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Chapter 97B
Section 97B.071
Recent History
- 2024 97B.071 Amended 2024 c 116 art 3 s 39
- 2023 97B.071 Amended 2023 c 60 art 4 s 57
- 2017 97B.071 Amended 2017 c 93 art 2 s 94
- 2012 97B.071 Amended 2012 c 277 art 1 s 54
- 2008 97B.071 Amended 2008 c 368 art 2 s 43
- 2000 97B.071 Amended 2000 c 473 s 9
- 1996 97B.071 Amended 1996 c 410 s 39
- 1994 97B.071 Amended 1994 c 632 art 2 s 26
- 1994 97B.071 Amended 1994 c 623 art 1 s 30
This is an historical version of this statute chapter. Also view the most recent published version.
97B.071 BLAZE ORANGE REQUIREMENTS.
(a) Except as provided in rules adopted under paragraph (c), a person may not hunt or trap
during the open season where deer may be taken by firearms under applicable laws and ordinances,
unless the visible portion of the person's cap and outer clothing above the waist, excluding sleeves
and gloves, is blaze orange. Blaze orange includes a camouflage pattern of at least 50 percent
blaze orange within each foot square. This section does not apply to migratory waterfowl hunters
on waters of this state or in a stationary shooting location or to trappers on waters of this state.
(b) Except as provided in rules adopted under paragraph (c), and in addition to the
requirement in paragraph (a), a person may not take small game other than turkey, migratory
birds, raccoons, and predators, except when hunting with nontoxic shot or while trapping, unless
a visible portion of at least one article of the person's clothing above the waist is blaze orange.
This paragraph does not apply to a person hunting by falconry.
(c) The commissioner may, by rule, prescribe an alternative color in cases where paragraph
(a) or (b) would violate the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993, Public Law 103-141.
(d) A violation of paragraph (b) shall not result in a penalty, but is punishable only by a
safety warning.
History: 1986 c 386 art 2 s 15; 1993 c 196 s 1; 1993 c 269 s 13; 1994 c 623 art 1 s 30; 1994
c 632 art 2 s 26; 1996 c 410 s 39; 2000 c 473 s 9
(a) Except as provided in rules adopted under paragraph (c), a person may not hunt or trap
during the open season where deer may be taken by firearms under applicable laws and ordinances,
unless the visible portion of the person's cap and outer clothing above the waist, excluding sleeves
and gloves, is blaze orange. Blaze orange includes a camouflage pattern of at least 50 percent
blaze orange within each foot square. This section does not apply to migratory waterfowl hunters
on waters of this state or in a stationary shooting location or to trappers on waters of this state.
(b) Except as provided in rules adopted under paragraph (c), and in addition to the
requirement in paragraph (a), a person may not take small game other than turkey, migratory
birds, raccoons, and predators, except when hunting with nontoxic shot or while trapping, unless
a visible portion of at least one article of the person's clothing above the waist is blaze orange.
This paragraph does not apply to a person hunting by falconry.
(c) The commissioner may, by rule, prescribe an alternative color in cases where paragraph
(a) or (b) would violate the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993, Public Law 103-141.
(d) A violation of paragraph (b) shall not result in a penalty, but is punishable only by a
safety warning.
History: 1986 c 386 art 2 s 15; 1993 c 196 s 1; 1993 c 269 s 13; 1994 c 623 art 1 s 30; 1994
c 632 art 2 s 26; 1996 c 410 s 39; 2000 c 473 s 9
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