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MN Stat § 97A.418 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 97 - 102 — Game And Fish|Chapter 97A — Game And Fish|Section 97A.418 — Permit Rules.

97A.418 PERMIT RULES. Wherever the game and fish laws specifically provide for the issuance of a permit by the commissioner, the commissioner may do the following in accordance with criteria and procedures established in rules adopted by the commissioner: (1) issue a permit with reasonable conditions; and (2) deny, modify, suspend, or revoke a permit for cause, including violation of the game and fish laws or rules adopted thereunder. History:   1993 c 231 s 19
MN Stat § 97A.425 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 97 - 102 — Game And Fish|Chapter 97A — Game And Fish|Section 97A.425 — Record And Reporting Requirements For Dealers, Tanners, And Taxidermists.

97A.425 RECORD AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR DEALERS, TANNERS, AND TAXIDERMISTS. Subdivision 1. License and record requirements. (a) A person must have the required license under the game and fish laws to buy or sell wild animals, to tan animal hides or dress raw furs, or to mount specimens of wild animals and must keep complete records of all transactions and activities covered by the license and submit reports to the commissioner. (b) A person is not required to be licensed to tan animal hides or dress raw furs or to mount specimens of wild animals if the person is not compensated for the service. Subd. 2. Records. (a) The records must show: (1) the names and addresses of persons from whom wild animals were obtained and to whom they were transferred; (2) the dates of receipt, shipment, and sale of wild animals; (3) detailed descriptions of the number and type of wild animals purchased, sold, and shipped; (4) serial numbers of seals, tags, or permits required to be attached to the wild animals; and (5) trapping license numbers for protected fur-bearing animals, unless the trapper is exempt from the license requirement, which must be noted. (b) A licensed fur dealer, buying for one employer at the employer's place of business, is not required to keep separate records if the employer notifies the commissioner in writing that the employer will account for the fur dealer. (c) The records required under this section must be available for inspection by the commissioner, the director, or their agents at all reasonable times. The records must be preserved and available for two years after the expiration of a license that required them. (d) Records required of persons licensed to buy or sell wild animals, or to tan or dress raw furs, must be kept in a book supplied by the commissioner. Subd. 3. Reports. Except for persons licensed to mount specimens of wild animals, an annual report covering the preceding license year must be submitted to the commissioner by March 15. The commissioner may require other reports for statistical purposes. The reports must be on forms supplied or approved by the commissioner. Subd. 4. Rules. The commissioner may adopt rules, not inconsistent with subdivisions 1 to 3, governing record keeping, reporting, and marking of specimens by taxidermists. History:  1986 c 386 art 1 s 58; 1987 c 149 art 1 s 28; 1992 c 589 s 2; 2001 c 185 s 27; 1Sp2011 c 2 art 5 s 28
MN Stat § 97A.431 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 97 - 102 — Game And Fish|Chapter 97A — Game And Fish|Section 97A.431 — Moose Licenses.

97A.431 MOOSE LICENSES. Subdivision 1. Number of licenses; party size. The commissioner shall include in a rule setting the dates for a moose season: (1) the number of licenses to be issued; and (2) the size of a moose hunting party, not to exceed six persons. Subd. 2. Eligibility. Persons eligible for a moose license shall be determined under this section and commissioner's rule. A person is eligible for a moose license only if the person: (1) is a resident; and (2) has not been issued a moose license after January 1, 1991. Subd. 3. Application for license. An application for a moose license must be on a form provided by the commissioner and accompanied by a $4 nonrefundable application fee per person. A person may not make more than one application for each season. If a person makes more than one application, the person is ineligible for a license for that season after determination by the commissioner, without a hearing. Subd. 4. Separate selection; eligibility. (a) The commissioner may conduct a separate selection for up to 20 percent of the moose licenses to be issued for an area. Only owners of, and tenants living on, at least 160 acres of agricultural or grazing land in the area, and their family members, are eligible for the separate selection under this paragraph. (b) The commissioner must conduct a separate selection for 20 percent of the moose licenses to be issued each year. Only individuals who have applied at least ten times for a moose license and who have never received a license are eligible for this separate selection. (c) The commissioner may by rule establish criteria for: (1) determining eligible family members under paragraph (a); and (2) verifying that an individual has made at least ten unsuccessful applications for the purposes of paragraph (b). (d) A person who is unsuccessful in a separate selection under this subdivision must be included in the selection for the remaining licenses. History:  1986 c 386 art 1 s 59; 1987 c 373 s 4; 1991 c 254 art 2 s 28; 1991 c 259 s 23; 1993 c 231 s 20,21; 2000 c 473 s 1; 2000 c 495 s 32; 2008 c 368 art 2 s 21; 2012 c 277 art 1 s 32
MN Stat § 97A.433 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 97 - 102 — Game And Fish|Chapter 97A — Game And Fish|Section 97A.433 — Elk Licenses.

97A.433 ELK LICENSES. Subdivision 1. Number of licenses; party size. The commissioner shall include in a rule setting the dates for an elk season: (1) the number of licenses to be issued; and (2) the size of an elk hunting party, not to exceed two persons. Subd. 2. Eligibility. Persons eligible for an elk license shall be determined under this section and commissioner's rule. A person is eligible for an elk license only if the person: (1) is a resident; and (2) has never been issued an elk license. Subd. 3. Application for license. An application for an elk license must be on a form provided by the commissioner and accompanied by a $4 nonrefundable application fee per person. A person may not make more than one application for each season. If a person makes more than one application, the person is ineligible for a license for that season after determination by the commissioner, without a hearing. Subd. 4. Discretionary separate selection; eligibility. (a) The commissioner may conduct a separate selection for up to 20 percent of the elk licenses to be issued for an area. Only owners of, and tenants living on, at least 160 acres of agricultural or grazing land in the area, and their family members, are eligible for the separate selection. Persons that are unsuccessful in a separate selection must be included in the selection for the remaining licenses. Persons who obtain an elk license in a separate selection may sell their license to any Minnesota resident eligible to hunt big game for no more than the original cost of the license. (b) The commissioner may by rule establish criteria for determining eligible family members under this subdivision. Subd. 5. Mandatory separate selection. The commissioner must conduct a separate selection for 20 percent of the elk licenses to be issued each year. Only individuals who have applied at least ten times for an elk license and who have never received a license are eligible for this separate selection. A person who is unsuccessful in a separate selection under this subdivision must be included in the selection for the remaining licenses. History:  1987 c 373 s 5; 1991 c 259 s 23; 1993 c 231 s 22,23; 2008 c 368 art 2 s 22; 1Sp2011 c 2 art 5 s 29; 2012 c 277 art 1 s 33; 1Sp2019 c 4 art 3 s 51,52
MN Stat § 97A.434 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 97 - 102 — Game And Fish|Chapter 97A — Game And Fish|Section 97A.434 — Prairie-chicken Licenses.

97A.434 PRAIRIE-CHICKEN LICENSES. Subdivision 1. Number of licenses to be issued. If the commissioner establishes an open season for prairie chickens, the commissioner shall also determine, by rule, the number of licenses to be issued. Subd. 2. Eligibility. Eligibility for a prairie-chicken license shall be determined by this section and by rule adopted by the commissioner. A person is eligible for a prairie-chicken license only if the person is a resident. Subd. 3. Application for license. An application for a prairie-chicken license must be made in a manner provided by the commissioner and accompanied by a $4 application fee. The $4 application fee is appropriated as prescribed in section 84.027, subdivision 15, paragraph (c), to pay for costs associated with conducting the prairie-chicken-license drawing. A person may not make more than one application for each season. If a person makes more than one application, the person is ineligible for a license for that season after determination by the commissioner, without a hearing. Subd. 4. Separate selection of eligible licensees. (a) The commissioner may conduct a separate selection for up to 20 percent of the prairie-chicken licenses to be issued for any area. Only persons who are owners or tenants of at least 40 acres of prairie or grassland in the area, and their family members, are eligible applicants for prairie-chicken licenses for the separate selection. The qualifying prairie or grassland may be noncontiguous. Persons who are unsuccessful in a separate selection must be included in the selection for the remaining licenses. Persons who obtain a license in a separate selection must allow public prairie-chicken hunting on their land during that prairie-chicken season. (b) The commissioner may by rule establish criteria for determining eligible family members under this subdivision. History:  2002 c 351 s 7; 2004 c 255 s 29; 2008 c 368 art 2 s 23; 2014 c 290 s 22
MN Stat § 97A.435 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 97 - 102 — Game And Fish|Chapter 97A — Game And Fish|Section 97A.435 — Turkey Licenses; Application And Eligibility.

97A.435 TURKEY LICENSES; APPLICATION AND ELIGIBILITY. Subdivision 1. License issuance. The commissioner shall include in rules setting turkey seasons the methods for issuing licenses for those seasons. Subd. 2. Eligibility. Persons eligible for a turkey license shall be determined by this section and commissioner's rule. Subd. 3. Application for license. An application for a turkey license must be on a form provided by the commissioner and accompanied by a $4 application fee. A person may not make more than one application for each season. If a person makes more than one application the person is ineligible for a license for that season after determination by the commissioner, without a hearing. Subd. 4. Separate selection of eligible licensees. (a) The commissioner may conduct a separate selection for up to 20 percent of the turkey licenses to be issued for any area. Only persons who are owners or tenants of and who live on at least 40 acres of land in the permit area, and their family members who live on the qualifying land, are eligible applicants for turkey licenses for the separate selection. The qualifying land may be noncontiguous. Persons who are unsuccessful in a separate selection must be included in the selection for the remaining licenses. Persons who obtain a license in a separate selection must allow public turkey hunting on their land during that turkey season. A license issued under this subdivision is restricted to the permit area where the qualifying land is located. (b) The commissioner may by rule establish criteria for determining eligible family members under this subdivision. Subd. 5.  [Repealed, 1Sp2011 c 2 art 5 s 70] History:  1986 c 386 art 1 s 60; 1988 c 588 s 4; 1991 c 254 art 2 s 29; 1991 c 259 s 23; 1993 c 231 s 24; 2000 c 473 s 2; 2000 c 495 s 33; 2004 c 215 s 10,11; 2005 c 146 s 12,13; 1Sp2011 c 2 art 5 s 30; 2012 c 277 art 1 s 34; art 2 s 5,38; 1Sp2015 c 4 art 5 s 16
MN Stat § 97A.438 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 97 - 102 — Game And Fish|Chapter 97A — Game And Fish|Section 97A.438 — Releasing Wild Turkeys; Permit Required.

97A.438 RELEASING WILD TURKEYS; PERMIT REQUIRED. A person may not release a wild turkey or wild-turkey hybrid without a permit from the commissioner. History:   1993 c 231 s 25
MN Stat § 97A.455 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 97 - 102 — Game And Fish|Chapter 97A — Game And Fish|Section 97A.455 — Nonresident Students; Fishing, Small Game, And Big Game.

97A.455 NONRESIDENT STUDENTS; FISHING, SMALL GAME, AND BIG GAME. (a) A nonresident that is a full-time student at an educational institution in the state and resides in the state during the school year may obtain a resident license to take fish, small game, or big game, except moose, by providing proof of student status and residence as prescribed by the commissioner. (b) A nonresident that is a full-time foreign exchange student at a high school in the state and resides with persons in the state may obtain a resident license to take big game, except moose, by providing proof of foreign exchange student status as prescribed by the commissioner. History:  1986 c 386 art 1 s 64; 1987 c 47 s 1; 1996 c 410 s 28
MN Stat § 97A.461 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 97 - 102 — Game And Fish|Chapter 97A — Game And Fish|Section 97A.461 — Nonresident Licenses For Boundary Water Hunting Or Fishing.

97A.461 NONRESIDENT LICENSES FOR BOUNDARY WATER HUNTING OR FISHING. Licenses to take fish or small game in or on boundary waters may be granted to nonresidents upon the same terms and conditions as licenses granted by the adjacent state or province to nonresidents of the adjacent state or province for those boundary waters. The fees for a license granted by this state may not be less than the fees for a corresponding resident license. History:   1986 c 386 art 1 s 65
MN Stat § 97A.471 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 97 - 102 — Game And Fish|Chapter 97A — Game And Fish|Section 97A.471 — Nonresident Courtesy Licenses.

97A.471 NONRESIDENT COURTESY LICENSES. Subdivision 1. Game and fish officers of other jurisdictions. The commissioner may issue a courtesy nonresident license to take game or fish without charge to a game and fish or conservation employee of another state or of the United States that is in the state to assist or cooperate with the commissioner. Subd. 2. Guests of governor or commissioner. The commissioner may issue a nonresident courtesy license to take game or fish without charge to an official of another state, the United States, or foreign country and to a representative of a conservation organization or publication that is in the state as a guest of the governor or commissioner. Subd. 3. Nonapplicability to moose or elk hunting. This section does not apply to taking moose or elk. History:  1986 c 386 art 1 s 67; 1987 c 373 s 8
MN Stat § 97A.472 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 97 - 102 — Game And Fish|Chapter 97A — Game And Fish|Section 97A.472 — Place Of Sale Of Nonresident Licenses; Restriction.

97A.472 PLACE OF SALE OF NONRESIDENT LICENSES; RESTRICTION. The commissioner shall not sell or issue in any place outside this state a nonresident license to take fish in this state. History:   1987 c 404 s 121
MN Stat § 97A.474 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 97 - 102 — Game And Fish|Chapter 97A — Game And Fish|Section 97A.474 — Nonresident Lifetime Licenses.

97A.474 NONRESIDENT LIFETIME LICENSES. Subdivision 1. Nonresident lifetime licenses authorized. (a) The commissioner may issue a lifetime angling license or a lifetime small-game-hunting license to a nonresident. The license fees paid for a lifetime license are nonrefundable. (b) The commissioner may require the holder of a lifetime license issued under this section to notify the department each year that the license is used, by: (1) telephone or Internet notification, as specified by the commissioner; or (2) the purchase of stamps for the license. Subd. 2. Nonresident lifetime angling license; fee. (a) A nonresident lifetime angling license authorizes a person to take fish by angling in the state. The license authorizes those activities authorized by the annual nonresident angling license. The license does not include a trout-and-salmon stamp validation, a walleye stamp validation, or other stamps required by law. (b) The fees for a nonresident lifetime angling license are: (1) age 3 and under, $821; (2) age 4 to age 15, $1,046; (3) age 16 to age 50, $1,191; and (4) age 51 and over, $794. Subd. 3. Nonresident lifetime small-game-hunting license; fee. (a) A nonresident lifetime small-game-hunting license authorizes a person to hunt small game in the state. The license authorizes those hunting activities authorized by the annual nonresident small-game-hunting license. The license does not include a turkey stamp validation or any other hunting stamps required by law. (b) The fees for a nonresident lifetime small-game-hunting license are: (1) age 3 and under, $947; (2) age 4 to age 15, $1,280; (3) age 16 to age 50, $1,633; and (4) age 51 and over, $1,083. History:  2000 c 341 s 6; 1Sp2001 c 2 s 111,112; 2008 c 368 art 2 s 29; 2012 c 277 art 2 s 15,38; 2017 c 93 art 2 s 86
MN Stat § 97A.4742 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 97 - 102 — Game And Fish|Chapter 97A — Game And Fish|Section 97A.4742 — Lifetime Fish And Wildlife Trust Fund.

97A.4742 LIFETIME FISH AND WILDLIFE TRUST FUND. Subdivision 1. Establishment; purpose. The lifetime fish and wildlife trust fund is established as a fund in the state treasury. All money received from the issuance of lifetime angling, spearing, angling and spearing, small-game hunting, deer hunting, sporting, and sporting with spearing option licenses and earnings on the fund shall be credited to the lifetime fish and wildlife trust fund. Subd. 2. Investment; use. Money in the lifetime fish and wildlife trust fund shall be invested by the State Investment Board to secure the maximum return consistent with the maintenance of the perpetuity of the fund. The income received and accruing from investments of the fund shall be deposited in the lifetime fish and wildlife trust fund. Each year the commissioner of management and budget shall transfer from the lifetime fish and wildlife trust fund to the game and fish fund an amount equal to the amount that would otherwise have been collected from annual license fees for each lifetime license. Surcharge amounts shall be transferred based on sections 97A.071, subdivision 2, and 97A.075, subdivision 1. Subd. 3.  [Repealed, 2014 c 290 s 70] Subd. 4.  [Repealed, 2012 c 272 s 98] History:  2000 c 341 s 7; 2002 c 351 s 10; 2004 c 255 s 30; 1Sp2005 c 1 art 2 s 99; 2009 c 101 art 2 s 109; 2009 c 176 art 2 s 30
MN Stat § 97A.481 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 97 - 102 — Game And Fish|Chapter 97A — Game And Fish|Section 97A.481 — License Applications; Penalty.

97A.481 LICENSE APPLICATIONS; PENALTY. All information required on a license application form must be furnished. The application must be made in writing and is subject to the penalty prescribed in section 97A.301, subdivision 1, clause (5). History:  1986 c 386 art 1 s 69; 1987 c 149 art 1 s 33; 1989 c 287 s 3
MN Stat § 97A.482 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 97 - 102 — Game And Fish|Chapter 97A — Game And Fish|Section 97A.482 — License Applications; Collecting Social Security Numbers.

97A.482 LICENSE APPLICATIONS; COLLECTING SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS. (a) All applicants for individual noncommercial game and fish licenses under this chapter and chapters 97B and 97C must include the applicant's Social Security number on the license application. If an applicant does not have a Social Security number, the applicant must certify that the applicant does not have a Social Security number. (b) The Social Security numbers collected by the commissioner on game and fish license applications are private data under section 13.355, subdivision 1, and must be provided by the commissioner to the commissioner of human services for child support enforcement purposes. Title IV-D of the Social Security Act, United States Code, title 42, section 666(a)(13), requires the collection of Social Security numbers on game and fish license applications for child support enforcement purposes. History:  1Sp2003 c 14 art 10 s 2; 2004 c 228 art 1 s 22; 1Sp2005 c 1 art 2 s 101; 2012 c 277 art 1 s 48
MN Stat § 97A.501 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 97 - 102 — Game And Fish|Chapter 97A — Game And Fish|Section 97A.501 — Wild Animals; General Restrictions.

97A.501 WILD ANIMALS; GENERAL RESTRICTIONS. Subdivision 1. General restrictions. A person may not take, buy, sell, transport, or possess a protected wild animal unless allowed by the game and fish laws. The ownership of all wild animals is in the state, unless the wild animal has been lawfully acquired under the game and fish laws. The ownership of a wild animal that is lawfully acquired reverts to the state if a law relating to sale, transportation, or possession of the wild animal is violated. Subd. 2. Endangered species. A person may not take, import, transport, or sell an endangered species of wild animal, or sell, or possess with intent to sell an article made from the parts of a wild animal, except as provided in section 84.0895. Subd. 3. Contraceptive chemicals. (a) A person may not administer contraceptive chemicals to noncaptive wild animals without a permit issued by the commissioner. (b) The commissioner shall adopt rules establishing standards and guidelines for the administration of contraceptive chemicals to noncaptive wild animals. The rules may specify chemical delivery methods and devices and monitoring requirements. History:  1986 c 386 art 1 s 71; 1987 c 384 art 1 s 10; 1994 c 623 art 1 s 26
MN Stat § 97A.502 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 97 - 102 — Game And Fish|Chapter 97A — Game And Fish|Section 97A.502 — Deer Killed By Motor Vehicles.

97A.502 DEER KILLED BY MOTOR VEHICLES. (a) Deer killed by a motor vehicle on a public road must be removed by the road authority, as defined by section 160.02, subdivision 25, unless the driver of the motor vehicle is allowed to possess the deer under paragraph (b). (b) The driver of a motor vehicle that has collided with and killed a deer on a public road has priority for a possession permit for the entire deer if the facts indicate that the deer was not taken illegally. History:  1987 c 404 s 133; 1988 c 437 s 4; 1Sp2011 c 2 art 5 s 34; 2014 c 290 s 34