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97B.020

Statute ID: 12712

Statute Function ID: 27943

Hunting - Firearms Safety Certificate required

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Classifications

Offense Level:

Petty Misdemeanor (PM)

General Offense Code:

Other (9)

Offense Summary Code & Rank:

Other/Status/Misc (M) (Rank 30)

Detailed Offense Code:

Fish and Game (Other) (991)

Offense Severity Level:

Function Text:

UCR Code

Description

90Z

All Other Offenses

Flags

Crime of Violence:

Targeted Misdemeanor:

Predatory Offender Registration Review:

Enhanceable:

Certify to DPS:

Report to DNR:

Yes

DPS Group:

Conditional Release:

Payable:

Yes

Petty Misdemeanor Only if Prosecutor Certifies:

Yes

Third Violation Indicator:

Qualified Domestic Violence Related:

Nonviolent Controlled Substance Offender Review:

Wildlife Restitution:

Yes

Statute Number:

97B.020

Enactment Date:

Jan 1, 1859

Effective Date:

May 25, 2007

Expiration Date:

Repealed?:

Summary Text:

Hunting - Firearms Safety Certificate required

Statute ID:

12712

Created:

Jan 2, 2009 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Updated:

Jan 2, 2009 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Last Update Action:

Added

Legal Analyst Comment:

2007 c 131 art 1 s 34; 2009 Payables List Update

Summary Text:

Hunting - Firearms Safety Certificate required

Link to MN Statute Text:

https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/stats/97B/020.html

Legislative Session:

2007 - Regular

Session Law Text?:

Statute text last updated on:

Jan 2, 2009

(a) Except as provided in this section and section 97A.451, subdivision 3a, a person born after December 31, 1979, may not obtain an annual license to take wild animals by firearms unless the person has: 

(1) a firearms safety certificate or equivalent certificate;

(2) a driver's license or identification card with a valid firearms safety qualification indicator issued under section 171.07, subdivision 13; 

(3) a previous hunting license with a valid firearms safety qualification indicator; 

(4) an apprentice hunter validation issued under section 97B.022; or 

(5) other evidence indicating that the person has completed in this state or in another state a hunter safety course recognized by the department under a reciprocity agreement or certified by the department as substantially similar.

(b) A person who is on active duty and has successfully completed basic training in the United States armed forces, reserve component, or National Guard may obtain a hunting license or approval authorizing hunting regardless of whether the person is issued a firearms safety certificate.

(c) A person born after December 31, 1979, may not use a lifetime license to take wild animals by firearms, unless the person meets the requirements for obtaining an annual license under paragraph (a) or (b).