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97A.505
Statute ID:
11388
Game and Fish - Possession of Wild Animals
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Statute Number:
97A.505
Enactment Date:
Jan 1, 1859
Effective Date:
Aug 1, 1986
Expiration Date:
Repealed?:
No
Summary Text:
Game and Fish - Possession of Wild Animals
Statute ID:
11388
Created:
Jun 1, 2007 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us
Updated:
Jun 1, 2007 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us
Last Update Action:
System
Legal Analyst Comment:
Summary Text:
Game and Fish - Possession of Wild Animals
Link to MN Statute Text:
https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/stats/97A/505.html
Legislative Session:
0 - NA
Session Law Text?:
No
Statute text last updated on:
Jun 1, 2007
Subd. 4. A person that stores protected wild animals for others must plainly mark the package, in ink, with the name and address of the owner, the license number of the person taking the animal, and the number and species in the package. Subd. 2. (a) A person may not possess a wild animal that has been unlawfully taken, bought, sold, or possessed outside the state, or unlawfully shipped into the state. (b) When entering the state from Canada, a person who possesses fish that were unlawfully taken or possessed under paragraph (a) may be charged in the same manner as for possessing fish that were unlawfully taken or possessed in the state. Subd. 8. (a) Importing Cervidae carcasses procured by any means into Minnesota is prohibited except for cut and wrapped meat, quarters or other portions of meat with no part of the spinal column or head attached, antlers, hides, teeth, finished taxidermy mounts, and antlers attached to skull caps that are cleaned of all brain tissue. (b) Cervidae carcasses originating from outside of Minnesota may be transported on a direct route through the state by nonresidents. Subd. 9. A person may not possess live cervidae, except as authorized in sections 17.452, 35.153, and 35.155 or 97A.401.
