SECTION 800:15-3-2. License and fee requirements

(a)   Interstate license. No person may ship or transport minnows for sale into or out of this state without having first procured a minnow dealer's interstate license. The fee for said license shall be $100.00 for residents of the state (those who have been residing in the state one (1) year prior to issuance of license) and $500.00 for a non-resident of the state. Prior to issuance of a minnow dealers interstate license the applicant shall file with the Department a good and sufficient surety bond by a surety company licensed to do business in this state in the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) which shall be subject to forfeiture to the Department upon conviction for the violation of any provisions of this subchapter or State Statutes. The license shall be an annual license beginning January 1 and ending December 31.

(b)   Intrastate license. No person may seine, trap transport and/or sell minnows within the state for commercial purposes without having first procured a minnow dealer's intrastate license. The fee for said license shall be $100.00 for residents of the state and $250.00 for a non-resident of the state. The license shall be an annual license beginning January 1 and ending December 31.

(c)   Minnow dealer's vehicle license. No holder of a commercial minnow dealer's license may use more than one vehicle to transport minnows without having first procured a license for each additional vehicle. The fee for each additional vehicle license shall be $25.00. The license shall be an annual license beginning January 1 and ending December 31.

(d)   Non-commercial minnow seining. Minnows may be taken for personal use as bait by seining in accordance with provisions of 29 O.S., Sections 4-115, 4-116 and OAC 800:10, Subchapters 3 and 5.