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Section 88.01 — Definitions. - Subdivision 1. Terms. For the purposes of this chapter, the...
Section 88.02 — Citation; Wildfire Act. - Sections 88.02 to 88.22 may be cited as the "Wildfire...
Section 88.03 — Codification. - Sections 88.03 to 88.22 shall be deemed and construed as...
Section 88.04 — Firebreaks; Preventing Fires. - Subdivision 1. Local cooperation. The commissioner shall cooperate with the...
Section 88.041 — Agreements To Prevent And Suppress Wildfires. - The commissioner may enter into agreements with other states, the...
Section 88.05 — Roadsides; Clearing; Firebreaks. - All highways, roads, and trails within wildfire areas are declared...
Section 88.06 — Removing Dead Or Down Timber. - The commissioner may permit, under the commissioner's direct supervision and...
Section 88.065 — Equipment Furnished. - Subject to applicable provisions of state laws respecting purchases, the...
Section 88.067 — Grants To Local Fire Departments. - The commissioner may make grants for procurement of fire suppression...
Section 88.068 — Volunteer Fire Assistance Grant Account. - A volunteer fire assistance grant account is established in the...
Section 88.08 — Wildfire Protection Districts. - The commissioner may create and establish wildfire protection districts, including...
Section 88.09 — Acquiring Land For Fire Protection. - Subdivision 1. Acceptance of lands. The commissioner may on behalf...
Section 88.10 — Authority Of State Forest Officers. - Subdivision 1. General authority. Under the direction of the commissioner,...
Section 88.11 — Assistance For Fighting Fires. - Subdivision 1. Firefighting personnel. At any time forest officers, with...
Section 88.12 — Compensating Wildfire Fighters; Emergency Expenses. - Subdivision 1. Limitation. The compensation and expenses of persons temporarily...
Section 88.14 — Disposal Of Slashings And Debris. - Subdivision 1. Order to dispose. Where and whenever in the...
Section 88.15 — Campfires. - Subdivision 1. Extinguishment. Any forest officer, conservation officer, or other...
Section 88.16 — Starting And Reporting Fires. - Subdivision 1. Written permission required. Except as provided in subdivision...
Section 88.17 — Permission To Start Fires; Prosecution For Unlawfully Starting Fires. - Subdivision 1. Permission required. (a) Permission to start a fire...
Section 88.171 — Open Burning Prohibitions. - Subdivision 1. Continual. Open burning prohibitions specified in this section...
Section 88.18 — Fire Wardens. - The commissioner may appoint local government officials, authorized Minnesota pollution...
Section 88.195 — Penalties. - Subdivision 1. Failure to extinguish fire. Any person who starts...
Section 88.20 — Railroad Companies To Provide Patrol Officers. - (a) After making a judgment that there is danger of...
Section 88.21 — Railroads; Duties; Penalties. - Subdivision 1. Written report of inspection. On having reason to...
Section 88.22 — Wildfire Prevention; Restrictions And Penalties. - Subdivision 1. Imposition of restrictions. (a) Road closure. When the...
Section 88.28 — Law Divided Into Parts. - Sections 88.28 to 88.46 are hereby divided into three parts....
Section 88.29 — County Boards; Jurisdiction, Powers. - It is hereby proposed to grant to the county boards...
Section 88.30 — Clearing And Improving Lands. - Before any improvement authorized by sections 88.28 to 88.46 shall...
Section 88.31 — Surveys And Plats. - Upon the filing of the petition and bond, as provided...
Section 88.32 — Appraisers; Assessing Benefits And Damages; Statements And Reports. - At the time of the appointment of the engineer, as...
Section 88.33 — Hearings; Notice; Service; Date; Adjournments. - Upon the filing of this report, the auditor shall, within...
Section 88.34 — Hearing On Petition; Elimination Of Lands. - Upon due publication and mailing of notice of hearing, the...
Section 88.35 — Rereference Of Petition. - If, at such hearing, after the presentation of the evidence...
Section 88.36 — Order For Improvements. - If, at the final hearing, or adjournment thereof, the county...
Section 88.37 — Appeals From Orders For Improvements. - (a) Any person aggrieved thereby may appeal from any such...
Section 88.38 — Contracts For Improvements; Duties Of County Auditor; Seeding Of Cleared Lands. - Within ten days after the filing in the office of...
Section 88.39 — Work Of Improvement; Duties Of Engineers; Payments To Contractors. - It shall be the duty of the engineer from time...
Section 88.40 — Bond Issues To Pay For Improvements. - The county board of each county wherein any improvement is...
Section 88.41 — County Auditors; Tabular Statements; Powers And Duties. - At as early a date as possible after letting the...
Section 88.42 — Improvements By Towns And Cities; Limitation Of Indebtedness. - All towns and cities are hereby authorized and empowered to...
Section 88.43 — Firebreaks; Clearing Lands. - Subdivision 1. Distance. The governing body of any town or...
Section 88.44 — Acquiring Property. - Subdivision 1. Certificate of indebtedness; bond issues; tax levies. For...
Section 88.45 — Municipalities To Cooperate. - Counties doing anything under sections 88.28 to 88.46 shall act...
Section 88.46 — Laws Applicable. - Where in sections 88.28 to 88.46 it is provided that...
Section 88.49 — Contracts. - Subdivision 1. [Repealed, 1Sp2015 c 4 art 4 s 150]...
Section 88.491 — Expired Contracts. - Subdivision 1. [Repealed, 1Sp2015 c 4 art 4 s 150]...
Section 88.50 — Taxation. - Every auxiliary forest in this state must be taxed according...
Section 88.51 — Auxiliary Forests; Tax Rate, Special Taxes. - Subdivision 1. Annual tax. (a) From and after the filing...
Section 88.52 — Cutting Timber; Taxation. - Subdivision 1. Yield tax; when to be paid. The merchantable...
Section 88.523 — Auxiliary Forest Contracts; Supplemental Agreements. - Upon application of the owner, any auxiliary forest contract may...
Section 88.53 — Disposal After Land Ceases To Be Auxiliary Forest; Rules. - Subdivision 1. Time for disposal. When land ceases to be...
Section 88.641 — Definitions. - Subdivision 1. Applicability. For the purposes of sections 88.641 to...
Section 88.642 — Decorative Materials. - Subdivision 1. Written consent. No person shall cut, harvest, remove,...
Section 88.6435 — Decorative Materials; Buyers. - Subdivision 1. MS 2018 [Repealed by amendment, 1Sp2019 c 4...
Section 88.645 — Enforcement. - Subdivision 1. Search warrants. A court having authority to issue...
Section 88.647 — Relation To Existing Laws. - Sections 88.641 to 88.6435 do not supersede any existing provision...
Section 88.648 — Criminal Penalties; Misdemeanor. - (a) A person who makes a false statement in any...
Section 88.73 — Administration; Delegated Powers And Duties. - (a) The director is hereby empowered and directed to administer...
Section 88.75 — Violations; Penalties. - Subdivision 1. Misdemeanor offenses; damages; injunctive relief. (a) Any person...
Section 88.76 — Rewards. - Upon conviction of any person for violating any of the...
Section 88.77 — Disposition Of Fines And Penalties. - Except as otherwise expressly provided in sections 88.03 to 88.22,...
Section 88.78 — Appeals. - (a) No appeal shall be allowed from a judgment in...
Section 88.79 — State Forest Service To Private Owners. - Subdivision 1. Employing competent foresters; service to private owners. The...
Section 88.80 — Aspen Recycling Program. - Subdivision 1. Establishment. The commissioner must establish and accelerate an...
Section 88.81 — Forest Management Practices In Litigation. - The commissioner may not implement new or revised forest management...
Section 88.82 — Minnesota Releaf Program. - The Minnesota releaf program is established in the Department of...