SF 3703

1st Engrossment - 93rd Legislature (2023 - 2024) Posted on 03/08/2024 09:27am

A bill for an act
relating to animals; requiring notice of an estray; proposing coding for new law
in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 346.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

new text begin [346.021] FINDER TO GIVE NOTICE.
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new text begin A person who finds an estray and knows who owns the estray must notify the estray's
owner within seven days after finding the estray, and request that the owner pay all reasonable
charges and take the estray away. A finder who does not know who owns an estray must
either:
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new text begin (1) within ten days, file a notice with the town or city clerk and post a physical or online
notice of the finding of the estray. The notice must briefly describe the estray or provide a
photograph of the estray, provide the residence or contact information of the finder, and
provide the approximate location and time when the finder found the estray; or
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new text begin (2) surrender the estray to a local animal control agency within seven days.
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new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
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