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97B.081.2(a)
Statute ID:
13162
Statute Function ID:
28818
Fish and Game-Use artificial lights on hwy/field/woodland/forest- 2 hrs after sunset thru sunrise
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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:
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:
Yes
Petty Misdemeanor Only if Prosecutor Certifies:
Yes
Third Violation Indicator:
No
Qualified Domestic Violence Related:
No
Nonviolent Controlled Substance Offender Review:
No
Wildlife Restitution:
Yes
Statute Number:
97B.081.2(a)
Enactment Date:
May 22, 2009
Effective Date:
Jul 1, 2009
Expiration Date:
Repealed?:
No
Summary Text:
Fish and Game-Use artificial lights on hwy/field/woodland/forest- 2 hrs after sunset thru sunrise
Statute ID:
13162
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:
Corrected
Legal Analyst Comment:
2009 c176 art 2 s43; Misdemeanor Penalty 97A.301; On Payables List
Summary Text:
Fish and Game-Use artificial lights on hwy/field/woodland/forest- 2 hrs after sunset thru sunrise
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
(a) Except as provided in subdivision 3, from two hours after sunset until sunrise, 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, or locate, a wild animal. (b) Except as provided in subdivision 3, a person may not cast the rays of a spotlight, headlight, or other artificial light on fenced. (c) Except as provided in subdivision 3, a person may not cast an artificial light onto residential property or building sites from a motor vehicle. (d) Except as provided in subdivision 3, a person may not at any time cast the rays of a spotlight, headlight, or other artificial light onto property posted with signs prohibiting the shining of lights onto the property. When signs are posted, the signs shall display letters that are at least two inches in height and state "no shining" or similar terms and shall be placed at intervals of 500 feet or less along the boundary of the property.
