Utah Code 23A-4-1110. Invalid and forfeited permit or tag
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(1) With each issued permit or tag, a person may take only one of a species of protected wildlife during a license year, regardless of how many licenses or permits the person obtains, except as otherwise provided by this title or a proclamation of the Wildlife Board.
Terms Used In Utah Code 23A-4-1110
- Acquittal:
- Judgement that a criminal defendant has not been proved guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
- A verdict of "not guilty."
- Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. Source:
- Division: means the Division of Wildlife Resources. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
- Permit: means a paper-based or electronic document that grants authority to engage in specified activities under this title or a rule or proclamation of the Wildlife Board. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
- Person: means an individual, association, partnership, government agency, corporation, or an agent of the individual, association, partnership, government agency, or corporation. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
- Proclamation: means the publication that is:(41)(a) used to convey a statute, rule, policy, or pertinent information related to wildlife; and(41)(b) issued in accordance with a rule made by the Wildlife Board under this title. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
- Protected wildlife: means wildlife, except as provided in Subsection (43)(b). See Utah Code 23A-1-101
- Sex: means , in relation to an individual, the individual's biological sex, either male or female, at birth, according to distinct reproductive roles as manifested by:
(34)(a) sex and reproductive organ anatomy;(34)(b) chromosomal makeup; and(34)(c) endogenous hormone profiles. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5- Tag: means a card, label, or other paper-based or electronic means of identification used to document harvest of protected wildlife. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
- Take: means to:
(54)(a) hunt, pursue, harass, catch, capture, possess, gather, angle, seine, trap, or kill protected wildlife; or(54)(b) attempt an action referred to in Subsection (54)(a). See Utah Code 23A-1-101- Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
- Wildlife: means :
(61)(a) crustaceans, including brine shrimp and crayfish;(61)(b) mollusks; and(61)(c) vertebrate animals living in nature, except feral animals. See Utah Code 23A-1-101- Wildlife Board: means the board created in Section
23A-2-301 . See Utah Code 23A-1-101- Writing: includes :
(48)(a) printing;(48)(b) handwriting; and(48)(c) information stored in an electronic or other medium if the information is retrievable in a perceivable format. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5(2)(2)(a) If a person kills an animal in violation of this title, while attempting to exercise the benefits of an issued permit or tag, the permit or tag is invalid and the person shall forfeit the permit or tag to the division.(2)(b) This Subsection (2) does not apply if:(2)(b)(i) a citation is issued for a rule violation described in Subsection (2)(a); or(2)(b)(ii) a warning citation for a violation described in Subsection (2)(a) is issued.(3) The division may grant a season extension to a valid, unfilled permit opportunity that was invalidated and forfeited under Subsection (2) if:(3)(a) the criminal charges associated with the permit forfeiture are dismissed, with prejudice, by action of the prosecutor or court, or acquittal of the charges at trial;(3)(b) the person issued the permit that is forfeited requests the division in writing within 60 days of a final action dismissing or acquitting that person of the criminal charges that led to the permit forfeiture;(3)(c) the season extension is granted for the same species and sex, hunt unit, and season dates associated with the forfeited permit, as established by the Wildlife Board in the hunt year of the extension; and(3)(d) the extension occurs in the first season immediately following dismissal of or acquittal on the criminal charges described in Subsection (3)(a).