(a) An enforcement officer is authorized to:
(1) execute and serve court issued warrants and processes relating to wild animals, wild rice, public waters, water pollution, conservation, and use of water, in the same manner as a sheriff;
(2) enter any land to carry out the duties and functions of the division;
(3) make investigations of violations of the game and fish laws;
(4) take an affidavit, if it aids an investigation;
(5) arrest, without a warrant, a person who is detected in the actual violation of the game and fish laws, a provision of chapters 84, 84A, 84D, 85, 86A, 88 to 97C, 103E, 103F, 103G, sections 86B.001 to 86B.815, 89.51 to 89.64; or 609.66, subdivision 1, clauses (1), (2), (5), and (7); and 609.68; and
(6) take an arrested person before a court in the county where the offense was committed and make a complaint.
(b) Nothing in this section grants an enforcement officer any greater powers than other licensed peace officers.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in
4
cases, 1988–2003 · leading case:
State v. Sorenson, 441 N.W.2d 455 (Minn. 1989).
State v. Sorenson, 441 N.W.2d 455 (Minn. 1989).
· cites it 24× “Does Minn.Stat. § 97A.205(2) permit state conservation officers to make warrantless entries onto private land without probable cause? I.”
State v. Sorenson, 430 N.W.2d 231 (Minn. Ct. App. 1988).
· cites it 32× “Minn. Stat. § 97A.205(2) (Supp.1987) (emphasis added).”
State v. Colosimo, 669 N.W.2d 1 (Minn. 2003).
· cites it 2× “[3] Minnesota Statutes § 97A.205, which sets forth the powers of game and fish enforcement officers, provides, "Nothing in this section grants an enforcement officer any greater powers than other licensed peace officers.”
State v. Larsen, 637 N.W.2d 315 (Minn. Ct. App. 2001).
““Searches by conservation officers are no less intrusive than police searches and the same possibilities exist for abuse.”
Minn. Stat. § 97A.205(2): 3 cases
State v. Sorenson, 441 N.W.2d 455 (Minn. 1989).
“Does Minn.Stat. § 97A.205(2) permit state conservation officers to make warrantless entries onto private land without probable cause? I.”
State v. Sorenson, 430 N.W.2d 231 (Minn. Ct. App. 1988).
“Minn. Stat. § 97A.205(2) (Supp.1987) (emphasis added).”
State v. Larsen, 637 N.W.2d 315 (Minn. Ct. App. 2001).
““Searches by conservation officers are no less intrusive than police searches and the same possibilities exist for abuse.”
Minn. Stat. § 97A.205(5): 1 case
State v. Sorenson, 430 N.W.2d 231 (Minn. Ct. App. 1988).
“Minn. Stat. § 97A.205(2) (Supp.1987) (emphasis added).”
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