2006 Minnesota Statutes

97B.905 FUR DEALER'S LICENSES.
    Subdivision 1. License requirement. (a) A person may not buy or sell raw furs without a fur
buying and selling license, except:
(1) a taxidermist licensed under section 97A.475, subdivision 19, and a fur manufacturer
are not required to have a license to buy raw furs from a person with fur buying and selling
licenses; and
(2) a person lawfully entitled to take fur-bearing animals is not required to have a license to
sell raw furs to a person with a fur buying and selling license.
(b) An employee, partner, or officer buying or selling only for a raw fur dealer licensee at an
established place of business licensed under section 97A.475, subdivision 21, clause (a), may
obtain a supplemental license under section 97A.475, subdivision 21, clause (b).
    Subd. 2. Nonresident license. A nonresident must obtain a license under section 97A.475,
subdivision 22 , to buy or sell raw furs within the state, except a license is not required to buy
from a person licensed under section 97A.475, subdivision 21.
    Subd. 3. Bond required for fur buyer license applicants. Applicants for a raw fur dealer's
license must, at the time of application for the license, furnish a corporate surety bond in favor of
the state for $1,000 payable upon violation of the game and fish laws.
History: 1986 c 386 art 2 s 68; 1989 c 287 s 6; 1994 c 623 art 1 s 37