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    Title: Farmed Cervidae Registration
    Alternate Title:
    Description:

    A person who raises farmed cervidae (deer or elk) in Minnesota must be registered with the Board of Animal Health (BAH) and meet all the requirements specified in Minn. Statutes Minn. Stats. § 35.153, 35.155 and Minn. Rules Minn. Rules 1721.0370-04.


    Subject: Animals
    Cervidae, including deer, moose, caribou
    Livestock
    Creation Date: 9/11/2008 2:11:33 PM
    Modification Date: 4/9/2025 11:58:19 AM
    Agency Name: Animal Health (BAH), Minnesota Board of
    Agency URL: https://www.bah.state.mn.us
    Agency Description: The mission of the Minnesota Board of Animal Health (BAH) is to protect the health of the state’s domestic animals through education and cooperation with veterinarians, producers, owners and communities. is to protect the health of the state’s domestic animals through education and cooperation with veterinarians, producers, owners and communities.
    Agency Phone: 651-296-2942
    Agency Fax: 651-296-7417
    Agency URL: https://www.bah.state.mn.us
    Agency Address:
    625 Robert Street North

    St. Paul
    MN
    55155
    Unit Name: Cervidae Program
    Unit URL:
    Unit Description:
    Unit Phone: 651-201-6804
    Unit Fax: Contact person(s): farmed.cervidae@state.mn.us
    Unit URL:
    Audience: Hold Application URL: https://www.bah.state.mn.us/farmed-cervidae-registration-application-2
    Renewal URL:
    Versa URL:
    Requirements:

    Review Farmed Cervidae - Registration

    A person who raises farmed cervidae (deer or elk) in Minnesota must be registered with the Board of Animal Health (BAH) and meet all the requirements specified in Minn. Stat. §§ 35.153, 35.155 and Minn. Rules 1721.0370-0420.

    The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources oversees farmed white-tailed deer. Visit the DNR's “Deer Farms” webpage for regulations and information. Farmed Cervidae are livestock and are not wild animals for purposes of game farm, hunting or wildlife laws.

    To register with the Board of Animal Health, the owner must submit a registration application and annual inspection fee. The fee is $500 for producers that manage their herd for profit or monetary gain, engage in transaction or exchanges for consideration, sell the ability to shoot animals in the herd, or if the herd consists of more than one species. The fee is $250 for all other herds.

    Once the application and fee have been received, a Board agent will contact the applicant and arrange an inspection which must be conducted prior to moving farmed Cervidae onto the premises.


    Rules: 1721.0370 - .0420

    Statutes: 35.153
    35.155

    Forms:

    Registration Application


    Application and report forms are available at Deer and Elk - Registration


    Fees:

    For each herd, the owner must, on or before January 1, pay an annual inspection fee to the Board. The fee is $500 for producers that manage their herd for profit or monetary gain, engage in transactions or exchanges for consideration, sell the ability to shoot animals in the herd, or if the herd consists of more than one species. 

    Fee is $250 for all other herds.

    Pay registration fee online

    Annual Inspection Fees


    Period of Issuance:

    One year.


    Length of Determination:
    Other Info:
    Activity: Animals
    Cervidae: White-tailed Deer, Elk, Reindeer, Moose
    Mule Deer, Red Deer, Caribou, Muntjac, etc.
    License Detail URL:

    Farmed Cervidae

    Minnesota Board of Animal Health


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