R657-11-8. Trap Registration Numbers

  (1)(a) Except as provided in Subsection (1)(a)(ii), a person must possess a valid trap registration license before using any trapping device to take a furbearer, coyote, or raccoon.

  (i) A trap registration license is required in addition to any other license, permit, or tag required by this rule to take a furbearer.

  (ii) A trap registration license is not required for trapping a coyote, or raccoon when the trapping device is set within 600 feet of a building or structure occupied or utilized by humans or domestic livestock, provided the trapping device is set with the landowner's or lessee's permission.

  (b) To obtain a trap registration license, a person must:

  (i) provide the following information when requested by the division:

  (A) full name;

  (B) complete home address;

  (C) email address;

  (D) phone number;

  (E) date of birth; and

  (F) any other information requested by the division; and

  (ii) pay a $10 license fee.

  (c) The division may deny issuing a trap registration license if the applicant;

  (i) is subject to an administrative or judicial order suspending any hunting, trapping or fishing privilege;

  (ii) has violated any provision in Title 23 of the Utah Code, or rules or guidebooks of the Wildlife Board; or

  (iii) fails to pay the one-time $10 license fee.

  (d) The division may suspend a trap registration license, as provided in Sections 23-19-9, 23-25-5, and 23-25-6.

  (e) The trap registration license must be carried on the person of the individual it is issued to while setting, checking or moving trapping devices.

  (f) A trap registration license shall include a unique trap registration number printed on its face that is permanently assigned to the licensee.

  (2)(a) Each trapping device used to take a furbearer, coyote, or raccoon-must be permanently, legibly, and indelibly marked or tagged with the trap registration number of the owner.

  (b) A trap registration number is not required on a trapping device set within 600 feet of a building or structure occupied or utilized by humans or domestic livestock, provided the trapping device is set:

  (i) to capture a coyote or raccoon; and

  (ii) with the landowner's or lessee's permission.

  (3) No more than one trap registration number may be on a single trapping device.

  (4) Each individual is issued only one trap registration number.

  (5) Except as provided in R657-11-9, a person may not take a furbearer, coyote, or raccoon with any trapping device marked with the trap registration number of another person.

  (6) A person may not lend, transfer, sell, give, or assign a trap registration license or trap registration number to another person or entity.

  (7) Any person who has obtained a trap registration number must notify the division within 30 days of any:

  (a) change in address: or

  (b) theft of trapping devices.