Resident Fur Dealer’s Permit

PURPOSE: This rule establishes a permit for buying and selling furs throughout the year. (1) Resident Fur Dealer’s Permit. To buy, sell, possess, process, transport, and ship the pelts and carcasses of furbearers and the pelts of bears legally harvested outside of Missouri from July 1 through June 30, except as provided in subsection (1)(B) of this rule. Permits issued to a firm, organization, or partnership for individual or itinerant use shall include the names of no more than four (4) resident users. (A) Annual Permit. (B) Three- (3-) Day Permit. To buy the pelts and carcasses of furbearers and the pelts of bears legally harvested outside of Missouri for three (3) consecutive days, and to sell, possess, process, transport, and ship the pelts and carcasses acquired during the three (3) days indicated on the permit from July 1 through June 30. AUTHORITY: sections 40 and 45 of Art. IV, Mo. Const., and section 252.040, RSMo 2016.* Original rule filed Aug. 16, 1973, effective Dec. 31, 1973. Amended: Filed July 30, 1979, effective Jan. 1, 1980. Amended: Filed Aug. 1, 1983, effective Jan. 1, 1984. Amended: Filed April 21, 1993, effective Jan. 1, 1994. Amended: Filed April 24, 2000, effective March 1, 2001. Amended: Filed March 6, 2006, effective Aug. 30, 2006. Amended: Filed Sept. 4, 2020, effective Feb. 28, 2021. Amended: Filed Feb. 23, 2024, effective Aug. 30, 2024. Amended: Filed May 16, 2025, effective Jan. 1, 2026. *Original authority: 252.040, RSMo 1945, amended 1989.