{"data":{"id":"us-mt/87-2-113","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"87-2-113","heading":"Application fees.","body":"(1) (a) Except as provided in subsection (1)(b), when the department determines a drawing is necessary prior to issuance of hunting licenses for any game species during a hunting season, it shall collect a $5 per species application fee.\n(b) The department shall collect the following per species special license application fees:\n(i) moose--resident, $10; nonresident, $50;\n(ii) mountain goat--resident, $10; nonresident, $50;\n(iii) mountain sheep--resident, $10; nonresident, $50;\n(iv) sandhill crane--resident, $10; nonresident, $50;\n(v) swan--resident, $10; nonresident, $50;\n(vi) wild buffalo or bison--resident, $10; nonresident, $50.\n(2) (a) If a resident participates in the bonus point system adopted by the commission, the department shall collect an additional application fee of $2 per species.\n(b) If a nonresident participates in the bonus point system adopted by the commission, the department shall collect an additional application fee of $20 per species.\n(3) Application fees collected pursuant to this section must be deposited in the state special revenue fund to the credit of the department as set forth in 87-1-601.\n(4) The payment of an application fee confers no hunting rights or privileges.\n(5) The commission may waive the provisions of subsection (1) when a drawing is required for a special season under 87-1-304.","path":["TITLE 87. FISH AND WILDLIFE","CHAPTER 2. FISHING, HUNTING, AND TRAPPING LICENSES","Part 1. General Provisions"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0870/chapter_0020/part_0010/section_0130/0870-0020-0010-0130.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:01:37Z","sha256":"8542022e3c6dd58268968f6d697123f7ee0db1ee976201b1b2d6d1837887f8f2","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/87-2-112","next":"us-mt/87-2-114"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}