Resident and Nonresident Permits

PURPOSE: This rule establishes eligibility requirements for the purpose of purchasing and using permits. (1) A resident permit shall be limited to persons who do not claim resident privileges in another state or country and whose actual residence and legal domicile have both been in the state of Missouri for at least thirty (30) days last passed before the purchase of such permit as provided in this rule. (2) Residents of Missouri employed by the United States in the District of Columbia or serving in the armed forces of the United States, and their immediate families residing with them, may receive resident permit privileges. (3) All members of the United States armed forces stationed and residing in Missouri on permanent change of station status, and their immediate families residing with them, may receive resident permit privileges. (4) Any honorably discharged military veteran having a servicerelated disability of sixty percent (60%) or greater, or who was a prisoner of war during military service, or any member of the U.S. military currently assigned as a patient to a Warrior Transition Brigade, Warrior Transition Unit, or a military medical center, may purchase resident permits; provided, while purchasing and exercising permit privileges such person must carry a certified statement of eligibility from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, or orders showing assignment to a Warrior Transition Unit or admissions verification to a military medical center. (5) Immigrants who possess an I-551 Resident Alien Card from the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service may receive resident permit privileges, provided they meet the residency requirements set out in section (1) of this rule. (6) A nonresident who is a registered student attending a public or private secondary, post secondary, or vocational school located in this state, and living in this state, may purchase resident licenses and permits, except lifetime licenses. Students must carry evidence of a Missouri residence and student status while hunting, fishing, or trapping. Permits can be purchased only from Missouri Department of Conservation offices that sell permits. (7) For the purposes of applying for and obtaining black bear and elk hunting permits, a Missouri resident is any person who is eligible to obtain resident permits and privileges in accordance with sections (1) and (2) of this rule. (8) All persons who do not meet these qualifications shall possess a nonresident permit. Attendance at a Missouri school in itself does not constitute residency in the state. AUTHORITY: sections 40 and 45 of Art. IV, Mo. Const. and section 252.040, RSMo 2016.* Original rule filed Aug. 18, 1971, effective Dec. 31, 1971. Amended: Filed Aug. 1, 1980, effective Jan. 1, 1981. Amended: Filed Aug. 6, 1985, effective Jan. 1, 1986. Amended: Filed June 20, 1995, effective Jan. 1, 1996. Amended: Filed May 6, 1998, effective March 1, 1999. Amended: Filed May 10, 1999, effective March 1, 2000. Amended: Filed Sept. 27, 2007, effective Feb. 29, 2008. Amended: Filed March 21, 2008, effective Aug. 30, 2008. Amended: Filed Oct. 10, 2008, effective July 1, 2009. Amended: Filed Sept. 12, 2011, effective March 1, 2012. Amended: Filed March 1, 2017, effective Aug. 30, 2017. Amended: Filed Aug. 27, 2021, effective Feb. 28, 2022. *Original authority: 252.040, RSMo 1945, amended 1989.