2007 Minnesota Code
Chapters 97 - 102 Game and Fish
Chapter 97A Game and Fish
Section 97A.325 PENALTIES FOR UNLAWFULLY BUYING OR SELLING WILD ANIMALS.

97A.325 PENALTIES FOR UNLAWFULLY BUYING OR SELLING WILD ANIMALS.
Subdivision 1. Gross misdemeanor for sales of $300 or more. (a) A person that buys or
sells protected wild animals in violation of the game and fish laws where the sales total $300 or
more is guilty of a gross misdemeanor. The person is subject to the penalty in section 97A.301,
subdivision 2 , except that the fine may not be less than $3,000 or more than $10,000.
(b) Licenses possessed by a person convicted under this subdivision are null and void and the
person may not take wild animals for three years after the conviction.
Subd. 2. Deer; bear; moose; elk; caribou. Except as provided in subdivision 1, a person
that violates a provision of the game and fish laws relating to buying or selling deer, bear, moose,
elk, or caribou is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
Subd. 3. Small game and game fish. Except as provided in subdivision 1, a person that buys
or sells small game or game fish in violation of the game and fish laws where the sales total
$50 or more is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
Subd. 4. Fur-bearing animals. Except as provided in subdivision 1, a person that buys
fur-bearing animals in violation of the game and fish laws is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
History: 1986 c 386 art 1 s 50; 1987 c 149 art 1 s 23; 1991 c 254 art 2 s 27