2002 Minnesota Statutes

     97B.655 Taking animals causing damage. 

    Subdivision 1.    Owners and occupants may take certain 
 animals.  A person may take mink, squirrel, rabbit, hare, 
 raccoon, lynx, bobcat, fox, opossum, muskrat, or beaver on land 
 owned or occupied by the person where the animal is causing 
 damage.  The person may take the animal without a license and in 
 any manner except by poison, or artificial lights in the closed 
 season.  Raccoons may be taken under this subdivision with 
 artificial lights during open season.  A person that kills mink, 
 raccoon, lynx, bobcat, fox, opossum, muskrat, or beaver under 
 this subdivision must notify a conservation officer or employee 
 of the wildlife division within 24 hours after the animal is 
 killed. 

    Subd. 2.    Special permit for taking protected wild 
 animals.  The commissioner may issue special permits under 
 section 97A.401, subdivision 5, to take protected wild animals 
 that are damaging property.  

    HIST: 1986 c 386 art 2 s 53; 1987 c 149 art 1 s 50; 1989 c 287 
 s 5; 1997 c 226 s 33; 2002 c 323 s 12