2007 Minnesota Code
Chapters 97 - 102 Game and Fish
Chapter 97A Game and Fish
Section 97A.445 EXEMPTIONS FROM LICENSE REQUIREMENT.

97A.445 EXEMPTIONS FROM LICENSE REQUIREMENT.
Subdivision 1. Angling; Take a Kid Fishing Weekends. A resident over age 18 may take
fish by angling without an angling or fish house license during one three-day consecutive period
of the open water angling season and one three-day consecutive period of the ice angling season
designated by rule of the commissioner if accompanied by a child who is under age 16. The
commissioner shall publicize the three-day periods as "Take a Kid Fishing Weekend" for the open
water angling season and "Take a Kid Ice Fishing Weekend" for the ice angling season.
Subd. 2. Angling; institutional residents. A license is not required to take fish by angling
with the written consent of the superintendent or chief executive of the institution for the
following persons:
(1) a resident of a state hospital;
(2) a patient of a United States Veterans Administration hospital;
(3) an inmate of a state correctional facility;
(4) a resident of a licensed nursing or boarding care home, a person who is enrolled in and
regularly participates in an adult day care program or other similar organized activity sponsored
by a licensed nursing or boarding care home, or a resident of a licensed board and lodging
facility; and
(5) a resident of a drug or alcohol residential treatment program under the age of 20.
Subd. 3. Angling and spearing; disabled railroad and postal retirees. A license is not
required to take fish by angling or spearing for a resident that is:
(1) receiving aid under the federal Railroad Retirement Act of 1974, United States Code, title
45, section 231a(a)(1)(v); or
(2) a former employee of the United States Postal Service receiving disability pay under
United States Code, title 5, section 8337.
Subd. 4. Angling; Take a Mom Fishing Weekend. Any mother who is a resident of
Minnesota may take fish by angling without a license during the Saturday and Sunday of the
angling season that coincides with Mother's Day. The commissioner shall publicize the Saturday
and Sunday as "Take a Mom Fishing Weekend."
Subd. 5. Small game hunting; Take a Kid Hunting Weekend. A resident over age 18 may
take small game by hunting without a license during one Saturday and Sunday of the small game
hunting season designated by rule of the commissioner if accompanied by a child who is under age
16. The commissioner shall publicize the Saturday and Sunday as "Take a Kid Hunting Weekend."
History: 1986 c 386 art 1 s 62; 1987 c 149 art 1 s 29; 1987 c 384 art 1 s 8; 1987 c 404 s
120; 1988 c 588 s 5; 1989 c 242 s 1; 1990 c 605 s 4; 1991 c 241 s 5; 1991 c 259 s 23; 2000 c 473
s 4; 2006 c 212 art 1 s 4; 2007 c 131 art 1 s 27