2009 Minnesota Code
Chapters 340 - 348 Police Regulations
Chapter 346 Stray Animals; Companion Animals
Section 346.16 Running at Large; Defined; Prohibited; Treble Damages

346.16 RUNNING AT LARGE; DEFINED; PROHIBITED; TREBLE DAMAGES.

The herding of any animal of the species of cattle, horse, ass, mule, sheep, swine, or goat upon any land over the protest and against the will of the owner shall be deemed a running at large.

It shall be unlawful for any owner or any person having the control of any such animal to permit the same to run at large in the state.

Any person who shall knowingly permit the running at large of any such domestic animal shall be liable to the person aggrieved for treble damages sustained by the aggrieved person, to be recovered in a civil action brought for that purpose.

History:

(7295, 7296, 7297) 1913 c 459 s 1-3; 1986 c 444

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