R657-11-8. Trap Registration Numbers

(1)(a) Except as provided in Subsection (1)(a)(ii), a person must possess a valid trap registration license before using any trapping device to take a furbearer, coyote, or raccoon. (i) A trap registration license is required in addition to any other license, permit, or tag required by this rule to take a furbearer. (ii) A trap registration license is not required for trapping a coyote, or raccoon when the trapping device is set within 600 feet of a building or structure occupied or utilized by humans or domestic livestock, provided the trapping device is set with the landowner's or lessee's permission. (b) To obtain a trap registration license, a person must: (i) provide the following information when requested by the division: (A) full name; (B) complete home address; (C) email address; (D) phone number; (E) date of birth; and (F) any other information requested by the division; and (ii) pay a $10 license fee. (c) The division may deny issuing a trap registration license if the applicant; (i) is subject to an administrative or judicial order suspending any hunting, trapping or fishing privilege; (ii) has violated any provision in Title 23A, the Wildlife Resources Act, or rules or guidebooks of the Wildlife Board; or (iii) fails to pay the one-time $10 license fee. (d) The division may suspend a trap registration license, as provided in Sections 23A-4-1106, 23A-2-504, and 23A-2-505. (e) The trap registration license must be carried on the person of the individual it is issued to while setting, checking or moving trapping devices. (f) A trap registration license shall include a unique trap registration number printed on its face that is permanently assigned to the licensee. (2)(a) Each trapping device used to take a furbearer, cougar, coyote, or raccoon must be permanently, legibly, and indelibly marked or tagged with the trap registration number of the owner. (b) A trap registration number is not required on a trapping device set within 600 feet of a building or structure occupied or utilized by humans or domestic livestock, provided the trapping device is set: (i) to capture a coyote or raccoon; and (ii) with the landowner's or lessee's permission. (3) No more than one trap registration number may be on a single trapping device. (4) Each individual is issued only one trap registration number. (5) Except as provided in Section R657-11-9, a person may not take a furbearer, coyote, or raccoon with any trapping device marked with the trap registration number of another person. (6) A person may not lend, transfer, sell, give, or assign a trap registration license or trap registration number to another person or entity. (7) Any person who has obtained a trap registration number must notify the division within 30 days of any: (a) change in address: or (b) theft of trapping devices.