Minnesota Statutes

Minn. Stat. § 86B.801 (2026)

Enforcement Authority

✓ current as of May 2026

Find cases: SyfertCases citing this section MN-REVrevisor.mn.gov (official) Justiaon Justia CornellLII Search CasesGoogle Scholar

Subdivision 1.Authority.

(a) A sheriff or conservation officer may stop, inspect, and detain for a reasonable time a watercraft observed in violation of Minnesota statutes or rules, and is empowered to issue a summons and complaint for violations of this chapter in the same manner as for violations of game and fish laws.

(b) As used in this subdivision, "inspect" does not mean the authority to board a watercraft.

Subd. 2.Enforcement duties.

The sheriff of each county and conservation officers shall enforce the provisions of this chapter.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 2000–2007 · leading case: State, Lake Minnetonka Conservation Dist. v. Horner, 605 N.W.2d 405 (Minn. Ct. App. 2000).

Sort: Relevance Newest Treatment

State, Lake Minnetonka Conservation Dist. v. Horner, 605 N.W.2d 405 (Minn. Ct. App. 2000). · cites it 6× “105 (1998), which requires the sheriff to maintain a patrol program to enforce the boat and water safety laws, and Minn.Stat. § 86B.801 (1998), which grants the sheriff broad enforcement authority.”

State v. Hussong, 739 N.W.2d 922 (Minn. Ct. App. 2007). · cites it 2× “” Minn.Stat. § 86B.801, subd. 1(a) (2006) (emphasis added).”

Annotations are extracted automatically from the opinions in the Syfert caselaw corpus and ranked by authority, recency, and treatment. Dots show Syfertize treatment of the citing case itself.