50 CFR § 19.31 - State permits.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t50/s19.31"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "50 CFR § 19.31 - State permits."
title_number: 50
title_name: "Wildlife and Fisheries"
section_number: "19.31"
section_name: "State permits."
chapter_name: "UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "TAKING, POSSESSION, TRANSPORTATION, SALE, PURCHASE, BARTER, EXPORTATION, AND IMPORTATION OF WILDLIFE AND PLANTS"
part_number: "19"
part_name: "AIRBORNE HUNTING"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956, 85 Stat. 480, as amended, 86 Stat. 905 (16 U.S.C. 742a—j-1)."
regulatory_source: "39 FR 1177, Jan. 4, 1974, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "19"
---


# 19.31 State permits.

(a) Except as provided in § 19.3, States may issue permits to persons to engage in airborne hunting or harassing of wildlife for purposes of administering or protecting land, water, wildlife, livestock, domestic animals, human life or crops. States may not issue permits for the purpose of sport hunting.

(b) Upon issuance of a permit by a State to a person pursuant to this section, the issuing authority will provide immediate notification to the Special Agent in Charge having jurisdiction according to § 10.22.