GENERAL LICENSE AND PERMIT PROVISIONS

SUBCHAPTER 1

LICENSES AND PERMITS; ELIGIBILITY, ISSUANCE

AND REQUIREMENTS

§10751. Application and license specifications

1.__Form. The commissioner shall furnish application blanks, licenses and permits in such form as the commissioner may designate.__The department may charge a fee of up to $10 to cover administrative costs for the issuance of miscellaneous licenses and permits for which a fee is not provided by law.

2.__Identification number. The commissioner may require an identification number and any other pertinent information on any licenses or permits issued by the department as the commissioner determines necessary.

3.__Statement of right to possess firearms.__The department's applications for licenses and permits that authorize a person to hunt with a firearm must include the following statement signed by the applicant:

I CERTIFY THAT EITHER I AM NOT A CONVICTED FELON OR THAT I AM A CONVICTED FELON WITH A PERMIT TO CARRY A FIREARM.__BY MAKING FALSE STATEMENTS ON THIS DOCUMENT, I REALIZE I AM COMMITTING A CLASS D CRIME PUNISHABLE UNDER MAINE LAW.

4.__Stamps.__Whenever a license or permit to hunt is in the form of a stamp, the licensee must affix the stamp to the licensee's hunting license and validate it by signing the licensee's name across the face of the stamp.

5.__Preissue. A license or permit may be issued prior to the date upon which it goes into force.

6.__Duplicates.__A duplicate license or permit may be obtained by a person who has accidentally lost or destroyed a license or permit issued to that person under this chapter upon payment of a fee of $2, all of which must be retained by the agent.

7.__License must be signed.__A license issued by the department must be signed by the licensee prior to use.