{"data":{"id":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-84.091","jurisdiction":"us-mn","citation":"Minn. Stat. § 84.091","heading":"AQUATIC VEGETATION IN PUBLIC WATERS.","body":"Subdivision 1. Ownership.\nThe state is the owner of wild rice and other aquatic vegetation growing in public waters. A person may not acquire a property interest in wild rice or other aquatic vegetation or destroy wild rice or aquatic vegetation, except as authorized under this chapter or section 103G.615.\nSubd. 2. License required; exemptions.\n(a) Except as provided in this subdivision, a person may not harvest, buy, sell, transport, or possess aquatic plants without a license required under this chapter. A license shall be issued in the same manner as provided under the game and fish laws.\n(b) A resident under the age of 18 years may harvest wild rice without a license, if accompanied by a person with a wild rice license.\n(c) Tribal band members who possess a valid tribal identification card from a federally recognized tribe located in Minnesota are deemed to have a license to harvest wild rice under this section.\nSubd. 3. License fees.\n(a) The fees for the following licenses, to be issued to residents only, are:\n(1) for harvesting wild rice:\n(i) for a season, $25; and\n(ii) for one day, $15;\n(2) for buying and selling wild ginseng, $5;\n(3) for a wild rice dealer's license to buy and sell 50,000 pounds or less, $70; and\n(4) for a wild rice dealer's license to buy and sell more than 50,000 pounds, $250.\n(b) The fee for a nonresident one-day license to harvest wild rice is $30.\n(c) The weight of the wild rice shall be determined in its raw state.","path":["NATURAL RESOURCES","CHAPTER 84. DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES"],"source_url":"https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/84.091","current_through":"2025 Minnesota Statutes","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T22:10:30Z","sha256":"667989e6ff064fe57f6443c564a8054ec79f032f179a58a8383adbfe0403a044","source_id":"us-mn","stale":false,"prev":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-84.09","next":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-84.0911"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}