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97B.903
Statute ID:
14483
Statute Function ID:
31431
Fish and Game - Set, Place, or Operate body gripping traps on public lands and waters
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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:
Misdemeanor certifiable as a Petty Misd.
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:
No
DPS Group:
No
Conditional Release:
No
Payable:
No
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.903
Enactment Date:
Jan 1, 2013
Effective Date:
Jan 1, 2013
Expiration Date:
Repealed?:
No
Summary Text:
Fish and Game - Set, Place, or Operate body gripping traps on public lands and waters
Statute ID:
14483
Created:
Dec 21, 2012 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us
Updated:
Dec 21, 2012 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us
Last Update Action:
Updated
Legal Analyst Comment:
Payable effective 1/1/13. Need new offense code to distinguish offenses prior to 1/1/13
Summary Text:
Fish and Game - Set, Place, or Operate body gripping traps on public lands and waters
Link to MN Statute Text:
https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/stats/97B/903.html
Legislative Session:
2013 - Regular
Session Law Text?:
No
Statute text last updated on:
Dec 21, 2012
A person may not set, place, or operate, except as a waterset, a body-gripping or conibear-type trap on public lands and waters that has a maximum jaw opening when set greater than 6-1/2 inches and less than 7-1/2 inches measured from the inside edges of the body-gripping portions of the jaws, unless: (1) the trap is in a baited or unbaited enclosure and the trap trigger is recessed seven inches or more from the top and frontmost portion of the open end of the enclosure; (2) no bait, lure, or other attractant is placed within 20 feet of the trap; or (3) the trap is elevated at least three feet above the surface of the ground or snowpack.
