1997 Minnesota Statutes

     97A.421 Validity and issuance of licenses after 
  conviction. 

    Subdivision 1.    General.  (a) The license of a person 
 convicted of a violation of the game and fish laws relating to 
 the license or wild animals covered by the license is void when: 

    (1) a second conviction occurs within three years under a 
 license to take small game or to take fish by angling or 
 spearing; 

    (2) a third conviction occurs within one year under a 
 minnow dealer's license; 

    (3) a second conviction occurs within three years for 
 violations of section 97A.425 that do not involve falsifications 
 or intentional omissions of information required to be recorded, 
 or attempts to conceal unlawful acts within the records; 

    (4) two or more misdemeanor convictions occur within a 
 three-year period under a private fish hatchery license; or 

    (5) the conviction occurs under a license not described in 
 clause (1), (2), or (4) or is for a violation of section 97A.425 
 not described in clause (3).  

    (b) Except for big game licenses and as otherwise provided 
 in this section, for one year after the conviction the person 
 may not obtain the kind of license relating to the game and fish 
 law violation.  

    Subd. 2.    Issuance of license after conviction for 
 buying and selling wild animals.  A person may not obtain a 
 license to take any wild animal for a period of three years 
 after being convicted of buying or selling game fish, big game, 
 or small game, and the total amount of the sale is $300 or more. 

    Subd. 3.    Issuance of a big game license after 
 conviction.  A person may not obtain any big game license for 
 three years after the person is convicted of: 

    (1) a gross misdemeanor violation under the game and fish 
 laws relating to big game; 

    (2) doing an act without a required big game license; or 

    (3) the second violation within three years under the game 
 and fish laws relating to big game.  

    Subd. 4.    Issuance after intoxication or narcotics 
 conviction.  A person convicted of a violation under section 
 97B.065, relating to hunting while intoxicated or using 
 narcotics, may not obtain a license to hunt with a firearm or by 
 archery for five years after conviction.  

    Subd. 5.    Commissioner may reinstate certain licenses 
 after conviction.  If the commissioner determines that the 
 public welfare will not be injured, the commissioner may 
 reinstate licenses voided under subdivision 1 and issue licenses 
 to persons ineligible under subdivision 2.  The commissioner's 
 authority applies only to licenses to:  

    (1) maintain and operate fur or game farms or private fish 
 hatcheries; 

    (2) take fish commercially in Lake of the Woods, Rainy 
 Lake, Namakan Lake, or Lake Superior; 

    (3) buy fish from Lake of the Woods, Rainy Lake, Namakan 
 Lake, or Lake Superior commercial fishing licensees; and 

    (4) sell live minnows.  

    Subd. 6.    Applicability to moose or elk licenses.  In 
 this section the term "license" includes an application for a 
 license to take either moose or elk.  

    HIST: 1986 c 386 art 1 s 57; 1987 c 149 art 1 s 27; 1987 c 373 
 s 3; 1992 c 589 s 1; 1997 c 226 s 21