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97B.086(a)
Statute ID:
18025
Statute Function ID:
37222
Hunting - Possess Night Vision or Thermal Imaging Equipment While Taking Game or Uncased Weapon
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Classifications
Offense Level:
Misdemeanor (M)
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.086(a)
Enactment Date:
Jun 28, 2021
Effective Date:
Jul 1, 2021
Expiration Date:
Repealed?:
No
Summary Text:
Hunting - Possess Night Vision or Thermal Imaging Equipment While Taking Game or Uncased Weapon
Statute ID:
18025
Created:
Jul 21, 2021 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us
Updated:
Jul 21, 2021 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us
Last Update Action:
Added
Legal Analyst Comment:
Amended 2021 SS1 64 Art 2 Sect 66; amendment to (e)
Summary Text:
Hunting - Possess Night Vision or Thermal Imaging Equipment While Taking Game or Uncased Weapon
Link to MN Statute Text:
https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/stats/97B/086.html
Legislative Session:
2021 - Regular
Session Law Text?:
No
Statute text last updated on:
Jul 21, 2021
(a) A person may not possess night vision or thermal imaging equipment while taking wild animals or 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 wild animals. (b) This section does not apply to a firearm that is: (1) unloaded; (2) in a gun case expressly made to contain a firearm that fully encloses the firearm by being zipped, snapped, buckled, tied, or otherwise fastened without any portion of the firearm exposed; and (3) in the closed trunk of a motor vehicle. (c) This section does not apply to a bow that is: (1) completely encased or unstrung; and (2) in the closed trunk of a motor vehicle. (d) If the motor vehicle under paragraph (b) or (c) does not have a trunk, the firearm or bow must be placed in the rearmost location of the vehicle. (e) This section does not apply to night vision, night vision enhanced with an infrared illuminator, or thermal imaging equipment possessed by: (1) peace officers or military personnel while exercising their duties; or (2) a person taking coyote or fox as provided under section 97B.075 and rules adopted under section 97B.605, but the equipment must not be possessed during the regular firearms deer season.
