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Recreational License Suspension

Quick Facts

Recreational licenses include hunting and fishing licenses, but also any license, permit, and stamp issued by the DNR.
If the obligor can prove he or she is in compliance, then the license will reinstated or will not be suspended.
Reinstatement must be made within 15 days of proof.

Driver's license suspension and professional license suspension are not the only means of license suspension enforcement the state has at its disposal.

If at a hearing, the court finds that:

the obligor is in arrears in court-ordered child support or maintenance payments, or both, in an amount equal to or greater than 6 times the obligor's total monthly support and maintenance payments and is not in compliance with a written payment agreement, or
has failed, after receiving notice, to comply with a subpoena relating to a paternity or child support proceeding,

then the court may direct the commissioner of natural resources to suspend or bar receipt of the obligor's recreational license or licenses. Prior to utilizing this remedy, the court must find that other substantial enforcement mechanisms have been attempted but have not resulted in compliance.

A recreational license includes all licenses, permits, and stamps issued centrally by the commissioner of natural resources.

An obligor whose recreational license or licenses have been suspended or barred may provide proof to the court that the obligor is in compliance with all written payment agreements. Within 15 days of receipt of that proof, the court must notify the commissioner of natural resources that the obligor's recreational license or licenses should no longer be suspended nor should receipt be barred.