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97C.611
Statute ID:
18035
Fish and Game - Turtle species; limits
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Statute Number:
97C.611
Enactment Date:
Jun 28, 2021
Effective Date:
Jul 1, 2021
Expiration Date:
Repealed?:
No
Summary Text:
Fish and Game - Turtle species; limits
Statute ID:
18035
Created:
Jul 26, 2021 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us
Updated:
Jul 26, 2021 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us
Last Update Action:
Added
Legal Analyst Comment:
Amended 2021 C 6 Art 2 Sect 76; recoded into subdivisions; Renumbered
Summary Text:
Fish and Game - Turtle species; limits
Link to MN Statute Text:
https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/stats/97C/611.html
Legislative Session:
2021 - Regular
Session Law Text?:
No
Statute text last updated on:
Jul 26, 2021
Subdivision 1. A person may not possess more than three snapping turtles of the species Chelydra serpentina. Until new rules are adopted under section 97C.605, a person may not take snapping turtles of a size less than ten inches wide including curvature, measured from side to side across the shell at midpoint. After new rules are adopted under section 97C.605, a person may only take snapping turtles of a size specified in the adopted rules. Subd. 2. (a) A person may not possess more than three Western painted turtles of the species Chrysemys picta. Western painted turtles must be between 4 and 5-1/2 inches in shell length. (b) This subdivision does not apply to persons acting under section 97C.605, subdivision 2c, paragraph (a). Subd. 4. A person may not possess any other species of turtle except with an aquatic farm or private fish hatchery license with a turtle endorsement or as specified under section 97C.605, subdivision 2c.
