| Sec. 1533.32. Except as provided in this section or division | 8 |
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(A)(2) or (C) of section 1533.12 of the Revised Code, no person, | 9 |
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including nonresidents, shall take or catch any fish by angling in | 10 |
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any of the waters in the state or engage in fishing in those | 11 |
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waters without a license. No person shall take or catch frogs or | 12 |
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turtles without a valid fishing license, except as provided in | 13 |
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this section. Persons fishing in privately owned ponds, lakes, or | 14 |
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reservoirs to or from which fish are not accustomed to migrate are | 15 |
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exempt from the license requirements set forth in this section. | 16 |
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Persons fishing in privately owned ponds, lakes, or reservoirs | 17 |
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that are open to public fishing through an agreement or lease with | 18 |
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the division of wildlife shall comply with the license | 19 |
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requirements set forth in this section. | 20 |
| The fee for an annual license shall be thirty-nine dollars | 21 |
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for a resident of a state that is not a party to an agreement | 22 |
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under section 1533.91 of the Revised Code. The fee for an annual | 23 |
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license shall be eighteen dollars for a resident of a state that | 24 |
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is a party to such an agreement. The fee for an annual license for | 25 |
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residents of this state shall be eighteen dollars unless the rules | 26 |
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adopted under division (B) of section 1533.12 of the Revised Code | 27 |
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provide for issuance of a resident fishing license to the | 28 |
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applicant free of charge. Except as provided in rules adopted | 29 |
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under division (B)(2) of that section, each applicant who is a | 30 |
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resident of this state and who at the time of application is | 31 |
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sixty-six years of age or older shall procure a special senior | 32 |
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fishing license, the fee for which shall be one-half of the annual | 33 |
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resident fishing license fee. | 34 |
| The chief shall adopt rules under section 1531.10 of the | 43 |
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Revised Code providing for the issuance of a one-day fishing | 44 |
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license to a resident of this state or of any other state. The fee | 45 |
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for such a license shall be fifty-five per cent of the amount | 46 |
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established under this section for a tourist's license, rounded up | 47 |
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to the nearest whole dollar. A one-day fishing license shall allow | 48 |
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the holder to take or catch fish by angling in the waters in the | 49 |
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state, engage in fishing in those waters, or take or catch frogs | 50 |
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or turtles in those waters for one day without obtaining an annual | 51 |
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license or a tourist's license under this section. At the request | 52 |
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of a holder of a one-day fishing license who wishes to obtain an | 53 |
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annual license, a clerk or agent authorized to issue licenses | 54 |
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under section 1533.13 of the Revised Code, not later than the last | 55 |
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day on which the one-day license would be valid if it were an | 56 |
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annual license, shall credit the amount of the fee paid for the | 57 |
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one-day license toward the fee charged for the annual license if | 58 |
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so authorized by the chief. The clerk or agent shall issue the | 59 |
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annual license upon presentation of the one-day license and | 60 |
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payment of a fee in an amount equal to the difference between the | 61 |
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fee for the annual license and the fee for the one-day license. | 62 |
| A resident of this state who owns land over, through, upon, | 74 |
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or along which any water flows or stands, except where the land is | 75 |
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in or borders on state parks or state-owned lakes, together with | 76 |
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the members of the immediate families of such owners, may take | 77 |
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frogs and turtles and may take or catch fish of the kind permitted | 78 |
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to be taken or caught therefrom without procuring a license | 79 |
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provided for in this section. This exemption extends to tenants | 80 |
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actually residing upon such lands and to the members of the | 81 |
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immediate families of the tenants. If the owner of such land in | 82 |
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this state is a limited liability company or a limited liability | 83 |
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partnership that consists of three or fewer individual members or | 84 |
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partners, as applicable, an individual member or partner who is a | 85 |
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resident of this state and the member's or partner's children of | 86 |
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any age may take frogs and turtles and may take or catch fish of | 87 |
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the kind permitted to be taken or caught therefrom without | 88 |
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procuring a license provided for in this section. In addition, if | 89 |
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the owner of such land in this state is a trust that has a total | 90 |
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of three or fewer trustees and beneficiaries, an individual who is | 91 |
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a trustee or beneficiary and who is a resident of this state and | 92 |
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the individual's children of any age may take frogs and turtles | 93 |
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and may take or catch fish of the kind permitted to be taken or | 94 |
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caught therefrom without procuring a license provided for in this | 95 |
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section. Residents of state or county institutions, charitable | 96 |
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institutions, and military homes in this state may take frogs and | 97 |
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turtles without procuring the required license, provided that a | 98 |
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member of the institution or home has an identification card, | 99 |
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which shall be carried on that person when fishing. | 100 |