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97B.668.2
Statute ID:
19474
Statute Function ID:
39179
Game and Fish - Animals causing damage - Deer and elk
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Statute Number:
97B.668.2
Enactment Date:
May 24, 2023
Effective Date:
Jul 1, 2023
Expiration Date:
Repealed?:
No
Summary Text:
Game and Fish - Animals causing damage - Deer and elk
Statute ID:
19474
Created:
Jul 28, 2023 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us
Updated:
Jul 28, 2023 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us
Last Update Action:
Added
Legal Analyst Comment:
C60 Art4 Sect60; Misdemeanor at (d)
Summary Text:
Game and Fish - Animals causing damage - Deer and elk
Link to MN Statute Text:
https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/stats/97B/668.html
Legislative Session:
2023 - Regular
Session Law Text?:
No
Statute text last updated on:
Jul 28, 2023
(a) Notwithstanding section 97B.091, a property owner, the property owner's immediate family member, or an agent of the property owner may nonlethally scare, haze, chase, or harass deer or elk that are causing damage to agricultural crops that are propagated under generally accepted agricultural practices. (b) Paragraph (a) applies only: (1) in the immediate area of the crop damage; and (2) during the closed season for taking deer or elk. (c) Paragraph (a) does not allow: (1) using poisons; (2) using dogs; (3) conduct that drives a deer or elk to the point of exhaustion; (4) activities that require a permit under section 97A.401; or (5) conduct that causes the death of or that is likely to cause the death of a deer or elk. (d) A property owner or the owner's agent must report the death of a deer or elk to staff in the Division of Fish and Wildlife within 24 hours of the death if the death resulted from actions taken under paragraph (a).
