2002 Minnesota Statutes

     97A.451 License requirements and exemptions relating to 
  age. 

    Subdivision 1. Repealed, 1988 c 437 s 6 

    Subd. 2.    Residents under age 16; fishing.  A resident 
 under the age of 16 years may take fish without a license.  

    Subd. 3.    Residents under age 16; small game.  (a) A 
 resident under age 16 may not obtain a small game license but 
 may take small game by firearms or bow and arrow without a 
 license if the resident is: 

    (1) age 14 or 15 and possesses a firearms safety 
 certificate; 

    (2) age 13, possesses a firearms safety certificate, and is 
 accompanied by a parent or guardian; or 

    (3) age 12 or under and is accompanied by a parent or 
 guardian.  

    (b) A resident under age 16 may take small game by trapping 
 without a small game license, but a resident 13 years of age or 
 older must have a trapping license.  A resident under age 13 may 
 trap without a trapping license.  

    Subd. 3a.    Nonresidents under age 16; small game.  (a) 
 A nonresident under age 16 may obtain a small game license at 
 the resident fee if the nonresident: 

    (1) possesses a firearms safety certificate; or 

    (2) if age 13 or under, is accompanied by a parent or 
 guardian when purchasing the license. 

    (b) A nonresident age 13 or under must be accompanied by a 
 parent or guardian to take small game.  A nonresident age 12 or 
 under is not required to possess a firearms safety certificate 
 under section 97B.020 to take small game. 

    Subd. 4.    Persons under age 16; big game.  A person 
 under the age of 16 may not obtain a license to take big game 
 unless the person possesses a firearms safety certificate.  A 
 person under the age of 14 must be accompanied by a parent or 
 guardian to hunt big game.  

    Subd. 5.    Nonresidents under age 16.  A nonresident 
 under the age of 16 may take fish by angling without a license 
 if a parent or guardian has a fishing license.  Fish taken by a 
 nonresident under the age of 16 without a license must be 
 included in the limit of the parent or guardian.  A nonresident 
 under age 16 may purchase a nonresident fishing license, take 
 fish by angling, and possess a limit of fish.  

    Subd. 6.    Nonresidents under age 16 attending camps; 
 fishing.  A nonresident under the age of 16 that is attending 
 a camp conducted by a nonprofit organization may take fish by 
 angling in adjacent and connected public waters without a 
 license.  The organization must have a certificate from the 
 commissioner that describes the public waters where the fishing 
 is allowed.  The nonresident must possess a document, prescribed 
 by the commissioner, for identification of the nonresident and 
 the authorized fishing waters.  The document must be signed and 
 dated within the current calendar year by the person in charge 
 of the camp.  

    Subd. 7.    Residents over age 65; spearing.  A resident 
 age 65 or over may take fish by spearing without a spearing 
 license if the resident has an angling license. 

    HIST: 1986 c 386 art 1 s 63; 1987 c 149 art 1 s 30,31; 1989 c 
 168 s 1; 1Sp1995 c 1 s 22; 1996 c 410 s 26,27; 2002 c 323 s 5