{"data":{"id":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-97a.205","jurisdiction":"us-mn","citation":"Minn. Stat. § 97A.205","heading":"ENFORCEMENT OFFICER; POWERS.","body":"(a) An enforcement officer is authorized to:\n(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;\n(2) enter any land to carry out the duties and functions of the division;\n(3) make investigations of violations of the game and fish laws;\n(4) take an affidavit, if it aids an investigation;\n(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\n(6) take an arrested person before a court in the county where the offense was committed and make a complaint.\n(b) Nothing in this section grants an enforcement officer any greater powers than other licensed peace officers.","path":["GAME AND FISH","CHAPTER 97A. GAME AND FISH","ENFORCEMENT"],"source_url":"https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/97A.205","current_through":"2025 Minnesota Statutes","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T22:10:30Z","sha256":"95c558f5e8a5614dd205116e27b5b940359c294218bffcbf9bd50fb877a25e3a","source_id":"us-mn","stale":false,"prev":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-97a.201","next":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-97a.211"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}