2002 Minnesota Statutes

     97A.505 Possession of wild animals. 

    Subdivision 1. Repealed, 1987 c 149 art 1 s 54 

    Subd. 2.    Possession of unlawful animals brought into 
 the state prohibited.  A person may not possess a wild animal 
 that has been unlawfully taken, bought, sold, or possessed 
 outside the state, or unlawfully shipped into the state.  

    Subd. 3. Repealed, 1987 c 149 art 1 s 54 

    Subd. 3a.    Transportation of animals into state.  Wild 
 animals lawfully taken, bought, sold, or possessed outside the 
 state may be brought or shipped into the state unless otherwise 
 provided by law. 

    Subd. 3b.    Wild animals taken on Red Lake Reservation 
 lands within the Northwest Angle.  Wild animals taken and 
 tagged in accordance with the Red Lake Band's conservation code 
 on the Red Lake Reservation lands in Minnesota north of the 49th 
 parallel shall be considered lawfully taken and possessed under 
 state law. 

    Subd. 4.    Storage of protected wild animals.  A person 
 that stores protected wild animals for others must plainly mark 
 the package, in ink, with the name and address of the owner, the 
 license number of the person taking the animal, and the number 
 and species in the package.  A person may not use a commercial 
 cold storage warehouse for protected wild animals, except 
 lawfully taken fish and furs.  

    Subd. 5.    License not required for animals acquired by 
 gift.  Lawfully taken protected wild animals may be 
 transferred by gift.  A person is not required to have a license 
 to possess and transport protected wild animals acquired by gift.

    Subd. 6. Repealed, 1987 c 149 art 1 s 54 

    Subd. 7.    Exceptions to this section.  This section 
 does not apply to mounted specimens of wild animals, antlers, 
 tanned hides, and dressed furs lawfully taken.  

    HIST: 1986 c 386 art 1 s 72; 1987 c 149 art 1 s 34,35; 1993 c 
 231 s 30,31; 2000 c 406 s 1