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86B.109.1

Statute ID: 20249

Statute Function ID: 40296

Abandoned watercraft; Tagging authority and notice to owner to remedy

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Statute Number:

86B.109.1

Enactment Date:

Jun 14, 2025

Effective Date:

Jul 1, 2025

Expiration Date:

Repealed?:

Summary Text:

Abandoned watercraft; Tagging authority and notice to owner to remedy

Statute ID:

20249

Created:

Jun 17, 2025 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Updated:

Jun 17, 2025 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Last Update Action:

Added

Legal Analyst Comment:

2025 SS1 c1 art4 sec4

Summary Text:

Abandoned watercraft; Tagging authority and notice to owner to remedy

Link to MN Statute Text:

https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/stats/86B/109.html

Legislative Session:

2025 - Special 1

Session Law Text?:

Statute text last updated on:

Jun 17, 2025

(a) A peace officer or an employee designated by the commissioner under section 84.0835 may place a tag on a watercraft unlawfully located on public accesses, public lands, and waters of this state or unlawfully located on property adjacent to waters of this state. A watercraft is unlawfully located if the watercraft appears to be:

(1) inoperative and neglected, wrecked, stranded, or substantially dismantled;

(2) in immediate danger of sinking; or

(3) unmoored and unattended.

(b) A peace officer or employee who places a tag on a watercraft under this subdivision must notify the commissioner of placing the tag within 48 hours. The notification must include a statement of the basis for the decision to place a tag on the watercraft.

(c) Upon receiving notification under paragraph (b), the commissioner must send a notice by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the registered owner of the watercraft. The notice must state that:

(1) the watercraft has been tagged and the condition that resulted in the watercraft being tagged must be remedied immediately; and

(2) failure to remedy within 14 days of the notice being sent is a criminal violation that may result in civil and criminal penalties and forfeiture of the watercraft.