This is out of the Brochure.
? CHANGES TO LICENSE REFUND, REISSUE AND EXCHANGE POLICIES...
All license exchanges will be charged a fee of fifty percent of the cost of the
original license, not to exceed $25. Read the license exchange policy in full
at cpw.state.co.us/LCPolicy.Changes to CPW license refunds and reissues
became effective April 2016: hunters who need to refund a license will have to do
so at least 30 days prior to the start of the season for which the license is valid.
Most licenses that have been returned will be made available to the public on the
leftover license sales list (cpw.state.co.us/Leftover):
2017 LICENSE REISSUE POLICY
■ Any license that is returned to CPW that took 5 or more preference points to
draw will be manually reissued to the next eligible person based on the
residency status of the returned license.
? If a resident license gets returned, it will be reissued to a resident; if a
nonresident license gets returned, it will be reissued to a nonresident.
■ For each license returned, CPW will contact the next 5 people from the
current year?s draw order.
■ If one of those individuals accepts the license from the manual reissue process,
all of that person?s preference points will be used.
■ If a person has a current conflicting license for that species, they may
exchange their current license for the one being offered.
? The exchange fee will be assessed, which is fifty percent of the cost of the
original license, not to exceed $25.
■ If none of those 5 people accept the license from the manual reissue process, it
will be placed onto the leftover list at random intervals.
■ Any license that is returned to CPW that took fewer than 5 preference points
to draw will automatically be placed onto the leftover list at random intervals.
■ Customers who obtain a license from the leftover list will NOT have to use
their preference points.
CPW will be making additional adjustments to the license refund, reissue
and exchange policies in 2017. Check our website for the most up-to-date
information: cpw.state.co.us/refunds