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MN Stat § 97A.141 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 97 - 102 — Game And Fish|Chapter 97A — Game And Fish|Section 97A.141 — Public-water Access Sites.

97A.141 PUBLIC-WATER ACCESS SITES. Subdivision 1. Acquisition; generally. The commissioner shall acquire access sites adjacent to public waters and easements and rights-of-way necessary to connect the access sites with public highways. The land may be acquired by gift, lease, or purchase, or by condemnation with approval of the Executive Council. Subd. 2.  [Repealed, 2008 c 357 s 40] Subd. 3. Maintenance. The commissioner shall maintain the sites, easements, and rights-of-way acquired under this section. The commissioner may make an agreement for the maintenance of the site easements and rights-of-way with a county board if the connecting public highway is a county state-aid highway or county highway, or the town board if the connecting highway is a town road. The county board and town board may spend money from its road and bridge funds for maintenance under the agreement. Subd. 4. Cooperation with metropolitan governmental units. Local units of government owning lands adjacent to public waters within the seven-county metropolitan area shall cooperate with the commissioner to use those lands for public access purposes when identified by the commissioner under subdivision 1. If cooperation does not occur, the commissioner may use condemnation authority under this section to acquire an interest in the local government lands for public access purposes. Subd. 5. Hunting generally prohibited. A person may not hunt on water-access sites unless allowed by rule of the commissioner. History:  1986 c 386 art 1 s 27; 1991 c 254 art 2 s 26; 1991 c 259 s 19; 2008 c 357 s 25
MN Stat § 97A.155 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 97 - 102 — Game And Fish|Chapter 97A — Game And Fish|Section 97A.155 — Amendments To Leech Lake Indian Reservation Agreement.

97A.155 AMENDMENTS TO LEECH LAKE INDIAN RESERVATION AGREEMENT. Subdivision 1. Payment in lieu of special licenses. The commissioner may enter into an agreement with authorized representatives of the Leech Lake Band of Chippewa Indians to amend the settlement agreement adopted by section 97A.151 by providing that in lieu of the system of special licenses and license fees for persons who are not members of the Minnesota Chippewa tribe for the privilege of hunting, fishing, trapping, or taking minnows and other bait within the reservation, five percent of the proceeds from all licenses sold in the state for hunting, fishing, trapping, and taking minnows and other bait shall be credited to the special license account established by section 97A.151. The funds shall be remitted to the Leech Lake Band in the manner and subject to the terms and conditions that may be mutually agreed upon. Subd. 2. Payment in lieu of migratory-waterfowl stamp fee. The commissioner may enter into an agreement with the Reservation Business Committee of the Leech Lake Indian Reservation to amend the settlement agreement adopted in section 97A.151 by providing that in lieu of collecting an additional fee in connection with the state migratory-waterfowl stamp for the privilege of hunting waterfowl on the Leech Lake Indian Reservation five percent of the proceeds from the sale of state migratory-waterfowl stamps shall be credited to the special license account established by section 97A.151. The funds shall be remitted to the Leech Lake Reservation Business Committee in the manner and subject to the terms and conditions provided in section 97A.151. Subd. 3. Aquaculture allowed. The commissioner shall not interpret commercial fishing in the settlement agreement in a manner that restricts aquaculture by the Leech Lake Band, or Leech Lake Band members, that is conducted consistent with state policies, laws, and regulations relating to aquaculture. History:  1986 c 386 art 1 s 30; 1990 c 502 s 3
MN Stat § 97A.157 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 97 - 102 — Game And Fish|Chapter 97A — Game And Fish|Section 97A.157 — 1854 Treaty Area Agreement.

97A.157 1854 TREATY AREA AGREEMENT. Subdivision 1. Purpose. The purpose of this section is to effectuate resolution of issues in dispute between the state of Minnesota and the Grand Portage, Bois Forte, and Fond du Lac Bands of Chippewa Indians that relate to hunting, fishing, trapping, and gathering in the ceded area described in the September 30, 1854, treaty between the Lake Superior Chippewa and the government of the United States. This treaty was ratified by the United States Senate on January 10, 1855, and was recognized and affirmed in a subsequent treaty between the Bois Forte Band of Chippewa Indians and the government of the United States dated April 7, 1866, and ratified by the United States Senate on April 26, 1866. The enforcement of certain rights claimed by Lake Superior Chippewas under these treaties has been sought in a civil action brought in the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota, Fourth Division, that is entitled Grand Portage Band of Chippewas, et al. v. State of Minnesota, et al., Civ. No. 4-85-1090. The state of Minnesota desires to settle all outstanding matters relating to the above dispute. Subd. 2. Settlement agreement. The parties to the above named civil action have negotiated a settlement of the dispute and have filed an executed copy of their "Memorandum of Agreement" with the court on February 16, 1988. Subd. 3. Ratification of settlement agreement. The state of Minnesota, by the enactment of this section, ratifies and affirms the Memorandum of Agreement, provided the agreement is amended by July 1, 1988, by the addition of the following language: "Any party in the Memorandum of Agreement may cancel this agreement upon one year's written notice to the other parties." Subd. 4. Commissioner's powers and duties. The commissioner of natural resources, on behalf of the state of Minnesota, shall take all actions, by rule or otherwise, necessary to carry out the duties and obligations of the state of Minnesota arising from the Memorandum of Agreement. Powers and duties provided by this subdivision apply to payment of money under the Memorandum of Agreement only to the extent and to the amount specifically appropriated by the legislature to carry out the terms of the Memorandum of Agreement. History:  1988 c 525 s 1; 1991 c 259 s 23
MN Stat § 97A.161 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 97 - 102 — Game And Fish|Chapter 97A — Game And Fish|Section 97A.161 — Agreement With White Earth Indians.

97A.161 AGREEMENT WITH WHITE EARTH INDIANS. The commissioner may enter into an agreement with authorized representatives of the White Earth Band of Chippewa Indians on substantially the same terms as the agreement adopted by section 97A.151 and amended under section 97A.155; except that the agreement shall provide that 2-1/2 percent of the proceeds from all licenses sold in the state for hunting, fishing, trapping, and taking of minnows and other bait shall be credited to the special license account established by section 97A.151. The funds shall be remitted to the White Earth Band in the manner and subject to the terms and conditions that may be mutually agreed upon. An agreement negotiated under this section shall be for a term of at least four years following the date of its execution. History:   1986 c 386 art 1 s 31
MN Stat § 97A.165 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 97 - 102 — Game And Fish|Chapter 97A — Game And Fish|Section 97A.165 — Source Of Payments For Indian Agreement.

97A.165 SOURCE OF PAYMENTS FOR INDIAN AGREEMENT. Money to make payments to the Leech Lake Band, the 1854 treaty area agreement, and White Earth Band special license account under sections 97A.151, subdivision 4, 97A.155, subdivision 2, and 97A.157, subdivision 4, is annually appropriated for that purpose from the general fund. History:  1986 c 386 art 1 s 32; 1989 c 335 art 1 s 86; 1994 c 561 s 15
MN Stat § 97A.201 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 97 - 102 — Game And Fish|Chapter 97A — Game And Fish|Section 97A.201 — Enforcement.

97A.201 ENFORCEMENT. Subdivision 1. Enforcement by commissioner. The commissioner shall execute and enforce the laws relating to wild animals. The commissioner may delegate execution and enforcement of the wild animal laws to the director and enforcement officers. Subd. 2. Duty of peace officers. All peace officers must enforce the game and fish laws. Subd. 3. Prosecuting authority. County attorneys are the primary prosecuting authority for violations under section 97A.205, paragraph (a), clause (5). Prosecution includes associated civil forfeiture actions provided by law. History:  1986 c 386 art 1 s 33; 1987 c 149 art 1 s 16; 2017 c 93 art 2 s 72,73
MN Stat § 97A.205 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 97 - 102 — Game And Fish|Chapter 97A — Game And Fish|Section 97A.205 — Enforcement Officer; Powers.

97A.205 ENFORCEMENT OFFICER; POWERS. (a) An enforcement officer is authorized to: (1) execute and serve court issued warrants and processes relating to wild animals, wild rice, public waters, water pollution, conservation, and use of water, in the same manner as a sheriff; (2) enter any land to carry out the duties and functions of the division; (3) make investigations of violations of the game and fish laws; (4) take an affidavit, if it aids an investigation; (5) arrest, without a warrant, a person who is detected in the actual violation of the game and fish laws, a provision of chapters 84, 84A, 84D, 85, 86A, 88 to 97C, 103E, 103F, 103G, sections 86B.001 to 86B.815, 89.51 to 89.64; or 609.66, subdivision 1, clauses (1), (2), (5), and (7); and 609.68; and (6) take an arrested person before a court in the county where the offense was committed and make a complaint. (b) Nothing in this section grants an enforcement officer any greater powers than other licensed peace officers. History:  1986 c 386 art 1 s 34; 1987 c 109 s 12; 1987 c 384 art 1 s 6; 1990 c 391 art 10 s 3; 1990 c 558 s 1; 1Sp1995 c 1 s 19; 1996 c 385 art 2 s 3; 2005 c 10 art 2 s 4; 2007 c 57 art 1 s 83
MN Stat § 97A.211 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 97 - 102 — Game And Fish|Chapter 97A — Game And Fish|Section 97A.211 — Arrest Procedures.

97A.211 ARREST PROCEDURES. Subdivision 1. Notice to appear in court. (a) A person must be given notice to appear in court for a misdemeanor violation of the game and fish laws; chapter 84, 84D, 103E, or 103G; sections 103F.201 to 103F.221; or section 103F.601 or 609.68 if: (1) the person is arrested and is released from custody prior to appearing before a court; or (2) the person is subject to a lawful arrest and is not arrested because it reasonably appears to the enforcement officer that arrest is unnecessary to prevent further criminal conduct and that there is a substantial likelihood that the person will respond to a notice. (b) The enforcement officer shall prepare a written or electronic notice to appear in court as provided by Rules of Criminal Procedure and section 169.99. The notice must be in the form and has the effect of a summons and complaint. The notice must contain the name and address of the person charged and the offense. The notice must contain the time and the place to appear in court or must direct the defendant to contact the court or violations bureau to schedule an appearance. Subd. 2. Release after arrest. A person arrested for a misdemeanor violation of the game and fish laws; chapter 84, 84D, 103E, or 103G; sections 103F.201 to 103F.221; or section 103F.601 or 609.68 may obtain release by promising to appear in court. The officer shall deliver a notice to the person arrested. The officer must then release the person from custody. Subd. 3. Court appearance. On or before the court appearance date, the enforcement officer must deliver the summons and complaint to the court. If the person summoned fails to appear in court on the day specified, the court shall issue a warrant for the person's arrest. History:  1986 c 386 art 1 s 35; 1987 c 149 art 1 s 17,18; 1990 c 391 art 8 s 24,25; 1996 c 385 art 2 s 4,5; 1Sp2015 c 4 art 5 s 12,13
MN Stat § 97A.215 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 97 - 102 — Game And Fish|Chapter 97A — Game And Fish|Section 97A.215 — Inspections.

97A.215 INSPECTIONS. Subdivision 1. Storing wild animals. (a) When an enforcement officer has probable cause to believe that wild animals possessed or stored in violation of the game and fish laws are present, the enforcement officer may enter and inspect any commercial cold storage warehouse, hotel, restaurant, ice house, locker plant, butcher shop, and other building used to store dressed meat, game, or fish, to determine whether wild animals are kept and stored in compliance with the game and fish laws. (b) When an enforcement officer has probable cause to believe that wild animals taken or possessed in violation of the game and fish laws are present, the officer may: (1) enter and inspect any place or vehicle; and (2) open and inspect any package or container. Subd. 2. Records. An enforcement officer may inspect the relevant records of any person that the officer has probable cause to believe has violated the game and fish laws. Subd. 3. Licensed activity. An enforcement officer may, at reasonable times: (1) enter and inspect the premises of an activity requiring a license under the game and fish laws; and (2) stop and inspect a motor vehicle requiring a license under the game and fish laws. History:  1986 c 386 art 1 s 36; 1987 c 169 s 1
MN Stat § 97A.221 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 97 - 102 — Game And Fish|Chapter 97A — Game And Fish|Section 97A.221 — Seizure And Confiscation Of Property.

97A.221 SEIZURE AND CONFISCATION OF PROPERTY. Subdivision 1. Property subject to seizure and confiscation. (a) An enforcement officer may seize: (1) wild animals, wild rice, and other aquatic vegetation taken, bought, sold, transported, or possessed in violation of the game and fish laws or chapter 84 or 84D; and (2) firearms, bows and arrows, nets, boats, lines, poles, fishing rods and tackle, lights, lanterns, snares, traps, spears, dark houses, fish houses, and wild rice harvesting equipment that are used with the owner's knowledge to unlawfully take or transport wild animals, wild rice, or other aquatic vegetation and that have a value under $1,000 are subject to this section. (b) An item described in paragraph (a), clause (2), that has a value of $1,000 or more is subject to the provisions of section 97A.225. (c) An enforcement officer must seize nets and equipment unlawfully possessed within ten miles of Lake of the Woods or Rainy Lake. Subd. 2. Seizing commingled shipments. A whole shipment or parcel is contraband if two or more wild animals are shipped or possessed in the same container, vehicle, or room, or in any way commingled, and any of the animals are contraband. Seizure of any part of a shipment includes the entire shipment. Subd. 3. Procedure for confiscating seized property. The enforcement officer must hold the seized property. The property held may be confiscated when: (1) the person from whom the property was seized is convicted, the conviction is not under appeal, and the time period for appeal of the conviction has expired; or (2) the property seized is contraband consisting of a wild animal, wild rice, or other aquatic vegetation. Subd. 4. Disposal of confiscated property. Confiscated property may be disposed of or retained for use by the commissioner, or sold at the highest price obtainable as prescribed by the commissioner. Upon acquittal or dismissal of the charged violation for which the property was seized: (1) all property, other than contraband consisting of a wild animal, wild rice, or other aquatic vegetation, must be returned to the person from whom the property was seized; and (2) the commissioner shall reimburse the person for any seized or confiscated property that is sold, lost, or damaged. Subd. 5. Reporting. The appropriate agency and prosecuting authority shall report on forfeitures of firearms, bows, and motor vehicles occurring under this section as described in section 609.5315, subdivision 6. History:  1986 c 386 art 1 s 37; 1987 c 149 art 1 s 19; 1Sp1995 c 1 s 20; 1996 c 385 art 2 s 6; 2006 c 281 art 2 s 22,23; 2010 c 391 s 2
MN Stat § 97A.223 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 97 - 102 — Game And Fish|Chapter 97A — Game And Fish|Section 97A.223 — Seizure And Administrative Forfeiture Of Certain Firearms And Abandoned Property.

97A.223 SEIZURE AND ADMINISTRATIVE FORFEITURE OF CERTAIN FIREARMS AND ABANDONED PROPERTY. Subdivision 1. Property subject to seizure and forfeiture. (a) An enforcement officer must seize: (1) firearms possessed in violation of state or federal law or court order; and (2) property described in section 97A.221, subdivision 1, where no owner can be determined. (b) Property seized under this section is subject to administrative forfeiture. Subd. 2. Notice of seizure and intent to forfeit. When property is seized under subdivision 1, the enforcement officer shall serve any known owner and person possessing the property with a notice of the seizure and intent to forfeit the property. The notice must be in writing, describing the property seized, the date of seizure, and notice of the right to appeal the seizure and forfeiture as described in subdivision 3. Subd. 3. Appeal; final order. Seizure and administrative forfeiture of property under this section may be appealed under the procedures in section 116.072, subdivision 6, if the owner or other person from whom the property was seized requests a hearing by notifying the commissioner in writing within 45 days after seizure of the property. For purposes of this section, the terms "commissioner" and "agency" as used in section 116.072 mean the commissioner of natural resources. If a hearing is not requested within 45 days of seizure, the forfeiture becomes a final order and not subject to further review. Subd. 4. Other remedies. The authority to forfeit firearms and other property under this section is in addition to other remedies available under state and federal law. Subd. 5. Disposal of forfeited property. Forfeited property under this section may be disposed of as contraband according to section 97A.221, subdivision 4. Subd. 6. Reporting. The appropriate agency and prosecuting authority shall report on forfeitures of firearms, bows, and motor vehicles occurring under this section as described in section 609.5315, subdivision 6. History:  2000 c 466 s 1; 2010 c 391 s 3
MN Stat § 97A.231 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 97 - 102 — Game And Fish|Chapter 97A — Game And Fish|Section 97A.231 — Search Warrants.

97A.231 SEARCH WARRANTS. Upon complaint establishing that the complainant has probable cause to believe that a wild animal taken, bought, sold, transported, or possessed in violation of the game and fish laws, or contraband, is concealed or illegally kept in a place, a judge, authorized to issue warrants in criminal cases, may issue a search warrant. The judge may direct that the place be entered, broken open, and examined. Property seized under the warrant shall be safely kept under the direction of the court so long as necessary for the purpose of being used as evidence in a trial and subsequently disposed of as otherwise provided. History:   1986 c 386 art 1 s 39
MN Stat § 97A.235 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 97 - 102 — Game And Fish|Chapter 97A — Game And Fish|Section 97A.235 — Jurisdiction Over Boundary Waters.

97A.235 JURISDICTION OVER BOUNDARY WATERS. Courts in counties having jurisdiction adjacent to boundary waters and enforcement officers have jurisdiction over the entire boundary waters. The courts and enforcement officers of North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, Wisconsin, and Michigan have concurrent jurisdiction over boundary waters. History:   1986 c 386 art 1 s 40
MN Stat § 97A.241 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 97 - 102 — Game And Fish|Chapter 97A — Game And Fish|Section 97A.241 — Reciprocity With Other States In Appointing Officers.

97A.241 RECIPROCITY WITH OTHER STATES IN APPOINTING OFFICERS. Subdivision 1. Officers of other jurisdictions as special conservation officers. With approval of the proper authority of another state or the United States, the commissioner may appoint any salaried and bonded officer of that jurisdiction authorized to enforce its wild animal laws a special conservation officer of this state. A special conservation officer is subject to the supervision and control of and serves at the pleasure of the commissioner, but may not be compensated by this state. A special conservation officer has powers of and is subject to the liabilities of conservation officers of this state, except as otherwise directed by the commissioner. Subd. 2. Officers of this state as officers of other jurisdictions. An enforcement officer or peace officer of this state may enforce wild animal laws of another state, or the United States, under conditions prescribed by the commissioner. The officer may serve under the laws of another jurisdiction to the extent they are compatible with the duties of an officer of this state. Subd. 3. Reciprocal effect. This section is effective with respect to another state or the United States to the extent that there is a similar provision in effect in that jurisdiction with respect to this state. History:   1986 c 386 art 1 s 41
MN Stat § 97A.245 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 97 - 102 — Game And Fish|Chapter 97A — Game And Fish|Section 97A.245 — Rewards.

97A.245 REWARDS. The commissioner may pay rewards for information leading to the conviction of a person that has violated a provision of laws relating to wild animals or threatened or endangered species of wildlife. A reward may not exceed $500, except a reward for information relating to big game or threatened or endangered species of wildlife, may be up to $1,000 and a reward for information relating to wolves may be up to $2,500. The rewards may only be paid from funds donated to the commissioner for these purposes and may not be paid to salaried conservation officers or peace officers. History:  1986 c 386 art 1 s 42; 1998 c 401 s 34; 2000 c 463 s 22; 2012 c 277 art 1 s 90
MN Stat § 97A.251 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 97 - 102 — Game And Fish|Chapter 97A — Game And Fish|Section 97A.251 — Obstructing Officers.

97A.251 OBSTRUCTING OFFICERS. Subdivision 1. Unlawful conduct. A person may not: (1) intentionally hinder, resist, or obstruct an enforcement officer, agent, or employee of the division in the performance of official duties; (2) refuse to submit to inspection of equipment used to take wild animals while in the field, licenses, or wild animals; or (3) refuse to allow inspection of a motor vehicle, boat, or other conveyance used while taking or transporting wild animals. Subd. 2. Civil actions. In addition to criminal prosecution, the state may bring a civil action to recover damages resulting from and enjoin the continuance of a violation of this section. The civil actions may be brought by the attorney general on the request of the commissioner. History:  1986 c 386 art 1 s 43; 2006 c 281 art 2 s 26