2006 Minnesota Statutes

97A.425 RECORD AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR DEALERS, TANNERS,
AND TAXIDERMISTS.
    Subdivision 1. License and record requirements. (a) A person must have the required
license under the game and fish laws to buy or sell wild animals, to tan animal hides or dress raw
furs, or to mount specimens of wild animals and must keep complete records of all transactions
and activities covered by the license and submit reports to the commissioner.
(b) A person is not required to be licensed to tan animal hides or dress raw furs or to mount
specimens of wild animals if the person is not compensated for the service.
    Subd. 2. Records. (a) The records must show:
(1) the names and addresses of persons from whom wild animals were obtained and to
whom they were transferred;
(2) the dates of receipt, shipment, and sale of wild animals;
(3) detailed descriptions of the number and type of wild animals purchased, sold, and shipped;
(4) serial numbers of seals, tags, or permits required to be attached to the wild animals; and
(5) trapping license numbers for protected fur-bearing animals, unless the trapper is exempt
from the license requirement, which must be noted.
(b) A licensed fur dealer, buying for one employer at the employer's place of business, is
not required to keep separate records if the employer notifies the commissioner in writing that
the employer will account for the fur dealer.
(c) The records required under this section must be available for inspection by the
commissioner, the director, or their agents at all reasonable times. The records must be preserved
and available for two years after the expiration of a license that required them.
(d) Records required of persons licensed to buy or sell wild animals, or to tan or dress raw
furs, must be kept in a book supplied by the commissioner.
    Subd. 3. Reports. Except for persons licensed to mount specimens of wild animals, an
annual report covering the preceding license year must be submitted to the commissioner by
March 15. The commissioner may require other reports for statistical purposes. The reports must
be on forms supplied by the commissioner.
    Subd. 4. Rules. The commissioner may adopt rules, not inconsistent with subdivisions 1 to
3, governing record keeping, reporting, and marking of specimens by taxidermists.
History: 1986 c 386 art 1 s 58; 1987 c 149 art 1 s 28; 1992 c 589 s 2; 2001 c 185 s 27