Ariz. Admin. Code § 12-4-606

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 50, December 13, 2024
Section R12-4-606 - Standards for Revocation, Suspension, or Denial of a License
A. Under A.R.S. § 17-340, when the Department makes a recommendation to the Commission for license revocation, the Commission shall hold a hearing and may revoke, suspend, or deny any hunting, fishing, or trapping license for a person convicted of any of the following offenses:
1. Killing or wounding a big game animal during a closed season.
2. Possessing a big game animal taken during a closed season.
3. Destroying, injuring, or molesting livestock while hunting, fishing, or trapping.
4. Damaging or destroying personal property, growing crops, notices or signboards, or other improvements while hunting, fishing, or trapping.
5. Bartering, selling, or offering to sell unlawfully taken wildlife or wildlife parts.
6. Careless use of a firearm while hunting, fishing, or trapping that results in the injury or death of any person.
7. Applying for or obtaining a license or permit by fraud or misrepresentation in violation of A.R.S. § 17-341.
8. Knowingly allowing another person to use the person's big game tag, except as provided under A.R.S. § 17-332(D).
9. Entering upon a game refuge or other area closed to hunting, trapping or fishing and taking, driving, or attempting to drive wildlife from the area in violation of A.R.S. §§ 17-303 and 17-304.
10. Unlawfully posting state or federal lands in violation of A.R.S. § 17-304(B).
11. Unlawfully using aircraft to take, assist in taking, harass, chase, drive, locate, or assist in locating wildlife in violation of A.R.S. § 17-340(A)(8).

12. Unlawfully taking or possessing big game

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13. Unlawfully taking or possessing small game or fish

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14. Unlawfully taking or possessing wildlife species.
15. Unlawful take of any bird or the removal of its nest or eggs.
16. Littering a public hunting or fishing area while taking wildlife.

17. Waste of edible portions of a game species under A.R.S. § 17-309, in violation of A.R.S. § 17-309(A)(5).
18. Any violation for which a license can be revoked under A.R.S. § 17-340
19. Any violation of A.R.S. § 17-306.
B. Under A.R.S. §§ 17-238, 17-334, 17-340, 17-362, 17-363, and 17-364, when the Department makes a recommendation to the Commission for license revocation, the Commission shall hold a hearing and may revoke any fur dealer, guide, taxidermy, license dealers license, or special license (as defined under R12-4-401) in any case where license revocation is authorized by law.

Ariz. Admin. Code § R12-4-606

Adopted effective December 22, 1987 (Supp. 87-4). Amended effective November 10, 1997 (Supp. 97-4). Amended by final rulemaking at 10 A.A.R. 2245, effective July 6, 2004 (Supp. 04-2). Amended and renumbered from R12-4-605 by final expedited rulemaking at 24 A.A.R. 393, effective 2/6/2018.