State of Minnesota, Respondent, vs. Logan Hunter Vagle, Appellant

Summary

The court held that Minnesota Statutes section 609.667(3) prohibits possessing a firearm without a serial number only when federal law requires that firearm to bear one. Because federal law did not require a serial number on Vagle’s privately assembled pistol, the charge under that provision could not stand. The court therefore reversed the court of appeals and remanded for further proceedings, including proceedings on the separate permit-to-carry charge.