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97A.126

Statute ID: 14494

Game and Fish - Walk-in Access Program

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Statute Number:

97A.126

Enactment Date:

Jan 1, 1859

Effective Date:

Mar 13, 2013

Expiration Date:

Repealed?:

Summary Text:

Game and Fish - Walk-in Access Program

Statute ID:

14494

Created:

Dec 27, 2012 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Updated:

Dec 27, 2012 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Last Update Action:

Added

Legal Analyst Comment:

2012 c 277 art 1 s 27; Adding as payables update. Effective 03/13/2012

Summary Text:

Game and Fish - Walk-in Access Program

Link to MN Statute Text:

https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/stats/97A/126.html

Legislative Session:

2012 - Regular

Session Law Text?:

Statute text last updated on:

Dec 27, 2012

Subd. 2.   
(a) From September 1 to May 31, a person must have a walk-in access validation in possession to hunt, photograph, and watch wildlife on private lands, including agricultural lands, that are posted as being enrolled in the walk-in access program.

(b) Hunting, bird-watching, nature photography, and similar compatible uses on private lands that are posted as enrolled in the walk-in access program is allowed from one-half hour before sunrise to one-half hour after sunset.

(c) Access on private lands that are posted as enrolled in the walk-in access program is restricted to nonmotorized use, except by persons with disabilities operating motor vehicles on established trails or field roads who possess a valid permit to shoot from a stationary vehicle under section 97B.055, subdivision 3.

(d) The general provisions for use of wildlife management areas adopted under sections 86A.06 and 97A.137, relating to overnight use, alcoholic beverages, use of motorboats, firearms and target shooting, hunting stands, abandonment of trash and property, destruction or removal of property, introduction of plants or animals, and animal trespass, apply to use of lands enrolled in the walk-in access program.

(e) Any use of enrolled lands other than use authorized under this section is prohibited, including:

(1) harvesting bait, including minnows, leeches, and other live bait;

(2) training dogs or using dogs for activities other than hunting; and

(3) constructing or maintaining any building, dock, fence, billboard, sign, hunting blind, or other structure, unless constructed or maintained by the landowner.