Minnesota Administrative Rules
6234.2600 REGISTERING AND VALIDATING PELTS.
Subp. 3.
Registering pelts.
The pelt of each bobcat, fisher, pine marten, and otter must be presented, along with completed site validations for each fisher, pine marten, or otter, by the person taking it, to a state wildlife manager designee for registration before the pelt is sold and before the pelt is transported out of the state, but in no event more than 48 hours after the season closes for each species, respectively. The entire carcass of bobcat and the entire head of pine marten and fisher must be surrendered to the state wildlife manager designee. The pelt of bobcat, otter, fisher, and pine marten must have been removed from the carcass.
Subp. 4.
Prohibition on validating animals not personally taken.
A person may not validate any animal that the person did not take or is not authorized to take.
Subp. 5.
Requirement for tags and seals to remain affixed.
Registration tags or seals must remain affixed to the raw pelt until the pelt is tanned or mounted.
Subp. 6.
Site validations.
A.
Fisher, otter, and pine marten site validations may be obtained at no cost from the electronic licensing system, the Department of Natural Resources License Center, or other authorized agents.
B.
The site validation is part of the trapper's license to take fisher, otter, and pine marten and must be in the trapper's possession while taking and transporting these species.
Subp. 7.
Validation.
Site validation must be completed electronically or on a paper license indicating the species for fisher or marten, month, date, and time (a.m./p.m.) the animal was taken. Validation must be completed at and before removing the animal from the kill site.
Statutory Authority:
MS s 84.027; 97A.485; 97B.605; 97B.625; 97B.635; 97B.901; 97B.911; 97B.915; 97B.921; 97B.925
History:
18 SR 83; 19 SR 2222; 20 SR 2287; 22 SR 292; 30 SR 613; 35 SR 2014; 39 SR 1006; 49 SR 1416
Published Electronically:
July 30, 2026
Official Publication of the State of Minnesota
Revisor of Statutes