(520 ILCS 5/3.4) (from Ch. 61, par. 3.4)

(Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 103-456)

Sec. 3.4. Trapping licenses. Before a trapping license shall be issued to any person, such person shall make application to the Department or any county, city, village, township or incorporated town clerk or his or her duly designated agent upon an application form provided by the Department. This application shall be executed and sworn to and shall set forth the name and description of the applicant and his or her place of residence.

The fee for a trapping license for a resident of this State shall be $10.00.

The Department may provide for non-resident trapping license provided that any non-resident shall be charged a fee of $175, and if the state in which the applicant resides does not provide for trapping mammals by Illinois residents, then the fee shall be $250.

Every person trapping mammals shall make a report properly sworn to, to the Department, upon blanks supplied by the Department for such purpose, of all hides of mammals taken, sold, shipped or dealt in, during the open seasons for mammals together with the names and addresses of the parties to whom the same were sold or shipped. Such report shall be made to the Department within 15 days after the close of the trapping season. Failure to report or filing false reports shall subject the person to the penalties provided in Section 3.5. Further, the Department may refuse to issue a trapping license for the following year to any person who has failed to file such a report.

All trapping licenses shall expire on March 31 of each year.

(Source: P.A. 100-123, eff. 1-1-18.)

(Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 103-456)

Sec. 3.4. Trapping licenses. Before a trapping license shall be issued to any person, such person shall make application to the Department or any county, city, village, township or incorporated town clerk or his or her duly designated agent upon an application form provided by the Department. This application shall be executed and sworn to and shall set forth the name and description of the applicant and his or her place of residence.

Residents of this State may obtain a one-year trapping license.

The fee for a one-year trapping license for a resident of this State shall be $10.00.

Residents of this State may obtain a 3-year trapping license. The fee for a 3-year trapping license for a resident of this State shall be 3 times the annual fee for a one-year trapping license.

The Department may provide for a one-year non-resident trapping license provided that any non-resident shall be charged a fee of $175, and if the state in which the applicant resides does not provide for trapping mammals by Illinois residents, then the fee shall be $250.

Every person trapping mammals shall make a report properly sworn to, to the Department, upon blanks supplied by the Department for such purpose, of all hides of mammals taken, sold, shipped or dealt in, during the open seasons for mammals together with the names and addresses of the parties to whom the same were sold or shipped. Such report shall be made to the Department within 15 days after the close of the trapping season. Failure to report or filing false reports shall subject the person to the penalties provided in Section 3.5. Further, the Department may refuse to issue a trapping license for the following year to any person who has failed to file such a report.

One-year trapping licenses shall expire on March 31 of each year. Three-year trapping licenses shall expire on March 31 of the second year after the year in which the trapping license is issued.

(Source: P.A. 103-456, eff. 1-1-24.)