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97A.535

Statute ID: 10456

Possession and transportation of deer, bear,

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Statute Number:

97A.535

Enactment Date:

Jan 1, 1859

Effective Date:

Jan 1, 1859

Expiration Date:

Repealed?:

Summary Text:

Possession and transportation of deer, bear,

Statute ID:

10456

Created:

Oct 19, 2006 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Updated:

Oct 19, 2006 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Last Update Action:

System

Legal Analyst Comment:

Summary Text:

Possession and transportation of deer, bear,

Link to MN Statute Text:

https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/stats/97A/535.html

Legislative Session:

0 - NA

Session Law Text?:

Statute text last updated on:

Jan 6, 2025

Subdivision 1.
(a) A person may not possess or transport deer, bear, elk, or moose taken in the state unless a tag is attached to the carcass in a manner prescribed by the commissioner. The commissioner must prescribe the type of tag that has the license number of the owner, the year of its issue, and other information prescribed by the commissioner.
(b) The tag must be validated at the site of the kill as prescribed by the commissioner.
(c) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the tag must be attached to the deer, bear, elk, or moose at the site of the kill before the animal is removed from the site of the kill.
(d) The tag must remain attached to the animal until the animal is processed for storage.
(e) A person may move a lawfully taken deer, bear, elk, or moose from the site of the kill without attaching the validated tag to the animal only while in the act of manually or mechanically dragging, carrying, or carting the animal across the ground and while possessing the validated tag on their person. A motor vehi

Subd. 2.
Deer, bear, elk, and moose must be registered as prescribed by the commissioner, in addition to the tag required in subdivision 1.


Subd. 4.
A person other than the licensee may transport deer, bear, elk, or moose that the licensee has registered as prescribed by the commissioner. A tag must be attached to the animal and marked in ink with the address, license number, signature of the licensee, and the locations from which and to which the animal is being transported.