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MN Stat § 346.56 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 343 - 348 — Animals And Property|Chapter 346 — Animals|Section 346.56 — Unauthorized Release Of Animals.

346.56 UNAUTHORIZED RELEASE OF ANIMALS. Subdivision 1.  [Repealed, 1989 c 55 s 3] Subd. 2. Liability for damages. A person who without permission releases an animal lawfully confined for science, research, commerce, or education is liable: (1) to the owner of the animal for damages, including the costs of restoring the animal to confinement and to its health condition prior to release; (2) for damage to personal and real property caused by the released animal; (3) if the release causes the failure or interruption of an experiment, for all costs of repeating the experiment, including replacement of the animals, labor, and materials; and (4) for any other damage the person causes to property in the facility from which the animal was released. Subd. 3. Amount of damages. A person who is damaged under subdivision 2, clause (3) or (4), is entitled to recover a minimum of $5,000 or three times the actual damages incurred by that person under subdivision 2, clause (3) or (4), whichever is greater, and punitive damages, costs, and reasonable attorney fees. Subd. 4. Third-party liability; presumption. A person or organization who plans or assists in the development of a plan to release, without permission, an animal lawfully confined for science, research, commerce, or education, or who otherwise aids, advises, hires, counsels, or encourages another to commit the act is jointly and severally liable for all damages under subdivision 3. There is a rebuttable presumption that a person or organization who claims responsibility for the act is liable under this subdivision. History:  1988 c 535 s 1; 1989 c 55 s 1; 1999 c 216 art 6 s 14
MN Stat § 346.57 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 343 - 348 — Animals And Property|Chapter 346 — Animals|Section 346.57 — Dogs And Cats In Motor Vehicles.

346.57 DOGS AND CATS IN MOTOR VEHICLES. Subdivision 1. Unattended dogs or cats. A person may not leave a dog or a cat unattended in a standing or parked motor vehicle in a manner that endangers the dog's or cat's health or safety. Subd. 2. Removal of dogs or cats. A peace officer, as defined in section 626.84, a humane agent, a dog warden, or a volunteer or professional member of a fire or rescue department of a political subdivision may use reasonable force to enter a motor vehicle and remove a dog or cat which has been left in the vehicle in violation of subdivision 1. A person removing a dog or a cat under this subdivision shall use reasonable means to contact the owner of the dog or cat to arrange for its return home. If the person is unable to contact the owner, the person may take the dog or cat to an animal shelter. Subd. 3. Petty misdemeanor. A person who violates subdivision 1 is subject to a fine of $25. History:   1988 c 711 s 6
MN Stat § 346.58 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 343 - 348 — Animals And Property|Chapter 346 — Animals|Section 346.58 — Dogs And Cats; Best Management Standards For Care By Dealers, Commercial Breeders, And Brokers.

346.58 DOGS AND CATS; BEST MANAGEMENT STANDARDS FOR CARE BY DEALERS, COMMERCIAL BREEDERS, AND BROKERS. The commissioner of agriculture shall consult with interested persons, including but not limited to persons representing dog and cat dealers, breeders, and brokers, the Minnesota Federated Humane Society, the Minnesota Council for Dog Clubs, the American Dog Owners Association, the Board of Animal Health, the Minnesota Purebred Dog Breeders Association, the Minnesota Citizens for Animal Care, the United States Department of Agriculture, and the Minnesota Veterinary Medical Association. The commissioner shall issue an order containing best management standards of care for dogs and cats by dealers, commercial breeders, and brokers. The commissioner shall urge dealers, commercial breeders, and brokers to follow the standards issued in the order. History:  1994 c 642 s 8; 1997 c 187 art 3 s 31
MN Stat § 347.01 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 343 - 348 — Animals And Property|Chapter 347 — Dogs And Cats|Section 347.01 — Owner's Liability; Penalty.

347.01 OWNER'S LIABILITY; PENALTY. (a) Owners or keepers of any dog or dogs, that kill, wound, or worry any domestic animal or animals, shall be jointly and severally liable to the owner of such animal or animals for all damages done by such dog or dogs, without proving notice to or knowledge by any such owner or keeper of such dog or dogs, that any or either of them was mischievous or disposed to kill or worry any domestic animal. (b) The owner of any dog that kills or pursues domestic livestock is guilty of a petty misdemeanor. History:  (7284) RL s 2786; 1915 c 344 s 1; 1985 c 269 s 2
MN Stat § 347.02 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 343 - 348 — Animals And Property|Chapter 347 — Dogs And Cats|Section 347.02 — Keeping After Notice; Penalty.

347.02 KEEPING AFTER NOTICE; PENALTY. Every person who shall keep or harbor a dog which has bitten any domestic animal, after having notice of such fact, shall pay a fine of $5 for every day the person keeps, harbors, or permits such dog to remain on the person's premises thereafter. History:  (7285) RL s 2787; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 347.03 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 343 - 348 — Animals And Property|Chapter 347 — Dogs And Cats|Section 347.03 — Dogs May Be Killed.

347.03 DOGS MAY BE KILLED. Any owner or caretaker may kill any dog found chasing, injuring, or worrying sheep or other livestock or poultry owned by or in care of such owner or caretaker, on lands or premises owned or controlled by the owner or caretaker, and any owner or caretaker of sheep may kill any dog found on the owner's or caretaker's premises where sheep are kept, not under human restraint or control. History:  (7286) RL s 2788; 1927 c 217 s 1; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 347.04 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 343 - 348 — Animals And Property|Chapter 347 — Dogs And Cats|Section 347.04 — Public Nuisance.

347.04 PUBLIC NUISANCE. Any dog that habitually worries, chases, or molests teams or persons traveling peaceably on the public road is a public nuisance. Upon complaint in writing to a district court judge containing a description of the dog, including the name of the dog and its owner, or stating that the name or names are not known, and alleging that the dog is a public nuisance, the judge shall issue a summons, if the owner is known, commanding the owner to appear before the judge at a specified time, not less than six nor more than ten days from the date of the summons, to answer the complaint. The summons shall be served not less than six days before the day of the hearing in the same manner as other district court summonses. History:  (7287) RL s 2789; 1983 c 359 s 37; 1986 c 444; 1998 c 254 art 2 s 35; 2006 c 260 art 5 s 8
MN Stat § 347.05 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 343 - 348 — Animals And Property|Chapter 347 — Dogs And Cats|Section 347.05 — Owner Not Known.

347.05 OWNER NOT KNOWN. If it appears from the complaint that the owner is not known, ten days' posted notice, containing a description of the dog as given in the complaint, and stating that a complaint has been made, and the time and place of hearing on it, shall be given in the town where the judge presides. History:  (7288) RL s 2790; 1983 c 359 s 38
MN Stat § 347.06 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 343 - 348 — Animals And Property|Chapter 347 — Dogs And Cats|Section 347.06 — Hearing; Judgment; Execution.

347.06 HEARING; JUDGMENT; EXECUTION. The judge shall hear the evidence in the case. Upon finding that the dog is a public nuisance, the judge shall enter judgment accordingly, and shall order the appropriate public official to kill and dispose of the dog. History:  (7289) RL s 2791; 1983 c 359 s 39; 1986 c 444; 2007 c 13 art 1 s 15
MN Stat § 347.07 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 343 - 348 — Animals And Property|Chapter 347 — Dogs And Cats|Section 347.07 — Costs.

347.07 COSTS. Costs in the first instance shall be paid by the complainant, but if the dog is adjudged a nuisance, and the owner is known, judgment shall be entered against the owner therefor. History:  (7290) RL s 2792; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 347.08 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 343 - 348 — Animals And Property|Chapter 347 — Dogs And Cats|Section 347.08 — County Board May License.

347.08 COUNTY BOARD MAY LICENSE. Subdivision 1. Establishment of licensing system. The board of county commissioners of any county is hereby authorized to establish a system of licensing and regulating the running at large of dogs, except in cities of the first class, and create a livestock indemnity fund to be handled and disbursed as hereinafter provided. Before regulating and licensing, there must be filed with the county auditor a petition signed by at least 25 percent of the persons actually engaged in raising livestock, including poultry, in the county, as shown by the assessors' records, requesting the board to establish such system. When the petition has been filed the board of county commissioners shall establish such system; or the board of county commissioners may, by a majority vote, on their own motion and without petition, establish such system. The board of county commissioners shall exclude from the operation of sections 347.08 to 347.21, statutory cities, second, third, and fourth class cities if such city has in operation a satisfactory law regulating dogs running at large. Subd. 2. Revocation of system. At any time after such system has been in effect for a period of two years from the date of its establishment, it may be revoked by a majority vote of the board of county commissioners, but provided that before such revocation the board shall hold a public hearing and give at least ten days' notice of such hearing by publication in at least one newspaper published or circulating in the county. History:  (7297-41) 1939 c 410 s 1; 1943 c 294 s 1; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7
MN Stat § 347.09 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 343 - 348 — Animals And Property|Chapter 347 — Dogs And Cats|Section 347.09 — Licenses.

347.09 LICENSES. In every county in which sections 347.08 to 347.21 shall become operative every dog more than six months of age must have a license. The owner of any dog (the word "owner," when used in sections 347.08 to 347.21, in relation to property in, or possession of, dogs shall include every person who owns, harbors, or keeps a dog) shall, on or before February 1 each year, obtain a license for the dog, and shall pay for such license the fee prescribed by the county commissioners, which shall not be less than 50 cents nor more than $1 for a male dog and not less than $1 nor more than $2 for a female dog; such payments to be made to the town, or city clerk or deputy. The application for such license shall be in such written form as prescribed by the county auditor, and shall state the name, sex, breed, age, color and marking of the dog for which the license is sought. The license year shall correspond to the calendar year. The sale or transfer of any licensed dog shall carry with it and transfer the license. History:  (7297-42) 1939 c 410 s 2; 1943 c 294 s 2; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 347.10 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 343 - 348 — Animals And Property|Chapter 347 — Dogs And Cats|Section 347.10 — Owners Of Dogs And Kennels; Licenses.

347.10 OWNERS OF DOGS AND KENNELS; LICENSES. The term "kennel" shall mean any establishment where dogs are kept for the purpose of breeding, sale or sporting purposes. Any person who keeps or operates a kennel may, in lieu of the license for each dog required by sections 347.08 to 347.21, apply to the town or city treasurer for a kennel license for the keeping or operating of such kennel. For such a kennel license the person shall pay a fee of $10 for the license year. With the kennel license the clerk shall issue a number of metal tags equal to the number of dogs kept in the kennel. The tags shall be made in a form so that they may be readily distinguishable from the individual license tags for the same year. The licensee of a kennel shall at all times keep one of such tags attached to the collar of each dog over six months old kept under a kennel license. The tags may be transferred from one dog to another within the kennel whenever any dog is removed from the kennel. The clerk may appoint a deputy or deputies to issue such licenses. The clerk shall receive ten cents for each license issued, to be paid by the town out of the revenue fund. A license shall be issued by the clerk or the clerk's deputy upon application being made therefor and upon payments made as herein provided. The license shall be in the form prescribed by the county auditor and shall be executed by the proper town, or city clerk or deputy. The license shall state the year for which it was issued, shall bear a serial number, the owner's name and address, and the name, sex, breed, and color of the dog licensed. History:  (7297-43) 1939 c 410 s 3; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1986 c 444; 1993 c 375 art 3 s 41
MN Stat § 347.11 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 343 - 348 — Animals And Property|Chapter 347 — Dogs And Cats|Section 347.11 — Dog Collars To Be Tagged.

347.11 DOG COLLARS TO BE TAGGED. Subdivision 1. Metal tags and license blanks. The clerk or the clerk's deputy issuing a license shall at the same time deliver to the licensee a metal tag, which shall bear the same serial number as the license. The tag shall also bear the name of the county in which issued and the license year. The county auditor shall contract for and have prepared and furnished, annually, a sufficient number of such metal tags, and a sufficient supply of suitable blank licenses to be bound in books of proper size and perforated so that a duplicate of each license may be kept upon the stub thereof. The cost of making, printing, and furnishing the tags and blank license receipts shall be paid out of the dog license fund. Subd. 2. Distribution. The several county auditors shall distribute these tags and license blanks to the several town and city treasurers in proper amounts, together with blank license receipts. The licensee shall securely attach the tag to a collar and this collar, with the tag attached, shall at all times be kept on the dog for which the license is issued. A new tag, with a new number, shall be furnished to the licensee by the town or city clerk, or deputy, in place of the original tag, upon presentation of the license and proof of the loss of the original tag. The town clerk or deputy shall then endorse the new tag number on the license and shall enter it upon the register. The clerk shall receive for services rendered in issuing the new tag the sum of ten cents, to be paid by the person obtaining the new tag. Subd. 3. Duplicates to be kept; accounting. Every town or city clerk, or clerk's deputy, shall, at the time of issuing a license and before delivering it, make a complete duplicate thereof upon the stub portion of the license blank. The clerk shall, annually, during the month of January, return to the county auditor all unused tags of the preceding year, together with license books therefor and all duplicate licenses of the preceding year, and the county auditor shall carefully check the returned tags, duplicate licenses, and license blanks to ascertain whether all tags and license blanks which were furnished by the county auditor have been accounted for; and to enable the county auditor to do that, the county auditor shall charge each town or city clerk with all tags and blank licenses furnished or delivered to the clerk and credit the clerk with those returned. In case of discrepancy, the county auditor shall notify the county attorney, who shall investigate and take steps to enforce the law. History:  (7297-44) 1939 c 410 s 4; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 347.12 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 343 - 348 — Animals And Property|Chapter 347 — Dogs And Cats|Section 347.12 — Fees Paid To County Treasurer Monthly.

347.12 FEES PAID TO COUNTY TREASURER MONTHLY. Every town, or city clerk, or clerk's deputy, shall at the end of each month pay all license fees received and not before paid, to the county treasurer and, at the same time, report, in writing, to the county auditor the licenses issued during the month and for which the license fees so deposited with the county treasurer were paid. The report shall be in the form prescribed and furnished by the several county auditors. History:  (7297-45) 1939 c 410 s 5; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 347.13 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 343 - 348 — Animals And Property|Chapter 347 — Dogs And Cats|Section 347.13 — Fees, Dog License Fund; Disbursal; Accounting.

347.13 FEES, DOG LICENSE FUND; DISBURSAL; ACCOUNTING. The license fees so paid to the county treasurer shall be kept in a separate account, which shall be known as the dog license fund and shall be appropriated and disbursed for the purposes and in the manner herein set forth. Expenses necessarily incurred by the county in purchasing and providing books, forms, and other supplies required in the administering of the dog license law shall be paid out of the dog license fund. The amount remaining thereafter in the fund shall be available for and may be used as necessary for paying claims allowed by the county to the owners of domestic animals on account of damages done by dogs during the license year for which the fees were paid. Any surplus in excess of $1,000 which may remain from the license fees of any license year shall, on March 1 of the succeeding year, belong and be credited to and paid by the county treasurer to the towns and cities of the county for their use in the proportion in which the towns and cities shall have contributed and paid to the fund out of which the surplus arises. It shall be used as the governing body of the town or city shall determine. When any county operating under the provisions of sections 347.08 to 347.21 shall discontinue its dog licenses and livestock indemnity fund, any money remaining shall be distributed among the various towns in proportion to license money paid in. History:  (7297-46) 1939 c 410 s 6; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7
MN Stat § 347.14 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 343 - 348 — Animals And Property|Chapter 347 — Dogs And Cats|Section 347.14 — Unlicensed Dogs.

347.14 UNLICENSED DOGS. Subdivision 1. Seizure; impoundment; presumption. Any person may seize, impound, or restrain any unlicensed dog which the person may find running at large. The fact that a dog is without a license attached to a collar shall be presumptive evidence that the dog is unlicensed. The sheriff and sheriff's deputies or other police officer shall seize, impound or restrain any dog for which no license has been issued and for which one is required. Any officer who shall seize, restrain, impound, or kill any dog found in any place without a license, as required under sections 347.09 to 347.20, upon delivery of such dog or carcass and the proper disposal of the carcass and after making a report to the town or city treasurer of the town or city in which the dog was seized or killed, showing that the dog did not have a license, shall receive therefor a payment of $2, the same to be made from any funds in the town or city treasury not otherwise appropriated. The county auditor shall reimburse the town for any expense incurred under section 347.10 and shall charge such expense to the dog license fund. Subd. 2.  Prohibition; enforcement. It is unlawful for a person to harbor or permit to remain about the person's premises a dog for which no license exists and for which one is required. Any person who has seized or impounded a dog with or without license under this section shall deliver the dog to the humane officer of the town or city, if a humane officer exists; or, if there is not a humane officer, to the town or city peace officer. The officer to whom the dog is delivered shall, without delay, notify the owner, personally or through the United States mail, if the owner is known to the officer or can be ascertained with reasonable effort. If, after five regular business days of the impounding agency, the owner does not claim the dog, the officer may dispose of the dog in a proper and humane manner. For the purpose of this section, "regular business day" means a day during which the establishment having custody of the dog is open to the public at least four consecutive hours between 8:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. Subd. 3. Penalties. Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of sections 347.08 to 347.21 shall be liable to a penalty of not less than $5 nor more than $50 for such violation. History:  (7297-47) 1939 c 410 s 7; 1943 c 294 s 3; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1986 c 444; 2005 c 10 art 2 s 4; 2006 c 223 s 1
MN Stat § 347.15 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 343 - 348 — Animals And Property|Chapter 347 — Dogs And Cats|Section 347.15 — Persons Damaged, Claims Filed.

347.15 PERSONS DAMAGED, CLAIMS FILED. Subdivision 1. Presentation and investigation. The owner of any domestic animals, including poultry and game birds, attacked, chased, worried, injured, or killed by a dog or dogs may, within ten days after the owner shall have knowledge or notice thereof, file a written claim for damages with the clerk of the town or city in which the damage occurred. The form of such claim may be prescribed by the county auditor. Upon presentation of such claim the supervisors of the town, the board of trustees of the statutory city, or the council of the city, or a committee appointed for that purpose by the supervisors, the board of trustees or the council, shall promptly investigate the claim and may subpoena witnesses, administer oaths, and take testimony relative thereto and shall, within 30 days after the filing of the claim, make, certify, and return to the county auditor the claim, a report of the investigation, the testimony taken, and the amount of damages, if any, suffered by the owner of the animals. Subd. 2. Form; proof; allowances; appeal. The form of the report and certification shall be prescribed by the county auditor and shall be subscribed by the supervisors, board, or committee making the same. The county auditor shall lay before the county board, at its first meeting following the receipt of the claim, all claims so filed and reported and the same shall be acted upon and determined by the county board as other claims are determined and acted upon, and the county board shall equalize the values and claims between and within the various towns of the county. The amount of damages filed and reported to the county auditor shall be prima facie proof of the actual damages sustained, but evidence may be taken before the county board relative to the claims as in other cases, and appeals from the action of the county board shall lie as in other cases. On appeal from the action of the county board, the trial shall be by the court without a jury. Subd. 3. Payment. Such claims shall be solely against the dog license fund and shall create no other liability on the part of the county. Subd. 4. Limitation of amount. The amount allowed by the county board upon any such claim shall in no case exceed $100 for each horse, mule, or bovine; $15 for each sheep or goat; $30 for each swine; or $3 for each fowl. When the claimant shall furnish conclusive evidence as to the ownership of the dog or dogs doing the damage the claimant shall be paid the full amount of the claim submitted. Subd. 5. Distribution. Distribution of the dog license fund among claimants for loss of animals by dogs within the license year shall be made at the close of the license year. History:  (7297-48) 1939 c 410 s 8; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7