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97B.071(a)
Statute ID:
19739
Statute Function ID:
39578
Fish and Game - No blaze orange or pink clothing during firearm deer season
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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:
Yes
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.071(a)
Enactment Date:
May 21, 2024
Effective Date:
Jul 1, 2024
Expiration Date:
Repealed?:
No
Summary Text:
Fish and Game - No blaze orange or pink clothing during firearm deer season
Statute ID:
19739
Created:
Jun 13, 2024 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us
Updated:
Jun 13, 2024 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us
Last Update Action:
Added
Legal Analyst Comment:
Amended c116 art3 sect39; Adds words "hunting deer" in (c)
Summary Text:
Fish and Game - No blaze orange or pink clothing during firearm deer season
Link to MN Statute Text:
https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/stats/97B/071.html
Legislative Session:
2024 - Regular
Session Law Text?:
No
Statute text last updated on:
Jun 13, 2024
(a) Except as provided in rules adopted under paragraph (d), a person may not hunt or trap during the open season where deer may be taken by firearms under applicable laws and ordinances, unless the visible portion of the person's cap and outer clothing above the waist, excluding sleeves and gloves, is blaze orange or blaze pink. Blaze orange or blaze pink includes a camouflage pattern of at least 50 percent blaze orange or blaze pink within each foot square. This section does not apply to migratory-waterfowl hunters on waters of this state or in a stationary shooting location or to trappers on waters of this state. (b) Except as provided in rules adopted under paragraph (d), and in addition to the requirement in paragraph (a), a person may not take small game other than turkey, migratory birds, raccoons, and predators, except while trapping, unless a visible portion of at least one article of the person's clothing above the waist is blaze orange or blaze pink. This paragraph does not apply to a person when in a stationary location while hunting deer by archery or when hunting small game by falconry. (c) A person hunting deer in a fabric or synthetic ground blind on public land must have: (1) a blaze orange safety covering on the top of the blind that is visible for 360 degrees around the blind; or (2) at least 144 square inches of blaze orange material on each side of the blind. (d) The commissioner may, by rule, prescribe an alternative color in cases where paragraph (a) or (b) would violate the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993, Public Law 103-141. (e) A violation of paragraph (b) does not result in a penalty, but is punishable only by a safety warning.
