2005 Minnesota Statutes

     97A.411 Validity of licenses. 

    Subdivision 1.    License period.  (a) Except as 
 provided in paragraphs (b), (c), and (d), a license is valid 
 during the lawful time within the license year that the licensed 
 activity may be performed.  A license year begins on the first 
 day of March and ends on the last day of February. 

    (b) A license issued under section 97A.475, subdivision 6, 
 clause (5), 97A.475, subdivision 7, clause (2), (3), (5), or 
 (6), or 97A.475, subdivision 12, clause (2), is valid for the 
 full license period even if this period extends into the next 
 license year, provided that the license period selected by the 
 licensee begins at the time of issuance. 

    (c) When the last day of February falls on a Saturday, an 
 annual resident or nonresident fish house or dark house license, 
 including a rental fish house or dark house license, obtained 
 for the license year covering the last day of February, is valid 
 through Sunday, March 1 and the angling license of the fish 
 house licensee is extended through March 1. 

    (d) A lifetime license issued under section 97A.473 or 
 97A.474 is valid during the lawful time within the license year 
 that the licensed activity may be performed for the lifetime of 
 the licensee. 

    Subd. 2.    Signature on stamps.  A migratory waterfowl 
 or pheasant stamp issued under the game and fish laws must be 
 signed by the licensee across the front of the stamp to be valid.

    Subd. 3.    Deer license.  (a) Except as provided in 
 paragraphs (b) and (c), a license to take deer by archery, 
 firearms, or muzzleloader issued after the opening of the 
 related archery, firearms, or muzzleloader deer season, 
 respectively, is not valid until the second day after it is 
 issued.  

    (b) The commissioner may issue a license to take additional 
 deer under section 97B.301, subdivision 4, that is valid 
 immediately upon issuance. 

    (c) Paragraph (a) does not apply to deer licenses for 
 discharged military personnel under section 97A.465, subdivision 
 4. 

    HIST: 1986 c 386 art 1 s 55; 1992 c 462 s 13; 1996 c 410 s 25; 
 1997 c 226 s 19,20; 1998 c 252 s 1; 2000 c 341 s 3; 1Sp2001 c 2 
 s 107