299F.09 BUILDING ENTERED WITHIN REASONABLE HOURS.
The state fire marshal, chief assistant, deputies, and subordinates, the chief of the fire
department of each city where a fire department is established, the mayor of a city where no fire
department exists, or the clerk of a town in territory without the limits of a city, at all reasonable
hours may enter into all buildings and upon all premises within their jurisdiction for the purpose
of examination, after proper consent from the occupant or owner or pursuant to an administrative
search warrant. If the examination occurs subsequent to a fire, entry into a building or premise is
governed by section
299F.08.
History: (5960) 1913 c 564 s 11; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1981 c 106 s 3; 1986 c 444