{"data":{"id":"us-ak/as-16.05.400","jurisdiction":"us-ak","citation":"AS 16.05.400","heading":"Persons exempt from annual licensing requirements.","body":"(a) A license is not required of a resident under 18 years of age or a nonresident under 16 years of age for sport fishing nor is a license required of a resident under 18 years of age for hunting or trapping.\n(b) Upon request, and without charge, the commissioner shall issue a permanent sport fishing, hunting, or trapping identification card to a resident who completes the forms required by the commissioner for implementation of this section and who\n(1) is 60 years of age or older;\n(2) has been discharged from military service under honorable conditions, is eligible for a loan under AS 18.56.101, and is certified by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs as having incurred a 50 percent or greater disability during military service; or\n(3) has served in the Alaska Territorial Guard, is eligible for a loan under AS 18.56.101, and incurred a 50 percent or greater disability while serving in the Alaska Territorial Guard.\n(c) A person who is issued a permanent identification card under this section may not sport fish, hunt, or trap without having in the person's possession a valid identification card issued under this section or the appropriate license.","path":["Title 16. Fish and Game.","Chapter 05. Fish and Game Code and Definitions.","Article 3. Licensing of Sport Fishing and Hunting."],"source_url":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/statutes.asp#16.05.400","current_through":"Alaska Statutes 2025 (34th Legislature, 2025-2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:17:07Z","sha256":"73847e8ffdfc9928209089bd5c3f568a98a713fc5c99d674b13d38f42b2b242d","source_id":"us-ak","stale":false,"prev":"us-ak/as-16.05.395","next":"us-ak/as-16.05.403"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}