# 36 C.F.R. § 13.440 (2026): Subsistence permits for persons whose primary, permanent home is outside a resident zone

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## Section

- **Citation:** 36 C.F.R. § 13.440 (2026)
- **Heading:** Subsistence permits for persons whose primary, permanent home is outside a resident zone
- **Jurisdiction:** Federal
- **Kind:** Regulations
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Title 36 CFR: Parks, Forests, and Public Property / Chapter I: NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR / Part 13: NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM UNITS IN ALASKA / Subpart F: Subsistence / § 13.440: § 13.440   Subsistence permits for persons whose primary, permanent home is outside a resident zone.

## Text

(a) Any rural resident whose primary, permanent home is outside the boundaries of a resident zone of a national park or monument may apply to the appropriate Superintendent pursuant to the procedures set forth in § 13.495 for a subsistence permit authorizing the permit applicant to engage in subsistence uses within the national park or monument. The Superintendent shall grant the permit if the permit applicant demonstrates that,
(1) Without using aircraft as a means of access for purposes of taking fish and wildlife for subsistence uses, the applicant has (or is a member of a family which has) customarily and traditionally engaged in subsistence uses within a national park or monument; or
(2) The applicant is a local rural resident within a resident zone for another national park or monument, or meets the requirements of paragraph (a)(1) of this section for another national park or monument, and there exists a pattern of subsistence uses (without use of an aircraft as a means of access for purposes of taking fish and wildlife for subsistence uses) between the national park or monument previously utilized by the permit applicant and the national park or monument for which the permit applicant seeks a subsistence permit.
(b) For purposes of this section, the term “family” shall mean all persons living within a rural resident's household on a permanent basis.
[71 FR 69333, Nov. 30, 2006, as amended at 73 FR 3185, Jan. 17, 2008]

## Nearby sections

- [36 C.F.R. § 13.400 (2026) § 13.400   Purpose and policy.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/CFR_T36_P13_S13_400.md)
- [36 C.F.R. § 13.410 (2026) § 13.410   Applicability.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/CFR_T36_P13_S13_410.md)
- [36 C.F.R. § 13.420 (2026) § 13.420   Definitions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/CFR_T36_P13_S13_420.md)
- [36 C.F.R. § 13.430 (2026) § 13.430   Determination of resident zones.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/CFR_T36_P13_S13_430.md)
- [36 C.F.R. § 13.440 (2026) § 13.440   Subsistence permits for persons whose primary, permanent home is outside a resident zone.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/CFR_T36_P13_S13_440.md)
- [36 C.F.R. § 13.450 (2026) § 13.450   Prohibition of aircraft use.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/CFR_T36_P13_S13_450.md)
- [36 C.F.R. § 13.460 (2026) § 13.460   Use of snowmobiles, motorboats, dog teams, and other means of surface transportation traditionally employed by local rural residents engaged in subsistence uses.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/CFR_T36_P13_S13_460.md)
- [36 C.F.R. § 13.470 (2026) § 13.470   Subsistence fishing.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/CFR_T36_P13_S13_470.md)
- [36 C.F.R. § 13.480 (2026) § 13.480   Subsistence hunting and trapping.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/CFR_T36_P13_S13_480.md)
- [36 C.F.R. § 13.482 (2026) § 13.482   Subsistence collection and use of animal parts.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/CFR_T36_P13_S13_482.md)
- [36 C.F.R. § 13.485 (2026) § 13.485   Subsistence use of timber and plant material.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/CFR_T36_P13_S13_485.md)
- [36 C.F.R. § 13.490 (2026) § 13.490   Closure to subsistence uses of fish and wildlife.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/CFR_T36_P13_S13_490.md)
- [36 C.F.R. § 13.495 (2026) § 13.495   Application procedures for subsistence permits and aircraft exceptions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/CFR_T36_P13_S13_495.md)

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