Minnesota Statutes
Chapters 83A - 84 — Natural Resources

Section 83A.04 — County Boards Naming Geographic Features Must Have Approval Of Commissioner Of Natural Resources. - No county board shall order the change of or establish...

Section 83A.05 — Changing And Giving Names To Water Bodies. - Subdivision 1. Applicability. A name of a lake, river, stream,...

Section 83A.06 — Hearing On Petition. - Subdivision 1. Time and location. After receiving the petition to...

Section 83A.07 — Names Not To Be Duplicated. - Subdivision 1. Duplicate discouraged. In determining the name of a...

Chapter 84 — Department Of Natural Resources

Section 84.01 — Department Of Natural Resources; Commissioner Appointment. - Subdivision 1. Name change. The name of the Department of...

Section 84.02 — Definitions. - Subdivision 1. [Repealed, 2011 c 107 s 108] Subd. 2....

Section 84.025 — Contracts For Professional And Maintenance Services. - Subdivision 1. [Repealed, 1969 c 1129 art 3 s 2]...

Section 84.026 — Contracts And Grants For Providing Natural Resources Services. - Subdivision 1. Contracts. The commissioner of natural resources is authorized...

Section 84.0261 — Disposition Of Reimbursement From Natural Disasters. - Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, money received by...

Section 84.0262 — Rural Credit Records. - The commissioner of natural resources shall have charge of the...

Section 84.0263 — Issuing Quitclaim Deeds. - The commissioner of natural resources is empowered to issue quitclaim...

Section 84.0264 — Federal Land And Water Conservation Funds. - Subdivision 1. Designated agency. The Department of Natural Resources is...

Section 84.027 — Powers And Duties. - Subdivision 1. Powers and duties. The commissioner of natural resources...

Section 84.0272 — Procedure In Acquiring Lands. - Subdivision 1. Acquisition procedure. When the commissioner of natural resources...

Section 84.0273 — Establishing Boundary Lines Relating To Certain State Landholdings. - (a) To resolve boundary line issues affecting the ownership interests...

Section 84.0274 — Landowners' Bill Of Rights. - Subdivision 1. Citation. This section may be cited as "the...

Section 84.0275 — Violations. - If the state acquires any land for natural resources purposes...

Section 84.0276 — Land Transfers By A Federal Agency. - Before the commissioner of natural resources accepts agricultural land or...

Section 84.0277 — Camp Ripley Buffer Easements. - Subdivision 1. Acquisition authorized. The commissioner may acquire, from willing...

Section 84.028 — Commissioner Of Natural Resources; Specific Assignments. - Subdivision 1. Commissioner to control department responsibilities. The powers, duties...

Section 84.0285 — Game And Fish Citation Quotas Prohibited. - The commissioner of natural resources, or the director of the...

Section 84.0286 — Conservation Officer Patrol Vehicle; Security Barrier; Exemption. - Marked conservation officer patrol vehicles are exempt from any law...

Section 84.029 — Recreational Areas On Public Land. - Subdivision 1. Establishment, development, maintenance, and operation. In addition to...

Section 84.03 — Additional Duties And Powers. - (a) So far as practicable the commissioner shall collect and...

Section 84.033 — Scientific And Natural Areas. - Subdivision 1. Acquisition; designation. The commissioner of natural resources may...

Section 84.034 — Maintaining Cemetery; Whitewater Wildlife Management Area. - The commissioner shall maintain in a proper and decent manner...

Section 84.035 — Peatland Protection. - Subdivision 1. Citation. Sections 84.035 and 84.036 may be cited...

Section 84.036 — Peatland Scientific And Natural Areas; Designation. - The following scientific and natural areas are established and are...

Section 84.081 — Department Divisions And Bureaus. - Subdivision 1. Directors. The Department of Natural Resources shall be...

Section 84.082 — Vacancies. - In case of a vacancy in the office of commissioner...

Section 84.083 — Assignment And Delegation Of Duties. - Subdivision 1. Division duties; delegation. Each division shall have charge...

Section 84.0835 — Designation Of Employees For Limited Natural Resources Law Enforcement. - Subdivision 1. Commissioner's authority to designate employees. As provided in...

Section 84.084 — Transfer Of Funds. - The commissioner may authorize the performance of services for any...

Section 84.0845 — Advance Of Matching Funds. - The commissioner may advance funds appropriated for fish and wildlife...

Section 84.0846 — Natural Resource Seminars And Conferences. - The commissioner of natural resources may advance funds appropriated for...

Section 84.085 — Acceptance Of Gifts. - 84.085 MS 1969 [Repealed, Ex1971 c 3 s 77 subd...

Section 84.0854 — Gift Card And Certificate Sales; Receipts; Transfers; Appropriation. - Subdivision 1. Sales authorized; gift cards and certificates. The commissioner...

Section 84.0855 — Sales; Receipts; Appropriation. - Subdivision 1. Sales authorized; gift certificates. The commissioner may sell...

Section 84.0856 — Fleet Management Account. - The commissioner of natural resources may bill organizational units within...

Section 84.0857 — Facilities Management Account. - (a) The commissioner of natural resources may bill organizational units...

Section 84.086 — Seals, Uniforms, And Badges. - Subdivision 1. Seals required. The Department of Natural Resources and...

Section 84.087 — Keeping Records And Orders. - Except as otherwise prescribed or required by law, the originals...

Section 84.0872 — Specific Location Data. - Subdivision 1. Definition; general classification. As used in this section,...

Section 84.0873 — Data On Individuals Who Are Minors. - (a) When the Department of Natural Resources collects, creates, receives,...

Section 84.0874 — Electronic Licensing System Data. - (a) The following data created, collected, stored, or maintained by...

Section 84.0875 — Environmental Learning Centers. - (a) The commissioner may acquire and better, or make grants...

Section 84.089 — Volunteers In Natural Resources Program. - Subdivision 1. Volunteers permitted. The commissioner of natural resources may...

Section 84.0894 — Enforcement Of Aquatic Plants And Endangered Species. - An enforcement officer shall enforce a violation of sections 84.0895,...

Section 84.0895 — Protection Of Threatened And Endangered Species. - Subdivision 1. Prohibition. Notwithstanding any other law, a person may...

Section 84.0896 — Trade In Prohibited Animal Parts Prohibited. - Subdivision 1. Definitions. (a) The definitions in this subdivision apply...

Section 84.091 — Aquatic Vegetation In Public Waters. - Subdivision 1. Ownership. The state is the owner of wild...

Section 84.0911 — Wild Rice Management Account. - Subdivision 1. Account established. The wild rice management account is...

Section 84.093 — Wild Ginseng. - The commissioner may establish rules including seasons for harvesting to...

Section 84.10 — Wild Rice Harvested In Certain Lakes. - It shall be unlawful for any person to take wild...

Section 84.105 — Wild Rice Season. - Ripe wild rice may be harvested from August 15 to...

Section 84.111 — Natural Wild Rice Harvesting. - Subdivision 1. Watercraft restrictions. It shall be unlawful to use,...

Section 84.15 — Commissioner's Authority; Rice Harvesting. - Subdivision 1. Authority to restrict harvest. The commissioner may restrict...

Section 84.152 — Wild Rice. - Subdivision 1. Rules. The commissioner shall prescribe rules for harvesting...

Section 84.1525 — Stromatolites. - Subdivision 1. Permit required. A person may not possess, move,...

Section 84.153 — Property; Leasing, Renting. - (a) The commissioner is hereby authorized at public or private...

Section 84.154 — Lac Qui Parle Water Control Project. - Subdivision 1. Conservation project. The commissioner is hereby authorized, with...

Section 84.155 — Conservation Projects; Beltrami Island, Pine Island. - Subdivision 1. Certain leases between state and United States of...

Section 84.156 — Interest In Certain Lands Transferred To United States. - Subdivision 1. Grant of easement to United States. There is...

Section 84.161 — Land Acquisition For Certain Purposes. - The commissioner of natural resources is hereby authorized to acquire...

Section 84.162 — Powers Of Commissioner; Flowage Rights. - The commissioner of natural resources is hereby authorized to enter...

Section 84.362 — Removal Of Structures. - Until after the sale of any parcel of tax-forfeited land,...

Section 84.363 — Sale Of Dead And Down Timber. - The county auditor may with the approval of the county...

Section 84.415 — Utility Licenses; Permits. - Subdivision 1. Utility companies; permit to cross state-owned lands. The...

Section 84.42 — Violations; Penalties. - Subdivision 1. Penalties. Any person violating any of the provisions...

Section 84.523 — Bwca; Managing Minerals And Related Resources. - Subdivision 1. Definition. For the purposes of this section, the...

Section 84.525 — Maintaining Campsites In Bwca. - All reservation fees paid to the state attributable to state-owned...

Section 84.625 — Conveying Conservation Easements. - Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the commissioner of natural...

Section 84.63 — Conveying Interests In Lands To State, Federal, And Tribal Governments. - (a) Notwithstanding any existing law to the contrary, the commissioner...

Section 84.631 — Road Easements Across State Lands. - (a) Except as provided in section 85.015, subdivision 1b, the...

Section 84.632 — Conveyance Of Unneeded State Easements. - (a) Notwithstanding section 92.45, the commissioner of natural resources may,...

Section 84.633 — Exchanging Road Easements. - Subdivision 1. Authority. The commissioner of natural resources, on behalf...

Section 84.64 — Conservation Restrictions. - Subdivision 1. Acquisition. A conservation restriction for a definite period...

Section 84.65 — Conservation Restrictions; Effect Of Recording; Release Of Restrictions; Enforcement. - Subdivision 1. Enforceability; notice; recording. No conservation restriction defined in...

Section 84.66 — Minnesota Forests For The Future Program. - Subdivision 1. Purpose. The Minnesota forests for the future program...

Section 84.67 — Forests For The Future Revolving Account. - A forests for the future revolving account is created in...

Section 84.69 — Natural Resources Conservation Easement Stewardship Account. - Subdivision 1. Account established; sources. The natural resources conservation easement...

Section 84.76 — Apprentice Riders. - Subdivision 1. Definition. For the purpose of this section, "accompanied...

Section 84.765 — Operating Off-road Recreational Vehicles While Impaired. - Subdivision 1. Definitions. As used in this section, "controlled substance,"...

Section 84.771 — Off-highway Vehicle Definition. - For the purposes of sections 84.771 to 84.930, "off-highway vehicle"...

Section 84.773 — Restrictions On Operation. - Subdivision 1. Restrictions. A person may not intentionally operate an...

Section 84.774 — Off-highway Vehicle Criminal Penalties. - (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) and section 169A.20,...

Section 84.7741 — Off-highway Vehicle Forfeiture. - Subdivision 1. Definitions. (a) As used in this section, the...

Section 84.775 — Off-highway Vehicle Civil Citations. - Subdivision 1. Civil citation; authority to issue. (a) A conservation...

Section 84.777 — Off-highway Vehicles And Snowmobiles; Use Of State Lands Restricted. - Subdivision 1. Designated trails. (a) Except as otherwise allowed by...

Section 84.780 — Off-highway Vehicle Damage Account. - (a) The off-highway vehicle damage account is created in the...

Section 84.781 — Use Of Department Resources. - The commissioner of natural resources may permit Department of Natural...

Section 84.787 — Definitions. - Subdivision 1. Scope. The definitions in this section apply to...

Section 84.788 — Registration. - Subdivision 1. General requirements. Unless exempted in subdivision 2, a...

Section 84.789 — Requirements Of Makers Of Off-highway Motorcycles; Sound Emissions. - Subdivision 1. Identification number. An off-highway motorcycle made after January...

Section 84.79 — Rulemaking; Accident Report. - (a) With a view of achieving proper use of off-highway...

Section 84.791 — Education And Training. - Subdivision 1. Program established; when required. (a) The commissioner shall...

Section 84.793 — Youthful Operators; Prohibitions. - Subdivision 1. Prohibitions on youthful operators. (a) A person six...

Section 84.794 — Off-highway Motorcycle Account; Receipts And Allocations. - Subdivision 1. Registration revenue. Fees from the registration of off-highway...

Section 84.7945 — Nonresidents; State Trail Pass For Off-highway Motorcycles. - Subdivision 1. Pass required; fee. (a) A tribal member exempt...

Section 84.795 — Operation Requirements; Local Regulation. - Subdivision 1. Operation on public road rights-of-way. (a) A person...

Section 84.797 — Definitions. - Subdivision 1. Scope. The definitions in this section apply to...

Section 84.798 — Registration. - Subdivision 1. General requirements. (a) Unless exempted under paragraph (b)...

Section 84.799 — Vehicle Identification Number. - An off-road vehicle manufactured after January 1, 1995, and sold...

Section 84.80 — Rulemaking; Accident Report. - Subdivision 1. Rules. The commissioner shall adopt rules under chapter...

Section 84.8015 — Education And Training. - Subdivision 1. Program established; when required. (a) The commissioner shall...

Section 84.802 — Youthful Operators; Prohibitions. - (a) A person under 16 years of age may not...

Section 84.803 — Off-road Vehicle Account; Receipts And Allocations. - Subdivision 1. Registration revenue. Fees from the registration of off-road...

Section 84.8031 — Grant-in-aid Applications; Review Period. - The commissioner must review an off-road vehicle grant-in-aid application and,...

Section 84.8035 — Off-road Vehicle State Trail Pass. - Subdivision 1. Pass required; fee. (a) Except as provided under...

Section 84.804 — Operation Requirements; Local Regulation. - Subdivision 1. Operation on public road rights-of-way. (a) A person...

Section 84.8045 — Restrictions On Off-road Vehicle Trails. - Notwithstanding any provision of sections 84.797 to 84.804 or other...

Section 84.81 — Definitions. - Subdivision 1. Applicability. For the purposes of Laws 1967, chapter...

Section 84.82 — Exemptions; Collector Snowmobiles; Unlimited Use. - Subdivision 1. [Repealed, 1984 c 654 art 2 s 155]...

Section 84.8205 — Snowmobile State Trail Sticker. - Subdivision 1. Sticker required; fee. (a) A snowmobile that is...

Section 84.821 — Requirements Of Snowmobile Makers. - Subdivision 1. Identification number. All snowmobiles made after June 30,...

Section 84.83 — Snowmobile Trails And Enforcement Account; Receipts And Allocations. - Subdivision 1. Creation. There is created in the state treasury...

Section 84.84 — Transfer Or Termination Of Snowmobile Ownership. - (a) Within 15 days after the transfer of ownership, or...

Section 84.85 — Licensing By Political Subdivisions. - No political subdivision of this state shall require licensing or...

Section 84.86 — Rules. - Subdivision 1. Required rules. With a view of achieving maximum...

Section 84.862 — Snowmobile Training Required. - Subdivision 1. Youth and adult safety training. (a) Any resident...

Section 84.87 — Operation; Regulations By Political Subdivisions. - Subdivision 1. Operation on streets and highways. (a) No person...

Section 84.871 — Equipment Requirements. - Subdivision 1. Mufflers. Except as provided in this section, every...

Section 84.8712 — Metal Traction Devices; Prohibition On Paved Trails. - Subdivision 1. Prohibition. A person may not use a snowmobile...

Section 84.872 — Youthful Snowmobile Operators; Prohibitions. - Subdivision 1. Restrictions on operation. (a) Notwithstanding anything in section...

Section 84.88 — Penalties. - Subdivision 1. Penalty. Any person who shall violate any provision...

Section 84.89 — Confiscating Snowmobile Used In Burglary. - A law enforcement officer shall seize any snowmobile, as defined...

Section 84.90 — Operating Limitations; Recreational Motor Vehicles. - Subdivision 1. Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the...

Section 84.9011 — Off-highway Vehicle Safety And Conservation Program. - Subdivision 1. Creation. The commissioner of natural resources shall establish...

Section 84.911 — Reports Of Death. - Subdivision 1. [Repealed, 1Sp1997 c 2 s 69] Subd. 2....

Section 84.915 — Land Use For Certain Vehicles Restricted. - After June 1, 1993, the commissioner may not allow the...

Section 84.92 — Definitions. - Subdivision 1. Scope. The definitions in this section apply to...

Section 84.922 — Registration. - Subdivision 1. General requirements. Unless exempted in subdivision 1a, a...

Section 84.923 — Requirements Of Makers Of All-terrain Vehicles. - Subdivision 1. Identification number. All vehicles made after January 1,...

Section 84.924 — Rulemaking; Accident Report. - Subdivision 1. Commissioner of natural resources. With a view of...

Section 84.925 — Education And Training Program. - Subdivision 1. Training and certification programs established. (a) The commissioner...

Section 84.9256 — Youthful Operators; Prohibitions. - Subdivision 1. Prohibitions on youthful operators. (a) Except for operation...

Section 84.9257 — Passengers. - (a) A person 18 years of age or older may...

Section 84.926 — Vehicle Use On Public Lands; Exceptions. - Subdivision 1. Exception by permit. Notwithstanding sections 84.773, subdivision 1,...

Section 84.927 — All-terrain Vehicle Account; Receipts And Allocations. - Subdivision 1. Registration revenue. Fees from the registration of all-terrain...

Section 84.9275 — Nonresidents; State Trail Pass For All-terrain Vehicles. - Subdivision 1. Pass required; fee. (a) A tribal member exempt...

Section 84.928 — Operation Requirements; Local Regulation. - Subdivision 1. Operation on roads and rights-of-way. (a) Unless otherwise...

Section 84.930 — Motorized Trail Grants-in-aid. - (a) This section applies to grants-in-aid for motorized trail construction...

Section 84.94 — Aggregate Planning And Protection. - Subdivision 1. Purpose. It is the purpose of this section...

Section 84.941 — Policy. - It is the policy of the state that fish and...

Section 84.942 — Fish And Wildlife Management Plans. - Subdivision 1. Preparation. The commissioner of natural resources shall prepare...

Section 84.943 — Minnesota Critical Habitat Private Sector Matching Account. - Subdivision 1. Establishment. The Minnesota critical habitat private sector matching...

Section 84.944 — Acquiring Critical Natural Habitat. - Subdivision 1. Acquisition, restoration, and enhancement considerations. (a) In determining...

Section 84.946 — Natural Resources Asset Preservation And Replacement (nrapr). - Subdivision 1. Purpose. The legislature recognizes that the Department of...

Section 84.95 — Reinvest In Minnesota Resources Fund. - Subdivision 1. Program fund; establishment. A reinvest in Minnesota resources...

Section 84.96 — Native Prairie Bank. - Subdivision 1. Establishment. The commissioner shall establish a native prairie...

Section 84.961 — Prairie Land Management. - Subdivision 1. Native prairie values. The commissioner of natural resources...

Section 84.963 — Prairie Plant Seed Production Areas; Prairie Establishment Guidance. - (a) The commissioner of natural resources shall study the feasibility...

Section 84.97 — Controlled Burning. - Subdivision 1. Program established. The commissioner may establish a controlled...

Section 84.972 — Prairie And Grasslands Public Grazing Program. - The commissioner of natural resources shall establish a prairie and...

Section 84.973 — Pollinator Habitat Program. - (a) The commissioner shall develop best management practices and habitat...

Section 84.974 — Milkweed. - When feasible, the commissioner of natural resources is encouraged to...

Section 84.975 — Shoreland Management Grants. - Subdivision 1. Purposes. The commissioner of natural resources may make...

Section 84.976 — No Child Left Inside; Grant Program. - Subdivision 1. Establishment. The commissioner of natural resources must establish...

Section 84.9765 — Outdoor Engagement Grant Account. - Subdivision 1. Establishment. The outdoor engagement grant account is established...

Section 84.991 — Conservation Corps Minnesota. - Subdivision 1. Transfer. (a) The Minnesota Conservation Corps is moved...

Section 84.992 — Minnesota Naturalist Corps. - Subdivision 1. Establishment. The Minnesota Naturalist Corps is established under...

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Minnesota Statutes Chapters 83A - 84 — Natural Resources

Minnesota Statutes
Chapters 83A - 84 — Natural Resources