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Lac Courte Oreilles Tribal Code of Law.

GNC.4.9.040 General Provisions

(a) Within the exterior boundaries of the Lac Courte Oreilles Reservation, it shall be unlawful for any person to set any fire unless it shall be attended at all times and they have first obtained a Burning Permit from a duly appointed and designated Lac Courte Oreilles Fire Warden, or other designated person from the Lac Courte Oreilles Conservation Department or Lac Courte Oreilles Fire Department on forms supplied from Lac Courte Oreilles Conservation Department, except for:

(1) When a fire is set in a fireplace, fire ring, charcoal grill, portable gas or liquid fueled camp stove or other device that is designated solely for warming the person or cooking food, or boiling sap, or

(2) When the ground is snow-covered.

(b) Any person who sets a fire solely for providing heat to persons or cooking food shall extinguish such fire before leaving it, and upon failure to do so will be in violation of this Ordinance.