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