{"data":{"id":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-97b.903","jurisdiction":"us-mn","citation":"Minn. Stat. § 97B.903","heading":"USE OF BODY-GRIPPING TRAPS.","body":"A person may not set, place, or operate, except as a water set, a body-gripping or conibear-type trap on public lands and waters that has a maximum jaw opening when set greater than 6-1/2 inches and less than 7-1/2 inches measured from the inside edges of the body-gripping portions of the jaws, unless:\n(1) the trap is in a baited or unbaited enclosure and the trap trigger is recessed seven inches or more from the top and frontmost portion of the open end of the enclosure;\n(2) no bait, lure, or other attractant is placed within 20 feet of the trap; or\n(3) the trap is elevated at least three feet above the surface of the ground or snowpack.","path":["GAME AND FISH","CHAPTER 97B. HUNTING","FUR-BEARING ANIMALS; TRAPPING"],"source_url":"https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/97B.903","current_through":"2025 Minnesota Statutes","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T22:10:30Z","sha256":"af76edaf7759e24d2995c6f77adf1912986811c821abca3a1c1161beb3f27e71","source_id":"us-mn","stale":false,"prev":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-97b.901","next":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-97b.905"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}