Full Statute Name:  Minnesota Statutes Annotated. Game and Fish (Ch. 97-102). Chapter 97B. Hunting. Hunting Restrictions and Requirements. 97B.115. Computer-assisted remote hunting prohibition

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Primary Citation:  M.S.A. § 97B.115 Country of Origin:  United States Last Checked:  February, 2024 Alternate Citation:  Minn. Stat. Ann. § 97B.115 (West) Date Adopted:  2005 Historical: 
Summary: This statute prohibits computer-assisted remote hunting within the state of Minnesota. The statute also prohibits the operation or selling of any computer software or service that allows a person to engage in computer-assisted hunting. A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor.

 

(a) No person shall operate, provide, sell, use or offer to operate, provide, sell or use any computer software or service that allows a person, not physically present at the site, to remotely control a weapon that could be used to take any wild animal by remote operation, including, but not limited to, weapons or devices set up to fire through the use of the Internet or through a remote control device.

(b) A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor.

Credits

Laws 2005, c. 146, § 31, eff. June 4, 2005.

 

 

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