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Conditions vary across the state. Choose your city below, then describe what’s happening around your home or business.
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Local raccoon information
Raccoon control in Minnesota
Learn what to look for around your property, explore your city, and ask about an inspection or a quote.
Raccoons in Minnesota: what to know
What to note
Where you see raccoons, how long it has been going on, and anything you’ve already tried are the most useful details to mention.
A useful next step
Ask about an inspection, what treatment would involve, and whether follow-up visits are included. You don’t need to identify the problem yourself before getting in touch.
Local research
Raccoons in Minnesota: what the public record shows
Before you compare quotes, it helps to know which raccoons actually live in Minnesota, when they are busiest, and what the state figures look like. Everything below links to the agency or university page it came from.
Within 24 hours to the local DNR Conservation Officer
Reporting deadline after lethal removal
No trapping license or permit needed for damage-causing raccoons.
Minnesota DNRAfter about 30 days
Raccoon roundworm eggs become infective
Children are the main risk group.
Minnesota DNRRaccoon species recorded in Minnesota
- Raccoon (Procyon lotor) — Present in all 48 contiguous states; furbearer/game animal in most, with seasons, but nuisance take is generally allowed on one's own property.
When raccoons are busiest in Minnesota
Young present spring and early summer; sod damage from late June.
Rabies is described as quite rare in Minnesota raccoons.
Rules that apply in Minnesota
For context, nationally
Sources: Minnesota DNR; CDC; Pest Notes: Raccoons. Figures are quoted as the source prints them. How we check our sources
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