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97B.081.1
Statute ID:
13158
Statute Function ID:
28810
Hunting-Use Artificial Lights to Spot, Locate or Take Wild Animals - Possess Firearm, Bow or Other
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Classifications
Offense Level:
Gross Misdemeanor (GM)
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:
No
Targeted Misdemeanor:
No
Predatory Offender Registration Review:
No
Enhanceable:
No
Certify to DPS:
No
Report to DNR:
Yes
DPS Group:
No
Conditional Release:
No
Payable:
No
Petty Misdemeanor Only if Prosecutor Certifies:
No
Third Violation Indicator:
No
Qualified Domestic Violence Related:
No
Nonviolent Controlled Substance Offender Review:
No
Wildlife Restitution:
Yes
Statute Number:
97B.081.1
Enactment Date:
May 22, 2009
Effective Date:
Jul 1, 2009
Expiration Date:
Repealed?:
No
Summary Text:
Hunting-Use Artificial Lights to Spot, Locate or Take Wild Animals - Possess Firearm, Bow or Other
Statute ID:
13158
Created:
Aug 4, 2009 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us
Updated:
Aug 20, 2013 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us
Last Update Action:
Updated
Legal Analyst Comment:
2009 c176 art 2 s43; GM Penalty 97A.331.2
Summary Text:
Hunting-Use Artificial Lights to Spot, Locate or Take Wild Animals - Possess Firearm, Bow or Other
Link to MN Statute Text:
https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/stats/97B/081.html
Legislative Session:
2009 - Regular
Session Law Text?:
No
Statute text last updated on:
Aug 4, 2009
Except as provided in subdivision 3, a person may not cast the rays of a spotlight, headlight, or other artificial light on a highway, or in a field, woodland, or forest, to spot, locate, or take a wild animal while having in possession, either individually or as one of a group of persons, a firearm, bow, or other implement that could be used to take big game, small game, or unprotected wild animals.
