2006 Minnesota Statutes

97A.525 TRANSPORTATION OF WILD ANIMALS BY COMMON CARRIER.
    Subdivision 1. Residents. A resident may transport wild animals within the state by common
carrier without being in the vehicle if the resident has the license required to take the animals and
they are shipped to the resident. The wild animals that may be transported by common carrier are:
(1) deer, bear, elk, and moose;
(2) undressed game birds; and
(3) fish.
    Subd. 2. Nonresidents. A nonresident may transport wild animals by common carrier
without being in the vehicle if the nonresident has the license required to take the animals and
they are shipped to the nonresident.
    Subd. 3. Employee of carrier. An employee of a carrier may not transport wild animals as
baggage while performing duties for the carrier.
    Subd. 4. Statement required for protected wild animals. A person that transports protected
wild animals by common carrier, including animals carried in baggage, must attach a statement to
each shipment. The statement must include the name, address, and license number of the person
shipping the animals, the number and species of the animals in the shipment, and the signature
of the licensee.
    Subd. 5. Carrier must be shown shipper's license. A common carrier may not accept a
shipment of big or small game unless the carrier is shown the license of the shipper to take
the game.
    Subd. 6. Waybill must specify animals. The waybill or receipt issued by a common carrier
to a shipper must specify the number and species of wild animals being shipped.
    Subd. 7. Animals in possession of shipper. Wild animals that are transported by common
carrier are considered to be in the possession of the shipper.
History: 1986 c 386 art 1 s 76; 1987 c 373 s 10