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<br />197 DIVISION OF LANDS AND FORESTRY 88.17
<br />ings and debris within 200 feet of any adjoining timber land or any public highway, rail-
<br />road, portage, or lake shore, shall be properly disposed of by the person by or for whom
<br />the timber was cut.
<br />Subd. 9. No sawdust, shavings, chips, bark, edgings, slabs, or other combustible
<br />refuse that the commissioner or an agent of the commissioner determines to be a wild-
<br />fire hazard shall be made or deposited upon any public highway, portage, railroad, or
<br />lake shore, or within 100 feet thereof.
<br />History: (4031 -19) 1925 c 407 s 19; 1929 c 360 s 1; 1967 c 146 s 11; 1976 c 181 s
<br />2; 1985 c 248 s 70; 1986 c 444; 1989 c 335 art 4 s 106; 1993 c 328 s 22
<br />88.15 CAMPFIRES.
<br />Subdivision 1. Extinguishment. Any forest officer, conservation officer, or other
<br />peace officer who finds that any person has left a campfire burning shall take measures
<br />to extinguish the fire and take action against the person or persons responsible for leav-
<br />ing the campfire burning.
<br />Subd. 2. Not to be left burning. Every person who starts a campfire shall exercise
<br />every reasonable precaution to prevent the campfire from spreading and shall before
<br />lighting the campfire clear the ground of all combustible material within a radius of five
<br />feet from the base of the campfire. The person lighting the campfire shall remain with
<br />the campfire at all times and shall before leaving the site completely extinguish the
<br />campfire.
<br />History: (4031 -20, 4031 -21) 1925 c 407 s 20,21; 1929 c 261 s 1; 1981 c 37 s 2; 1986
<br />c 444; 1993 c 328 s 23
<br />88.16 STARTING FIRES; BURNERS; FAILURE TO REPORT A FIRE.
<br />Subdivision 1. Except as provided in subdivision 2, and section 88.17, it shall be
<br />unlawful to start or have any open fire without the written permission of the commis-
<br />sioner, a forest officer, or an authorized fire warden.
<br />Subd. 2. No permit is required for the following fires:
<br />(a) A fire started when the ground is snow - covered.
<br />(b) A campfire.
<br />(c) A fire contained in a charcoal grill. camp stove, or other device designed for
<br />the purpose of cooking or heating.
<br />(d) A fire to burn dried vegetative materials and other materials allowed by Minne-
<br />sota statutes or official state rules and regulations in a burner of a design which has been
<br />approved by the commissioner and with which there is no combustible material within
<br />five feet of the base of the burner and is in use only between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and
<br />8:00 a.m. of the following day, when the ground is not snow- covered.
<br />Subd. 3. The occupant of any property upon which any unauthorized fire is burn-
<br />ing, whether the fire was started by the occupant or otherwise, shall promptly report
<br />the fire to the nearest forestry office, fire department, or other proper authority. Failure
<br />to make this report shall be a misdemeanor and the occupant of the premises shall he
<br />deemed prima facie guilty of negligence if the unreported fire spreads from the property
<br />or causes damage, loss, or injury to another person, that person's property, or the state.
<br />History: (4031 -22) 1925 c 407 s 22; 1967 c 146 s 12; 1969"c 410 s 1; 1978 c 735 s
<br />3; 1986 c 444; 1993 c 328 .s 24
<br />88.17 PERMISSION TO START FIRES; PROSECUTION FOR UNLAWFULLY
<br />STARTING FIRES.
<br />Subdivision 1. Permit required. A permit to start a fire to burn vegetative materials
<br />and other materials allowed by Minnesota Statutes or official state rules and regulations
<br />may be given by the commissioner or the commissioner's agent. This permission shall
<br />be in the form of a written permit signed by a forest officer, fire warden, authorized Min-
<br />nesota pollution control agent, or other person authorized by the forest officer, or town
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