N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law Section 11-0704
Transfer of a lifetime license

A lifetime license, as provided in § 11-0702 (Lifetime hunting, fishing, trapping, archery and muzzle-loading licenses)section 11-0702 of this title, is not transferable to any person unless:

1.

the person to whom such license and permit was issued dies within one year of the issuance date of such license and permit; and

2.

the person to whom such license and permit is to be transferred is a legal resident of this state pursuant to this title; and

3.

the person to whom such license and permit is to be transferred would otherwise be eligible to purchase such license and permit; and

4.

the person to whom such license is to be transferred is related to the person to whom such license was issued by the first degree of consanguinity, or legal marriage to such person, or is the adopted child or step child or step sibling of such person; and

5.

designation is made by the personal representative of the decedent’s estate; and

6.

The application for transfer is made within three years of the issuance of the license; and

7.

the person to whom such license and permit is transferred pays the fee as set forth in § 11-0702 (Lifetime hunting, fishing, trapping, archery and muzzle-loading licenses)section 11-0702 of this title; and

8.

such license and permit has not been previously transferred. Provided, however, that subdivisions one, six and seven of this section shall not apply when the person to whom such license was issued was a member of the armed forces of the United States or a member of the national guard or other reserve component of the armed forces of the United States who died in combat zone or combat zone of operations or while deployed for active military duty, other than training, on or after the eleventh day of September, two thousand one.

Source: Section 11-0704 — Transfer of a lifetime license, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/ENV/11-0704 (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Jun. 21, 2025).

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