Source: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/2018/cite/97B.081/subd/97B.081.3
Timestamp: 2020-02-28 00:59:25
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﻿ Sec. 97B.081 MN Statutes
Section 97B.081
97B.075 97B.085
2019 Subd. 3 Amended 2019 c 4 art 3 s 56
2015 Subd. 3 Amended 2015 c 4 art 5 s 23
2014 Subd. 3 Amended 2014 c 290 s 40
2009 97B.081 Amended 2009 c 176 art 2 s 43
2006 Subd. 1 Amended 2006 c 281 art 2 s 36
2002 Subd. 2 Amended 2002 c 351 s 16
Subdivision 1.With implements to take wild animals.
Except as provided in subdivision 3, a person may not cast the rays of a spotlight, headlight, or other artificial light on a highway, or in a field, woodland, or forest, to spot, locate, or take a wild animal while having in possession, either individually or as one of a group of persons, a firearm, bow, or other implement that could be used to take big game, small game, or unprotected wild animals.
Subd. 2.Without implements to take wild animals.
(a) Except as provided in subdivision 3, from two hours after sunset until sunrise, a person may not cast the rays of a spotlight, headlight, or other artificial light on a highway, or in a field, woodland, or forest to spot or locate a wild animal.
(b) Except as provided in subdivision 3, a person may not cast the rays of a spotlight, headlight, or other artificial light on fenced, agricultural land.
(c) Except as provided in subdivision 3, a person may not cast an artificial light onto residential property or building sites from a motor vehicle.
(d) Except as provided in subdivision 3, a person may not at any time cast the rays of a spotlight, headlight, or other artificial light onto property posted with signs prohibiting the shining of lights onto the property. When signs are posted, the signs shall display letters that are at least two inches in height and state "no shining" or similar terms and shall be placed at intervals of 500 feet or less along the boundary of the property.
(d) It is not a violation of this section for a licensed bear hunter to cast the rays of a handheld artificial light to track or retrieve a wounded or dead bear while possessing a firearm, provided that the person:
(1) has the person's valid bear-hunting license in possession;
(2) is on foot; and
(3) is following the blood trail of a bear that was shot during legal shooting hours.
1986 c 386 art 2 s 17; 1987 c 131 s 1; 1987 c 149 art 1 s 46; 2002 c 351 s 16; 2006 c 281 art 2 s 36; 2009 c 176 art 2 s 43; 2014 c 290 s 40; 1Sp2015 c 4 art 5 s 23