Hunting and/or river fishing licence (your autonomous community)

What you need to have to hand

1. Cl@ve, certificado digital or DNIe to identify yourself.
2. DNI/NIE and contact details (mobile and email).
3. Mandatory hunter’s insurance (policy and receipt) if you’re going to hunt and won’t buy it in the procedure.
4. Hunter aptitude (examen/convalidación) if it’s your first hunting licence in that community.
5. Card or account to pay the tasa autonómica (in many CCAA, Modelo 046).
6. If your CA issues a physical card, a passport-style photo.

Documentation

• DNI/NIE in date. If you’re foreign they may ask for passport and residency.
• Certificado de aptitud para la caza or equivalent licence to convalidate (only for hunting and first-time applications).
• Policy and receipt for the hunter’s civil liability insurance in force.
• Payment method for the fee. Some sedes generate NRC if you pay via your bank.
• Authorisation for minors and accompaniment requirements, if applicable.
• Email and mobile for notifications and the PDF download.

Step by step

1. Go to the list of licences by community: https://www.miteco.gob.es/es/biodiversidad/temas/caza/ and pick your comunidad autónoma.
2. Identify yourself with Cl@ve on your community’s sede and choose licencia de caza or pesca fluvial (new issue or renewal and duration).
3. Upload the hunter aptitude or state convalidation. For fishing a declaración responsable usually suffices.
4. Attach the insurance policy and the paid receipt or tick the option to buy the basic insurance inside the procedure (if your CA offers it).
5. Pay the tasa autonómica by card or generate the NRC and pay at your bank (common: Modelo 046). Download the payment receipt.
6. Download your licence in PDF immediately. If you request a physical card, they’ll post it in 1–3 weeks.

Time-savers

• Have the policy and payment receipt in PDF before you start. Otherwise you’ll get stuck mid-application.
• If you had a licence in another CA, look for the convalidación: it can save you taking the exam again.
• Store the licence PDF and the payment receipt on your phone. It saves you if there’s no signal.
• Consider the inter-autonomous licence if you move between several CCAA. It’s usually cheaper than separate licences.
• If online payment fails, generate the NRC and pay at your bank. Then return to the file and attach it.

Common mistakes that can ruin the application

1. Assuming the licence includes the coto permit. It doesn’t.
2. Getting a hunting licence without insurance in force. You’ll get fined if caught.
3. First hunting licence without aptitude: they’ll refuse it and you’ll waste time.
4. Ignoring vedas, quotas and allowed methods: heavy fines and gear seizure.
5. Paying the fee and not uploading the receipt when the sede asks: the file stays pending.