DEER KILLED BY MOTOR VEHICLES.
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Wong v. American Family Mutual Insurance Co. (1997)
Most recently applied in Wong v. American Family Mutual Insurance Co. (May 1997)
1987 c 404 s 133; 1988 c 437 s 4; 1Sp2011 c 2 art 5 s 34; 2014 c 290 s 34
(a) Deer killed by a motor vehicle on a public road must be removed by the road authority, as defined by section 160.02, subdivision 25 , unless the driver of the motor vehicle is allowed to possess the deer under paragraph (b).
(b) The driver of a motor vehicle that has collided with and killed a deer on a public road has priority for a possession permit for the entire deer if the facts indicate that the deer was not taken illegally.
Official source: Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Minnesota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.