There are too many variables involved that would keep anyone from getting a Landowners Permit IMO . But who knows ?
I don't think this is a dumb question at all . It's a question that delves into a grey area (seemingly grey at least) , and it will be interesting to see what Captain C. has to say .
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The permit application has enough pertinent questions to fill it out and send it in. It is certainly an unusual situation but not totally unique. There are many family corporations that own land in this state. I would fill out the application listing the family corporation as owner and you as a lineal descendant and shareholder in the Corporation. As a further explanation you might add that all shareholders in the corporation are either lineal descendants or in another of the family categories that qualify. This keeps this separate from general corporations where shares trade openly and are not family oriented. I would think the most they would question is whether the CEO of this family corporation must be the signatory of any application or landowner permit to hunt. Anyway, the only way you will get the answer is to send in the application and start the dialogue.
Thinking about this some more here are a few more ideas. I would go to the CEO and tell him or her what you would like to do with regards to the landowner permit process. I would get the CEO's agreement with this request and actually have the CEO sign a Consent to Hunt approval form for your family's land just like we all have to do and carry when we hunt someone else's private land. I would have the CEO sign the landowner application as CEO and you sign as applicant and hunter using your hunting license info. You are the valid hunter and lineal descendent, the CEO is the corporation head executive and approver. With this documentation I can't see why this would be rejected. Keep in mind, the DEP will issue a crop damage permit to a lessee of land that qualifies for crop damage and does not require the approval of the lessor/owner of the land. We know this from a previous issue on this site. If a second person legal agreement between the lessee and the DEP is ok with the DEP I see no reason why they would be reluctant to issue you a free landowner permit under the circumstances above where you, as a lineal descendant, a legal hunter with a current year license, the applicant with the corporation's CEO approval and legally signed Consent to Hunt form, comply with all of the requirements of a free landowner permit. As an aside, there are dozens of hunters on this site who are part of families as lineal descendants or with other family qualifications, that have family owned land of more than 10 acres that would qualify for free landowner permits if they actually thought about this process and its rules and guidelines but have never considered it at all and are missing out on a great opportunity.
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FWIW, I'm 95% sure that when I was a member of my shooting club, you could get a permission form signed by the club president to deer hunt on the land owned by the club, so it seems you situation would be similar.
Further clarification. SouthBound, as the hunter, signs the Hunter Information section as hunter applicant and provides a valid current year hunting license number and the other information that regards the hunter. The Corporation CEO, as the legal head of the family corporation, signs the Landowner Information section as the landowner applicant and provides all of the other landowner information such as the location and description of Corporation's properties. Two signatorys to this application along with a Consent to Hunt Deer form signed by the CEO for SouthBound. I would think the above three posts would cover the issue but at least it is a start and a plan on how to get the application prepared and approved within the family and sent in to the DEP for their analysis and approval or rejection. Good luck.
Will, take a look at Chapter 490 Fisheries and Game Section 26-27 b
(b) Any landowner who has a domiciliary residence in this state, his spouse or lineal descendants may hunt, trap or fish on land owned by him or on land leased by him and on which he is actually domiciled, which land is not used for club, fishing or hunting purposes, without a license, subject to the provisions of this chapter.
and from Sec 26-86 The commissioner shall issue, without fee, a private land deer permit to the owner of ten or more acres of private land and the husband or wife, parent, grandparent, sibling and any lineal descendant of such owner, provided no such owner, husband or wife, parent, grandparent, sibling or lineal descendant shall be issued more than one such permit per season. Such permit shall allow the use of a rifle, shotgun, muzzleloader or bow and arrow on such land from November first to December thirty-first, inclusive.
Pretty sure you'd need to get a private land consent form signed by the the properly authorized individual in the corp. that owns the land or from the club that leases the land from the corp.
Edited by zyg (12/08/1002:50 PM) Edit Reason: added 26-86
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I believe as a stock owner you owner X percentage of that property, that makes you a land owner. The gun club that I belong to I own a 1 20th percent share of it, and yes I an considered a land owner. The secretary or president of your corp. can sign off on it. Should be no problem.
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