Minnesota Administrative Rules
Agency 158 - Natural Resources Department
Chapter 6234 - SMALL GAME
SPECIAL FURBEARER RESTRICTIONS
Part 6234.2800 - PAYMENT OF PELTING FEES

If a person recovers, treats, preserves, or transports the pelt of any fur-bearing animal that was accidentally killed, or lawfully killed while causing or threatening injury or damage, the person may be entitled to a pelting fee equal to 50 percent of the average value of a pelt in the lot of fur in which the pelt was sold or 50 percent of the proceeds of the sale of the pelt if not sold in a lot of fur, not to exceed $25 per pelt. A pelting fee will not be paid on muskrats.

Statutory Authority: MS s 97A.055; 97B.605; and others at 19 SR 6