this section.
