2025 Session
Last amended: 2009 session
§ 97B.931 — Tending Traps
Plain-Language Summary
Sets rules for tending traps in Minnesota.
97B.931 TENDING TRAPS.
§
Subdivision 1.Restrictions.
A person may not tend a trap set for wild animals between 10:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. Between 5:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. a person on foot may use a portable artificial light to tend traps. While using a light in the field, the person may not possess or use a firearm other than a handgun or rifle capable of firing only rimfire cartridges of .17 or .22 caliber including .22 magnum. §
Subd. 2.Body-gripping traps.
A body-gripping, conibear-type trap need not be tended more frequently than once every third calendar day.
History:
1986 c 386 art 2 s 73; 1987 c 131 s 3; 1994 c 623 art 1 s 38; 1Sp1995 c 1 s 31; 2009 c 176 art 2 s 50
History: History: 1986 c 386 art 2 s 73; 1987 c 131 s 3; 1994 c 623 art 1 s 38; 1Sp1995 c 1 s 31; 2009 c 176 art 2 s 50
Practical Notes
Trappers must follow rules about trap types, placement, and checking schedules.