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97B.031
Statute ID:
12039
Fish and Game - Take big game with illegal firearm
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Statute Number:
97B.031
Enactment Date:
Jan 1, 1859
Effective Date:
Aug 1, 2007
Expiration Date:
Repealed?:
No
Summary Text:
Fish and Game - Take big game with illegal firearm
Statute ID:
12039
Created:
Jan 8, 2008 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us
Updated:
Jan 8, 2008 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us
Last Update Action:
Corrected
Legal Analyst Comment:
Summary Text Change Description
Summary Text:
Fish and Game - Take big game with illegal firearm
Link to MN Statute Text:
https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/stats/97B/031.html
Legislative Session:
2007 - Regular
Session Law Text?:
No
Statute text last updated on:
Jan 8, 2008
Subdivision 1. A person may take big game and wolves with a firearm only if: (1) any rifle, shotgun, or handgun used is a caliber of at least .22 inches and has centerfire ignition; (2) the firearm is loaded only with single projectile ammunition; (3) a projectile used is a caliber of at least .22 inches and has a soft point or is an expanding bullet type; (4) any muzzleloader used is has the projectile loaded only at the muzzle; (5) any smooth-bore muzzleloader used is a caliber of at least .45 inches; and (6) any rifled muzzleloader used is a caliber of at least .40 inches Subd. 3. A person may not use a firearm with a bore larger than a ten gauge to take a protected wild animal. Subd. 4. Except as provided in section 609.66, subdivision 1h, a person may not own or possess a silencer for a firearm or a firearm equipped to have a silencer attached.
