Alaska Statutes
Alaska Stat. § 16.05.330 (2026)
Licenses, tags, and subsistence permits; electronic devices
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Sec. 16.05.330. Licenses, tags, and subsistence permits; electronic devices.
(a) Except as otherwise permitted in this chapter, without having the appropriate license, tag, or permit in actual possession, a person may not engage in
(1) sport fishing, including the taking of razor clams;
(2) hunting or trapping;
(3) the farming of fish, fur, or game;
(4) taxidermy or fur dealing; or
(5) control of nuisance wild birds and nuisance wild small mammals for compensation.
(b) When obtaining the appropriate license or tag in (a) of this section, an applicant who asserts residency in the state shall provide the license vendor with the proof of residence that the department requires by regulation.
(c) The Board of Fisheries and the Board of Game may adopt regulations providing for the issuance and expiration of subsistence permits for areas, villages, communities, groups, or individuals as needed for authorizing, regulating, and monitoring the subsistence harvest of fish and game. The boards shall adopt these regulations when the subsistence preference requires a reduction in the harvest of a fish stock or game population by nonsubsistence users.
(d) A person may not receive a sport fishing, hunting, or trapping license or other permit or tag issued under AS 16.05.330 — 16.05.430, if the person's right to obtain, or exercise the privileges granted by, a sport fishing, hunting, or trapping license is suspended or revoked in another state. A person who applies for a sport fishing, hunting, or trapping license or other permit or tag issued under AS 16.05.330 — 16.05.430 shall sign a statement that the person's right to obtain, or exercise the privileges granted by, a sport fishing, hunting, or trapping license is not suspended or revoked in another state.
(e) [Repealed, § 2 ch 39 SLA 2001.]
(f) A person charged with violating (a)(1) or (2) of this section for failure to have a license in actual possession may not be convicted if the person provides, not later than 30 days after the issuance of the citation, evidence satisfactory to the arresting or citing agency of a license previously issued to the person that was valid at the time of the offense.
(g) A license in actual possession may be in paper or electronic form.
(h) A peace officer presented with an electronic device under (g) of this section is immune from any liability resulting from damage to the device, except that a peace officer may be liable for civil damages that are the result of the peace officer's intentional misconduct.
(i) Displaying proof of a license on an electronic device under (g) of this section does not constitute consent for a peace officer to access other contents of the electronic device.
(a) Except as otherwise permitted in this chapter, without having the appropriate license, tag, or permit in actual possession, a person may not engage in
(1) sport fishing, including the taking of razor clams;
(2) hunting or trapping;
(3) the farming of fish, fur, or game;
(4) taxidermy or fur dealing; or
(5) control of nuisance wild birds and nuisance wild small mammals for compensation.
(b) When obtaining the appropriate license or tag in (a) of this section, an applicant who asserts residency in the state shall provide the license vendor with the proof of residence that the department requires by regulation.
(c) The Board of Fisheries and the Board of Game may adopt regulations providing for the issuance and expiration of subsistence permits for areas, villages, communities, groups, or individuals as needed for authorizing, regulating, and monitoring the subsistence harvest of fish and game. The boards shall adopt these regulations when the subsistence preference requires a reduction in the harvest of a fish stock or game population by nonsubsistence users.
(d) A person may not receive a sport fishing, hunting, or trapping license or other permit or tag issued under AS 16.05.330 — 16.05.430, if the person's right to obtain, or exercise the privileges granted by, a sport fishing, hunting, or trapping license is suspended or revoked in another state. A person who applies for a sport fishing, hunting, or trapping license or other permit or tag issued under AS 16.05.330 — 16.05.430 shall sign a statement that the person's right to obtain, or exercise the privileges granted by, a sport fishing, hunting, or trapping license is not suspended or revoked in another state.
(e) [Repealed, § 2 ch 39 SLA 2001.]
(f) A person charged with violating (a)(1) or (2) of this section for failure to have a license in actual possession may not be convicted if the person provides, not later than 30 days after the issuance of the citation, evidence satisfactory to the arresting or citing agency of a license previously issued to the person that was valid at the time of the offense.
(g) A license in actual possession may be in paper or electronic form.
(h) A peace officer presented with an electronic device under (g) of this section is immune from any liability resulting from damage to the device, except that a peace officer may be liable for civil damages that are the result of the peace officer's intentional misconduct.
(i) Displaying proof of a license on an electronic device under (g) of this section does not constitute consent for a peace officer to access other contents of the electronic device.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 10
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1983–2022 · leading case: State v. Graybill, 695 P.2d 725 (Alaska 1985).
State v. Graybill, 695 P.2d 725 (Alaska 1985). “075, 180 days with 170 days suspended (Count XXXI); (4) Hunting Bear Without Hunting License for Hunter in violation of AS 16.05.330(a), 180 days with 170 days suspended (Count XXIX); (5) Use *727 of Airplane to Herd Brown Bear in violation of 5 AAC 81.”
Graybill v. State, 672 P.2d 138 (Alaska Ct. App. 1983). “075(a), 180 days with 160 days suspended (Count VII); (7) Hunting for Bear Without Hunting License in violation of AS 16.05.330(a), 180 days with 160 days suspended (Count XXII); (8) Hunting Without a Hunting License in violation of AS 16.”
Alaska Fish & Wildlife Conservation Fund v. State, 347 P.3d 97 (Alaska Ct. App. 2015). “29 The Fund also argues that AS 16.05.330(c) and 5 AAC 92.072(d) are facially invalid under article VIII.”
United States v. Romano, 929 F. Supp. 502 (D. Mass. 1996). “Counts 1 through 7 charge Romano with knowingly engaging in conduct involving the sale or purchase of wildlife having a market value in excess of $350 — altogether, four caribou, two moose, two Dali sheep, and a brown bear — by knowingly transporting, receiving, acquiring and…”
Baum v. State, 24 P.3d 577 (Alaska Ct. App. 2001). “See AS 16.05.330(a) and 340(a). 6 . See Hillman v.”
United States v. Romano, 137 F.3d 677 (1st Cir. 1998). “Alaska Stat. § 16.05.330 (a)(2) prohibits the taking of wildlife without the appropriate Alaska hunting license.”
Bobby v. State of Alaska, 718 F. Supp. 764 (D. Alaska 1989). “AS 16.05.330 is amended by adding a new subsection to read: (c) The Board of Fisheries and the Board of Game may adopt regulations providing for the issuance and expiration of subsistence permits for areas, villages, communities, groups, or individuals as needed for authorizing,…”
Schouten v. State, 77 P.3d 739 (Alaska Ct. App. 2003). “045 and AS 16.05.330(a), respectively. 2 . See Cooksey v.”
Alaska Fish & Wildlife Conservation Fund v. State (Alaska 2015). “29 The Fund also argues that AS 16.05.330(c) and 5 AAC 92.072(d) are facially invalid under article VIII.”
United States v. The State of Alaska (D. Alaska 2022). “Intervenor-Plaintiff contends that “no data exists regarding exactly how many Chinook and chum salmon were harvested within Refuge waters during the unlawful [State] opening” because ADF&G does not measure harvest numbers “despite being statutorily required to do so.”
— Alaska Stat. § 16.05.330(a) — 4 cases
State v. Graybill, 695 P.2d 725 (Alaska 1985). “075, 180 days with 170 days suspended (Count XXXI); (4) Hunting Bear Without Hunting License for Hunter in violation of AS 16.05.330(a), 180 days with 170 days suspended (Count XXIX); (5) Use *727 of Airplane to Herd Brown Bear in violation of 5 AAC 81.”
Graybill v. State, 672 P.2d 138 (Alaska Ct. App. 1983). “075(a), 180 days with 160 days suspended (Count VII); (7) Hunting for Bear Without Hunting License in violation of AS 16.05.330(a), 180 days with 160 days suspended (Count XXII); (8) Hunting Without a Hunting License in violation of AS 16.”
Baum v. State, 24 P.3d 577 (Alaska Ct. App. 2001). “See AS 16.05.330(a) and 340(a). 6 . See Hillman v.”
Schouten v. State, 77 P.3d 739 (Alaska Ct. App. 2003). “045 and AS 16.05.330(a), respectively. 2 . See Cooksey v.”
— Alaska Stat. § 16.05.330(c) — 2 cases
Alaska Fish & Wildlife Conservation Fund v. State, 347 P.3d 97 (Alaska Ct. App. 2015). “29 The Fund also argues that AS 16.05.330(c) and 5 AAC 92.072(d) are facially invalid under article VIII.”
Alaska Fish & Wildlife Conservation Fund v. State (Alaska 2015). “29 The Fund also argues that AS 16.05.330(c) and 5 AAC 92.072(d) are facially invalid under article VIII.”
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