Section 51.31. Responsibility of issuing agents

(a) Issuing agents are responsible to ensure that the fishing license is fully completed. The applicant shall make sure the information entered on the license form is correct, and shall sign his own name or place his mark in the place indicated on the reverse of the license certificate.

(b) Issuing agents shall verify the eligibility of the applicant for the class of license indicated on the license in accordance with § 51.32 (relating to resident and nonresident licenses).

(c) The issuing agent shall transfer the information provided by the applicant to the license certificate, assuring that the information can be easily read. Information on the license certificate shall agree with the information provided and be typed or printed in ink.

(d) Agents shall use standard abbreviations supplied by the Commission for the color of eyes.

(e) Each license shall bear the account number of the issuing agent and the signature or initials of the person issuing the license.

(f) Issuing agents shall issue licenses in numerical sequence.

(g) Issuing agents shall provide a Summary of Fishing Regulations and Laws with each license issued. Issuing agents also shall provide a copy of the summary book to any holder of a Senior Resident Lifetime Fishing License who requests one. Failure to comply with this subsection will be grounds for recall of the issuing agency as provided in section 2711 of the code (relating to issuing agents). Issuing agents are encouraged to provide a copy of the summary book, if adequate numbers are available, to other individuals who request one.

(h) Issuing agents are responsible to ensure that when someone buys a license as a gift for another person, the person buying the license signs his name on the reverse of the agent’s copy of the license and indicates that the license was purchased as a gift. The recipient of the gift license shall sign his name on the original of the license.

The provisions of this § 51.31 adopted August 13, 1982, effective January 1, 1983, 12 Pa.B. 2692; amended March 7, 1997, effective March 8, 1997, 27 Pa.B. 1153; amended April 10, 1998, effective April 11, 1998, 28 Pa.B. 1753. Immediately preceding text appears at serial pages (239808) to (239809).