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2026 Minnesota Statutes Index (topics)

WILDFIRES

Arson, criminal penalties, Minn. Statutes 2026 609.5641

Careless or negligent acts, violations and penalties, Minn. Statutes 2026 88.195

Definitions, natural resources law, Minn. Statutes 2026 88.01

Fire departments, training and equipment, Minn. Statutes 2026 88.067

Firebreaks

Cities, Minn. Statutes 2026 88.04, 88.43

Highways, roads, trails, wildfire areas, Minn. Statutes 2026 88.05

Firefighters

Assault on, Minn. Statutes 2026 609.2231

Compensation and salaries, Natural Resources Department, duties, Minn. Statutes 2026 88.12

Education and training, Natural Resources Department, duties, Minn. Statutes 2026 88.067, 88.10

Negligence, Minn. Statutes 2026 88.10

Right of entry, Minn. Statutes 2026 88.10

Trespass, Minn. Statutes 2026 88.10

Firefighting

Equipment, Minn. Statutes 2026 88.065, 88.11

Local governments, cooperation, Minn. Statutes 2026 88.45

Volunteer fire assistance grants, Minn. Statutes 2026 88.068

Forest fires, see FOREST FIRES

Liability, Natural Resources Department, firefighting, Minn. Statutes 2026 88.10

Natural Resources Department, duties and authority, Minn. Statutes 2026 88.02 to 88.22

Orders, wildfire areas, closing of highways, roads, and trails, Minn. Statutes 2026 88.22

Prevention

Burning ban, Minn. Statutes 2026 88.22

Campfires, regulation, Minn. Statutes 2026 88.22

Cities, Minn. Statutes 2026 88.04, 88.09, 88.43

Condemnation of property for use in fire protection, Minn. Statutes 2026 88.09

Contracts, Natural Resources Department, duties, Minn. Statutes 2026 88.12

Counties, see Private lands under FORESTS

County attorney, duties, Minn. Statutes 2026 88.78

Dumping areas, Minn. Statutes 2026 88.22

Emergency funds and expenses, Minn. Statutes 2026 88.12

Employment to aid in suppression, Minn. Statutes 2026 88.12

Equipment in aid of, federal grants, Minn. Statutes 2026 88.065

Extinguishing fires, Minn. Statutes 2026 88.11, 88.15

Fire lookout towers, Minn. Statutes 2026 88.09

Firebreaks, construction, Minn. Statutes 2026 88.04, 88.43

Forest roads, closing, Minn. Statutes 2026 88.22

Interstate agreements, Minn. Statutes 2026 88.041

Permits to start fires, Minn. Statutes 2026 88.16, 88.17, 88.22

Prescribed burns, Minn. Statutes 2026 88.22

Private lands, local government improvements, see Private lands under FORESTS

Railroads, duties, Minn. Statutes 2026 88.20, 88.21

Reports of fires, Minn. Statutes 2026 88.16

Setting fires, Minn. Statutes 2026 88.16, 88.17

Slashings, disposal of, Minn. Statutes 2026 88.14

Smoking, regulation, Minn. Statutes 2026 88.22

Towns, Minn. Statutes 2026 88.45

Violations and penalties, failure to report unauthorized fires, Minn. Statutes 2026 88.16

Warehouses, sites, Minn. Statutes 2026 88.09

Violations and penalties

Arrests for, forest officers, Minn. Statutes 2026 88.10

Assault on Natural Resources Department employees, Minn. Statutes 2026 609.2231

Information about, rewards, Minn. Statutes 2026 88.76

Permits, violating or exceeding, Minn. Statutes 2026 88.17

Refusal to assist forest officers, Minn. Statutes 2026 88.11

Setting fires, Minn. Statutes 2026 88.75

Wildfire areas, Minn. Statutes 2026 88.75, 88.77, 88.78

Wardens

Fires, permission to start, Minn. Statutes 2026 88.16

Powers and duties, Minn. Statutes 2026 88.04

Special employees, Minn. Statutes 2026 88.12

Wildfire Act

Citation, Minn. Statutes 2026 88.02

Codification, Minn. Statutes 2026 88.03

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2026 88.02 to 88.22

Towns, Minn. Statutes 2026 365.19

Wildfire areas

Debris, clearing, Minn. Statutes 2026 88.05

Fire protection districts, Minn. Statutes 2026 88.08, 88.20

Firebreaks, Minn. Statutes 2026 88.04, 88.05, 88.43

Fires, Minn. Statutes 2026 88.15 to 88.17

Highways, Minn. Statutes 2026 88.05

Meetings, state timber auctions, publicizing, Minn. Statutes 2026 90.041

Property taxes, Minn. Statutes 2026 88.04, 412.251

Railroads, duties, Minn. Statutes 2026 88.20, 88.21

Roads, Minn. Statutes 2026 88.05, 88.22

Smoking, Natural Resources Department order, Minn. Statutes 2026 88.22

Timber, slashings and debris, disposal, Minn. Statutes 2026 88.14

Trails, Minn. Statutes 2026 88.05, 88.22

Violations and penalties, Minn. Statutes 2026 88.75, 88.77, 88.78

Wildfire arson, criminal penalties, Minn. Statutes 2026 609.5641

Wildfire protection districts

Establishment, Minn. Statutes 2026 88.08

Railroad fire patrol officers, duties, Minn. Statutes 2026 88.20