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Chapter 97B
Section 97B.086
Recent History
- 2021 97B.086 Amended 2021 c 6 art 2 s 66
- 2019 97B.086 Amended 2019 c 4 art 3 s 57
- 2014 97B.086 Amended 2014 c 290 s 41
- 2009 97B.086 Amended 2009 c 176 art 2 s 44
- 2007 97B.086 New 2007 c 131 art 1 s 41
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97B.086 POSSESSION OF NIGHT VISION EQUIPMENT.
(a) A person may not possess night vision goggle equipment while taking wild animals or
while having in possession, either individually or as one of a group of persons, a firearm, bow, or
other implement that could be used to take wild animals.
(b) This section does not apply to a firearm that is:
(1) unloaded;
(2) in a gun case expressly made to contain a firearm that fully encloses the firearm by
being zipped, snapped, buckled, tied, or otherwise fastened without any portion of the firearm
exposed; and
(3) in the closed trunk of a motor vehicle.
(c) This section does not apply to a bow that is:
(1) completely encased or unstrung; and
(2) in the closed trunk of a motor vehicle.
(d) If the motor vehicle under paragraph (b) or (c) does not have a trunk, the firearm or bow
must be placed in the rearmost location of the vehicle.
(e) This section does not apply to night vision goggle equipment possessed by peace officers
or military personnel while exercising their duties.
History: 2007 c 131 art 1 s 41
(a) A person may not possess night vision goggle equipment while taking wild animals or
while having in possession, either individually or as one of a group of persons, a firearm, bow, or
other implement that could be used to take wild animals.
(b) This section does not apply to a firearm that is:
(1) unloaded;
(2) in a gun case expressly made to contain a firearm that fully encloses the firearm by
being zipped, snapped, buckled, tied, or otherwise fastened without any portion of the firearm
exposed; and
(3) in the closed trunk of a motor vehicle.
(c) This section does not apply to a bow that is:
(1) completely encased or unstrung; and
(2) in the closed trunk of a motor vehicle.
(d) If the motor vehicle under paragraph (b) or (c) does not have a trunk, the firearm or bow
must be placed in the rearmost location of the vehicle.
(e) This section does not apply to night vision goggle equipment possessed by peace officers
or military personnel while exercising their duties.
History: 2007 c 131 art 1 s 41
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