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LANDOWNERS MUST CARRY PROOF FOR LICENSE EXEMPTION
from: TWRA
People,
hunting or fishing in Tennessee without a license under the landowner
exemption law, must now carry proof that they qualify for the exemption,
according to the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA).
A new law requires that a Farmland Owner License Exemption Statement be
completed and carried by the person hunting or fishing without a
license. It must also be presented when checking big game animals at a
big game checking station.
The statement form can be found in the back of the 2001-02 Tennessee
Hunting and Trapping Guide or picked up at the TWRA regional offices.
It can also be found on TWRA's web page at
www.state.tn.us/twra.
The statement requires that the property be identified by county, map #,
parcel #, location, owner's name and address, and how the person
qualifies to hunt or fish without a license.
The
map # and parcel # can be found on the property tax statement.
Categories of exemption are: owner of the property, spouse of the owner,
child of the owner, tenant residing on the property, spouse of the
tenant, or dependent child of the tenant.
In order for anyone to hunt or fish on farmland without a license, the
land must be owned by one individual or a family (a family being husband
and wife, brothers and sisters, or parents and children).
First cousins, owning property together, and their children may hunt small
game or fish on their own property without a license.
To qualify as a tenant, the individual must receive compensation such as
free rent or money for acting either in the place of or at the direction
of the landowner in tending to the requirements needed to care for the
farmland.
Tenants and their dependant children must actually reside on the property.
If you have questions about whether or not you qualify to hunt or fish
without a license, contact the nearest TWRA office.
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