Subdivision 1. Prohibitions on youthful operators. (a) A person six years or older but less than 16 years of age operating an off-highway motorcycle on public lands or waters must possess a valid off-highway motorcycle safety certificate issued by the commissioner.
(b) Except for operation on public road rights-of-way that is permitted under section 84.795, subdivision 1, a driver's license issued by the state or another state is required to operate an off-highway motorcycle along or on a public road right-of-way.
(c) A person under 12 years of age may not:
(1) make a direct crossing of a public road right-of-way;
(2) operate an off-highway motorcycle on a public road right-of-way in the state; or
(3) operate an off-highway motorcycle on public lands or waters unless accompanied by a person 18 years of age or older or participating in an event for which the commissioner has issued a special use permit.
(d) Except for public road rights-of-way of interstate highways, a person less than 16 years of age may make a direct crossing of a public road right-of-way of a trunk, county state-aid, or county highway only if that person is accompanied by a person 18 years of age or older who holds a valid driver's license.
(e) A person less than 16 years of age may operate an off-highway motorcycle on public road rights-of-way in accordance with section 84.795, subdivision 1, paragraph (a), only if that person is accompanied by a person 18 years of age or older who holds a valid driver's license.
(f) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), a nonresident less than 16 years of age may operate an off-highway motorcycle on public lands or waters if the nonresident youth has in possession evidence of completing an off-road safety course offered by the Motorcycle Safety Foundation or another state as provided in section 84.791, subdivision 4.
Subd. 2. Helmet required. A person less than 18 years of age may not operate an off-highway motorcycle on public land, public waters, or on a public road right-of-way unless wearing a safety helmet approved by the commissioner of public safety.
Subd. 3. Prohibitions on owner. An owner of an off-highway motorcycle may not knowingly allow it to be operated contrary to this section.
Subd. 4. Eye protection required. A person may not operate an off-highway motorcycle without an eye-protective device.
1993 c 311 art 1 s 7; 2009 c 176 art 1 s 6; 2010 c 361 art 4 s 9; 2017 c 93 art 2 s 5
Structure Minnesota Statutes
Chapters 83A - 84 — Natural Resources
Chapter 84 — Department Of Natural Resources
Section 84.01 — Department Of Natural Resources; Commissioner Appointment.
Section 84.025 — Contracts For Professional And Maintenance Services.
Section 84.026 — Contracts And Grants For Providing Natural Resources Services.
Section 84.0261 — Disposition Of Reimbursement From Natural Disasters.
Section 84.0262 — Rural Credit Records.
Section 84.0263 — Issuing Quitclaim Deeds.
Section 84.0264 — Federal Land And Water Conservation Funds.
Section 84.027 — Powers And Duties.
Section 84.0272 — Procedure In Acquiring Lands.
Section 84.0273 — Establishing Boundary Lines Relating To Certain State Landholdings.
Section 84.0274 — Landowners' Bill Of Rights.
Section 84.0276 — Land Transfers By A Federal Agency.
Section 84.0277 — Camp Ripley Buffer Easements.
Section 84.028 — Commissioner Of Natural Resources; Specific Assignments.
Section 84.0285 — Game And Fish Citation Quotas Prohibited.
Section 84.0286 — Conservation Officer Patrol Vehicle; Security Barrier; Exemption.
Section 84.029 — Recreational Areas On Public Land.
Section 84.03 — Additional Duties And Powers.
Section 84.033 — Scientific And Natural Areas.
Section 84.034 — Maintaining Cemetery; Whitewater Wildlife Management Area.
Section 84.035 — Peatland Protection.
Section 84.036 — Peatland Scientific And Natural Areas; Designation.
Section 84.081 — Department Divisions And Bureaus.
Section 84.083 — Assignment And Delegation Of Duties.
Section 84.0835 — Designation Of Employees For Limited Natural Resources Law Enforcement.
Section 84.084 — Transfer Of Funds.
Section 84.0845 — Advance Of Matching Funds.
Section 84.0846 — Natural Resource Seminars And Conferences.
Section 84.085 — Acceptance Of Gifts.
Section 84.0854 — Gift Card And Certificate Sales; Receipts; Transfers; Appropriation.
Section 84.0855 — Sales; Receipts; Appropriation.
Section 84.0856 — Fleet Management Account.
Section 84.0857 — Facilities Management Account.
Section 84.086 — Seals, Uniforms, And Badges.
Section 84.087 — Keeping Records And Orders.
Section 84.0872 — Specific Location Data.
Section 84.0873 — Data On Individuals Who Are Minors.
Section 84.0874 — Electronic Licensing System Data.
Section 84.0875 — Environmental Learning Centers.
Section 84.089 — Volunteers In Natural Resources Program.
Section 84.0894 — Enforcement Of Aquatic Plants And Endangered Species.
Section 84.0895 — Protection Of Threatened And Endangered Species.
Section 84.0896 — Trade In Prohibited Animal Parts Prohibited.
Section 84.091 — Aquatic Vegetation In Public Waters.
Section 84.0911 — Wild Rice Management Account.
Section 84.093 — Wild Ginseng.
Section 84.10 — Wild Rice Harvested In Certain Lakes.
Section 84.105 — Wild Rice Season.
Section 84.111 — Natural Wild Rice Harvesting.
Section 84.15 — Commissioner's Authority; Rice Harvesting.
Section 84.1525 — Stromatolites.
Section 84.153 — Property; Leasing, Renting.
Section 84.154 — Lac Qui Parle Water Control Project.
Section 84.155 — Conservation Projects; Beltrami Island, Pine Island.
Section 84.156 — Interest In Certain Lands Transferred To United States.
Section 84.161 — Land Acquisition For Certain Purposes.
Section 84.162 — Powers Of Commissioner; Flowage Rights.
Section 84.362 — Removal Of Structures.
Section 84.363 — Sale Of Dead And Down Timber.
Section 84.415 — Utility Licenses; Permits.
Section 84.42 — Violations; Penalties.
Section 84.523 — Bwca; Managing Minerals And Related Resources.
Section 84.525 — Maintaining Campsites In Bwca.
Section 84.625 — Conveying Conservation Easements.
Section 84.63 — Conveying Interests In Lands To State, Federal, And Tribal Governments.
Section 84.631 — Road Easements Across State Lands.
Section 84.632 — Conveyance Of Unneeded State Easements.
Section 84.633 — Exchanging Road Easements.
Section 84.64 — Conservation Restrictions.
Section 84.66 — Minnesota Forests For The Future Program.
Section 84.67 — Forests For The Future Revolving Account.
Section 84.69 — Natural Resources Conservation Easement Stewardship Account.
Section 84.76 — Apprentice Riders.
Section 84.765 — Operating Off-road Recreational Vehicles While Impaired.
Section 84.771 — Off-highway Vehicle Definition.
Section 84.773 — Restrictions On Operation.
Section 84.774 — Off-highway Vehicle Criminal Penalties.
Section 84.7741 — Off-highway Vehicle Forfeiture.
Section 84.775 — Off-highway Vehicle Civil Citations.
Section 84.777 — Off-highway Vehicles And Snowmobiles; Use Of State Lands Restricted.
Section 84.780 — Off-highway Vehicle Damage Account.
Section 84.781 — Use Of Department Resources.
Section 84.788 — Registration.
Section 84.789 — Requirements Of Makers Of Off-highway Motorcycles; Sound Emissions.
Section 84.79 — Rulemaking; Accident Report.
Section 84.791 — Education And Training.
Section 84.793 — Youthful Operators; Prohibitions.
Section 84.794 — Off-highway Motorcycle Account; Receipts And Allocations.
Section 84.7945 — Nonresidents; State Trail Pass For Off-highway Motorcycles.
Section 84.795 — Operation Requirements; Local Regulation.
Section 84.798 — Registration.
Section 84.799 — Vehicle Identification Number.
Section 84.80 — Rulemaking; Accident Report.
Section 84.8015 — Education And Training.
Section 84.802 — Youthful Operators; Prohibitions.
Section 84.803 — Off-road Vehicle Account; Receipts And Allocations.
Section 84.8031 — Grant-in-aid Applications; Review Period.
Section 84.8035 — Off-road Vehicle State Trail Pass.
Section 84.804 — Operation Requirements; Local Regulation.
Section 84.8045 — Restrictions On Off-road Vehicle Trails.
Section 84.82 — Exemptions; Collector Snowmobiles; Unlimited Use.
Section 84.8205 — Snowmobile State Trail Sticker.
Section 84.821 — Requirements Of Snowmobile Makers.
Section 84.83 — Snowmobile Trails And Enforcement Account; Receipts And Allocations.
Section 84.84 — Transfer Or Termination Of Snowmobile Ownership.
Section 84.85 — Licensing By Political Subdivisions.
Section 84.862 — Snowmobile Training Required.
Section 84.87 — Operation; Regulations By Political Subdivisions.
Section 84.871 — Equipment Requirements.
Section 84.8712 — Metal Traction Devices; Prohibition On Paved Trails.
Section 84.872 — Youthful Snowmobile Operators; Prohibitions.
Section 84.89 — Confiscating Snowmobile Used In Burglary.
Section 84.90 — Operating Limitations; Recreational Motor Vehicles.
Section 84.9011 — Off-highway Vehicle Safety And Conservation Program.
Section 84.911 — Reports Of Death.
Section 84.915 — Land Use For Certain Vehicles Restricted.
Section 84.922 — Registration.
Section 84.923 — Requirements Of Makers Of All-terrain Vehicles.
Section 84.924 — Rulemaking; Accident Report.
Section 84.925 — Education And Training Program.
Section 84.9256 — Youthful Operators; Prohibitions.
Section 84.926 — Vehicle Use On Public Lands; Exceptions.
Section 84.927 — All-terrain Vehicle Account; Receipts And Allocations.
Section 84.9275 — Nonresidents; State Trail Pass For All-terrain Vehicles.
Section 84.928 — Operation Requirements; Local Regulation.
Section 84.930 — Motorized Trail Grants-in-aid.
Section 84.94 — Aggregate Planning And Protection.
Section 84.942 — Fish And Wildlife Management Plans.
Section 84.943 — Minnesota Critical Habitat Private Sector Matching Account.
Section 84.944 — Acquiring Critical Natural Habitat.
Section 84.946 — Natural Resources Asset Preservation And Replacement (nrapr).
Section 84.95 — Reinvest In Minnesota Resources Fund.
Section 84.96 — Native Prairie Bank.
Section 84.961 — Prairie Land Management.
Section 84.963 — Prairie Plant Seed Production Areas; Prairie Establishment Guidance.
Section 84.97 — Controlled Burning.
Section 84.972 — Prairie And Grasslands Public Grazing Program.
Section 84.973 — Pollinator Habitat Program.
Section 84.975 — Shoreland Management Grants.
Section 84.976 — No Child Left Inside; Grant Program.
Section 84.9765 — Outdoor Engagement Grant Account.