Arkansas Game and Fish Commission - Code of Regulations - Section 11
GENERAL OFFENSES
11.01 Refusing Inspection by Officer Prohibited.
11.01A Immediate Identification of Possession of Concealed Handgun.
11.02 Interfering with Wildlife Officer Prohibited.
11.02-A Fleeing A Wildlife Officer.
11.03 Aiding, Accompanying, or Abetting of Violation Prohibited.
11.04 Hunting or Fishing after Revocation of License Prohibited.
11.05 Revocation of Privileges.
11.06 Access on Commission-Owned WMAs and WDAs Prohibited After Revocation of Hunting Privileges.
11.07 Access of Commission-Owned Lakes Prohibited After Revocation of Fishing Privileges.
11.08 Hunting, Fishing, Trapping, Releasing Hunting Dogs or Pursuing. Wildlife With Dogs Without Landowner/Lessee Permission Prohibited.
11.09 Hunting/Fishing Endangerment Prohibited.
11.10 Obstruction of Hunting, Fishing or Trapping.
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11.01 REFUSING INSPECTION BY OFFICER PROHIBITED. It shall be
03-08 unlawful to refuse or fail to immediately surrender to officers for inspection any weapon, license, permit, tag, stamp, check sheet, ice chest, game bags, game vest, wildlife, including fish, fishing tackle, any device used in taking of wildlife or that can reasonably contain wildlife or fish, whether legal or illegal.
PENALTY: $100.00 to $1,000.00.
11.01A IMMEDIATE IDENTIFICATION OF POSSESSION OF CONCEALED
12-07 HANDGUN. It shall be unlawful for any person possessing a concealed handgun to fail to immediately declare and identify such possession to a Wildlife Officer during a stop or inspection for compliance with any regulations pertaining to birds, fish, game, or other wildlife resources of the state.
PENALTY: $100.00 to $1,000.00.
11.02 INTERFERING WITH WILDLIFE OFFICER PROHIBITED. It
07-80 shall be unlawful to interfere with any wildlife law enforcement officer engaged in the performance of duty.
PENALTY: $100.00 to $1,000.00.
11.02-A FLEEING A WILDLIFE OFFICER. It shall be unlawful
04-05 to flee, in any manner, from a duly qualified wildlife officer if a person knowingly has reason to believe that detention or arrest is imminent. Fleeing a wildlife officer is a separate offense and shall not be considered a lesser included offense.
PENALTY: Fleeing $100.00 to $1,000.00.
Fleeing resulting in personal injury $1,000.00 to $5,000.00
Fleeing resulting in property damage $500.00 to $2,000.00.
11.03 AIDING, ACCOMPANYING OR ABETTING OF VIOLATION
04-05 PROHIBITED. It shall be unlawful to aid, accompany or abet another in the illegal taking, attempting to take, possessing, buying or selling of protected wildlife.
PENALTY: $100.00 to $2,000.00.
11.04 HUNTING OR FISHING AFTER REVOCATION OF LICENSE
05-05 PROHIBITED. It shall be unlawful to take or attempt to take any wildlife, including fish, by any means after suspension of hunting and/or fishing privileges by any court or the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission or its authorized representative for the period of such suspension.
PENALTY: $500.00 to $2,000.00.
and in addition a jail sentence not to exceed 10 days may be imposed. Equipment used in such violations (including but not limited to killing devices and lights) may be confiscated by the court, forfeited to the State, and disposed of according to law.
11.05 REVOCATION OF PRIVILEGES. Courts of competent jurisdiction
10-98 or the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission by its authorized representatives may suspend, revoke or deny a permit, license, tag or stamp for reasonable cause. Any suspension, revocation or denial of privileges by the Commission, or its authorized representative shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions in Code Regulation 01.00-K.
11.05-A REVOCATION OF COMMERCIAL WILDLIFE PERMIT PRIVILEGES. It
04-05 shall be unlawful for any person to take, attempt to take, possess, buy, sell, acquire or dispose, in any manner, wildlife for commercial purposes after commercial wildlife permit privileges have been suspended by any court, the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, or its authorized representative.
PENALTY: 1st Offense - $1,000.00 - $5,000.00. In addition, a jail sentence not to exceed ten (10) days may be imposed.
Subsequent Offenses - $5,000.00 - $10.000.00. In addition, a jail sentence not to exceed one (1) year may be imposed.
11.06 ACCESS ON COMMISSION-OWNED WMAs AND WDAs PROHIBITED
05-01/04-05 AFTER REVOCATION OF HUNTING PRIVILEGES. It shall be unlawful for any person to access or go upon any Commission-owned WMA or WDA after revocation of the person’s hunting privileges by a court of competent jurisdiction or the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission or its authorized representative for the period of such revocation.
PENALTY: $500.00 to $2,000.00.
11.07 ACCESS ON COMMISSION-OWNED LAKES PROHIBITED AFTER
05-01/04-05 REVOCATION OF FISHING PRIVILEGES. It shall be unlawful for any person to access or go upon any Commission-owned lake after revocation of the person’s fishing privileges by a court of competent jurisdiction or the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission or its authorized representative for the period of such revocation.
PENALTY: $500.00 to $2,000.00.
11.08 HUNTING, FISHING, TRAPPING, RELEASING HUNTING DOGS OR
06-02/04-05 PURSUING WILDLIFE WITH DOGS WITHOUT LANDOWNER/LESSEE PERMISSION PROHIBITED.
(A) It shall be unlawful for any person to hunt, fish, trap wildlife or release hunting dogs or pursue wildlife with dogs, upon the private property of another without having first obtained permission from a landowner or lessee of the property.
(B) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (A), it shall be unlawful for any person to hunt, fish, trap wildlife or release hunting dogs or pursue wildlife with dogs upon the private property of another without carrying written permission from a landowner or lessee of the property if the property is lawfully posted or fenced in accordance with one of the methods provided in Arkansas Codes 18-11-404 or 18-11-405. The written permission must include the name of the person permitted upon the property, the signature and telephone number of the landowner or lessee, and the beginning and ending dates of the permission period.
EXCEPTION:
(1) Written permission shall not be required under subsection (B) if the person hunting, fishing or trapping wildlife is the spouse, mother, father, son, daughter, brother, sister, uncle, aunt, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, niece, nephew, grandson, granddaughter, grandmother or grandfather of the landowner or lessee of the private property and has actual permission of the landowner or lessee.
PENALTY: $100.00 to $1,000.00
11.09 HUNTING/FISHING ENDANGERMENT PROHIBITED. It shall be
03-07 unlawful to take or attempt to take any species of wildlife in such a manner as to endanger the life or property of another person(s).
PENALTY: $200.00 to $1,000.00.
Endangerment resulting in property damage: $500.00 to $2,000.00.
Endangerment resulting in personal injury or death: $1,000.00 to $5,000.00. In addition, a jail sentence not to exceed one year may be imposed.
11.10 OBSTRUCTION OF HUNTING, FISHING OR TRAPPING. It shall be
03-07 unlawful for any person to willfully obstruct or impede the participation of any individual in the lawful activity of hunting, fishing or trapping. Provided that nothing in this section shall prohibit a landowner or lessee from exercising his or her lawful right to prohibit hunting, fishing or trapping on his or her land or from exercising any other legal rights.
PENALTY: $100.00 to $1,000.00.