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MN Stat § 609.2671 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 609 - 624 — Crimes; Expungement; Victims|Chapter 609 — Criminal Code|Section 609.2671 — Assault Of Unborn Child In The Second Degree.

609.2671 ASSAULT OF UNBORN CHILD IN THE SECOND DEGREE. Whoever assaults a pregnant woman and inflicts substantial bodily harm on an unborn child who is subsequently born alive may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than five years or to payment of a fine of not more than $10,000, or both. As used in this section, "substantial bodily harm" includes the birth of the unborn child prior to 37 weeks gestation if the child weighs 2,500 grams or less at the time of birth. "Substantial bodily harm" does not include the inducement of the unborn child's birth when done for bona fide medical purposes. History:  1986 c 388 s 12; 1989 c 20 s 1
MN Stat § 609.2672 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 609 - 624 — Crimes; Expungement; Victims|Chapter 609 — Criminal Code|Section 609.2672 — Assault Of Unborn Child In The Third Degree.

609.2672 ASSAULT OF UNBORN CHILD IN THE THIRD DEGREE. Whoever does any of the following commits an assault of an unborn child in the third degree and is guilty of a misdemeanor: (1) commits an act with intent to cause fear in a pregnant woman of immediate bodily harm or death to the unborn child; or (2) intentionally inflicts or attempts to inflict bodily harm on an unborn child who is subsequently born alive. History:   1986 c 388 s 13
MN Stat § 609.268 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 609 - 624 — Crimes; Expungement; Victims|Chapter 609 — Criminal Code|Section 609.268 — Injury Or Death Of Unborn Child In Commission Of Crime.

609.268 INJURY OR DEATH OF UNBORN CHILD IN COMMISSION OF CRIME. Subdivision 1. Death of unborn child. Whoever, in the commission of a felony or in a violation of section 609.224, 609.2242, 609.23, 609.231, 609.2325, or 609.233, causes the death of an unborn child is guilty of a felony and may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than 15 years or to payment of a fine not more than $30,000, or both. As used in this subdivision, "felony" does not include a violation of sections 609.185 to 609.2114, 609.221 to 609.2231, or 609.2661 to 609.2665. Subd. 2. Injury to unborn child. Whoever, in the commission of a felony or in a violation of section 609.23, 609.231, 609.2325 or 609.233, causes great or substantial bodily harm to an unborn child who is subsequently born alive, is guilty of a felony and may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than ten years or to payment of a fine of not more than $20,000, or both. As used in this subdivision, "felony" does not include a violation of sections 609.2112 to 609.2114, 609.221 to 609.2231, or 609.267 to 609.2672. History:  1986 c 388 s 14; 1995 c 229 art 4 s 17,18; 1995 c 259 art 3 s 16; 2014 c 180 s 9
MN Stat § 609.269 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 609 - 624 — Crimes; Expungement; Victims|Chapter 609 — Criminal Code|Section 609.269 — Exception.

609.269 EXCEPTION. Sections 609.2661 to 609.268 do not apply to any act described in section 145.412. History:   1986 c 388 s 15
MN Stat § 609.2691 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 609 - 624 — Crimes; Expungement; Victims|Chapter 609 — Criminal Code|Section 609.2691 — Other Convictions Not Barred.

609.2691 OTHER CONVICTIONS NOT BARRED. Notwithstanding section 609.04, a prosecution for or conviction under sections 609.2661 to 609.268 is not a bar to conviction of or punishment for any other crime committed by the defendant as part of the same conduct. History:   1986 c 388 s 16
MN Stat § 609.27 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 609 - 624 — Crimes; Expungement; Victims|Chapter 609 — Criminal Code|Section 609.27 — Coercion.

609.27 COERCION.Subdivision 1. Acts constituting. Whoever orally or in writing makes any of the following threats and thereby causes another against the other's will to do any act or forbear doing a lawful act is guilty of coercion and may be sentenced as provided in subdivision 2:(1) a threat to unlawfully inflict bodily harm upon, or hold in confinement, the person threatened or another, when robbery or attempt to rob is not committed thereby; or(2) a threat to unlawfully inflict damage to the property of the person threatened or another; or(3) a threat to unlawfully injure a trade, business, profession, or calling; or(4) a threat to expose a secret or deformity, publish a defamatory statement, or otherwise to expose any person to disgrace or ridicule; or(5) a threat to make or cause to be made a criminal charge, whether true or false; provided, that a warning of the consequences of a future violation of law given in good faith by a peace officer or prosecuting attorney to any person shall not be deemed a threat for the purposes of this section; or(6) a threat to commit a violation under section 617.261.[See Note.]Subd. 2.Sentence.Whoever violates subdivision 1 may be sentenced as follows:(1) to imprisonment for not more than 90 days or to payment of a fine of not more than $1,000, or both if neither the pecuniary gain received by the violator nor the loss suffered by the person threatened or another as a result of the threat exceeds $300, or the benefits received or harm sustained are not susceptible of pecuniary measurement; or(2) to imprisonment for not more than five years or to payment of a fine of not more than $10,000, or both, if such pecuniary gain or loss is more than $300 but less than $2,500; or(3) to imprisonment for not more than ten years or to payment of a fine of not more than $20,000, or both, if such pecuniary gain or loss is $2,500, or more.
MN Stat § 609.275 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 609 - 624 — Crimes; Expungement; Victims|Chapter 609 — Criminal Code|Section 609.275 — Attempt To Coerce.

609.275 ATTEMPT TO COERCE. Whoever makes a threat within the meaning of section 609.27, subdivision 1, clauses (1) to (6), but fails to cause the intended act or forbearance, commits an attempt to coerce and may be punished as provided in section 609.17. History:  1963 c 753 art 1 s 609.275; 2016 c 126 s 5
MN Stat § 609.28 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 609 - 624 — Crimes; Expungement; Victims|Chapter 609 — Criminal Code|Section 609.28 — Interfering With Religious Observance.

609.28 INTERFERING WITH RELIGIOUS OBSERVANCE. Subdivision 1. Interference. Whoever, by threats or violence, intentionally prevents another person from performing any lawful act enjoined upon or recommended to the person by the religion which the person professes is guilty of a misdemeanor. Subd. 2. Physical interference prohibited. A person is guilty of a gross misdemeanor who intentionally and physically obstructs any individual's access to or egress from a religious establishment. This subdivision does not apply to the exclusion of a person from the establishment at the request of an official of the religious organization. Subd. 3. Definition. For purposes of subdivision 2, a "religious establishment" is a building used for worship services by a religious organization and clearly identified as such by a posted sign or other means. History:  1963 c 753 art 1 s 609.28; 1971 c 23 s 41; 1986 c 444; 1994 c 636 art 2 s 27
MN Stat § 609.281 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 609 - 624 — Crimes; Expungement; Victims|Chapter 609 — Criminal Code|Section 609.281 — Definitions.

609.281 DEFINITIONS. Subdivision 1. Generally. As used in sections 609.281 to 609.284, the following terms have the meanings given. Subd. 2. Blackmail. "Blackmail" means a threat to expose any fact or alleged fact tending to cause shame or to subject any person to hatred, contempt, or ridicule. Subd. 3. Debt bondage. "Debt bondage" means the status or condition of a debtor arising from a pledge by the debtor of the debtor's personal services or those of a person under the debtor's control as a security for debt, if the value of those services as reasonably assessed is not applied toward the liquidation of the debt or the length and nature of those services are not respectively limited and defined. Subd. 4. Forced labor or services. "Forced labor or services" means labor or services that are performed or provided by another person and are obtained or maintained through an actor's: (1) threat, either implicit or explicit, scheme, plan, or pattern, or other action intended to cause a person to believe that, if the person did not perform or provide the labor or services, that person or another person would suffer bodily harm or physical restraint; (2) physically restraining or threatening to physically restrain a person; (3) abuse or threatened abuse of the legal process; (4) knowingly destroying, concealing, removing, confiscating, or possessing any actual or purported passport or other immigration document, or any other actual or purported government identification document, of another person; or (5) use of blackmail. Subd. 5. Labor trafficking. "Labor trafficking" means: (1) the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring, enticement, provision, obtaining, or receipt of a person by any means, for the purpose of: (i) debt bondage or forced labor or services; (ii) slavery or practices similar to slavery; or (iii) the removal of organs through the use of coercion or intimidation; or (2) receiving profit or anything of value, knowing or having reason to know it is derived from an act described in clause (1). Subd. 6. Labor trafficking victim. "Labor trafficking victim" means a person subjected to the practices in subdivision 5. History:  2005 c 136 art 17 s 15; 2009 c 137 s 2
MN Stat § 609.282 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 609 - 624 — Crimes; Expungement; Victims|Chapter 609 — Criminal Code|Section 609.282 — Labor Trafficking.

609.282 LABOR TRAFFICKING. Subdivision 1. Individuals under age 18. Whoever knowingly engages in the labor trafficking of an individual who is under the age of 18 is guilty of a crime and may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than 20 years or to payment of a fine of not more than $40,000, or both. Subd. 2. Other offenses. Whoever knowingly engages in the labor trafficking of another is guilty of a crime and may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than 15 years or to payment of a fine of not more than $30,000, or both. Subd. 3. Consent or age of victim not a defense. In a prosecution under this section the consent or age of the victim is not a defense. History:  2005 c 136 art 17 s 16; 2006 c 260 art 1 s 20
MN Stat § 609.283 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 609 - 624 — Crimes; Expungement; Victims|Chapter 609 — Criminal Code|Section 609.283 — Unlawful Conduct With Respect To Documents In Furtherance Of Labor Or Sex Trafficking.

609.283 UNLAWFUL CONDUCT WITH RESPECT TO DOCUMENTS IN FURTHERANCE OF LABOR OR SEX TRAFFICKING. Subdivision 1. Crime defined. Unless the person's conduct constitutes a violation of section 609.282, a person who knowingly destroys, conceals, removes, confiscates, or possesses any actual or purported passport or other immigration document, or any other actual or purported government identification document, of another person: (1) in the course of a violation of section 609.282 or 609.322; (2) with intent to violate section 609.282 or 609.322; or (3) to prevent or restrict or to attempt to prevent or restrict, without lawful authority, a person's liberty to move or travel, in order to maintain the labor or services of that person, when the person is or has been a victim of a violation of section 609.282 or 609.322; is guilty of a crime and may be sentenced as provided in subdivision 2. Subd. 2. Penalties.  A person who violates subdivision 1 may be sentenced as follows: (1) if the crime involves a victim under the age of 18, to imprisonment for not more than ten years or to payment of a fine of $20,000, or both; or (2) in other cases, to imprisonment for not more than five years or to payment of a fine of not more than $10,000, or both. Subd. 3. Consent or age of victim not a defense. In a prosecution under this section the consent or age of the victim is not a defense. History:  2005 c 136 art 17 s 17; 2006 c 260 art 1 s 21
MN Stat § 609.284 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 609 - 624 — Crimes; Expungement; Victims|Chapter 609 — Criminal Code|Section 609.284 — Labor Or Sex Trafficking Crimes; Defenses; Civil Liability; Corporate Liability.

609.284 LABOR OR SEX TRAFFICKING CRIMES; DEFENSES; CIVIL LIABILITY; CORPORATE LIABILITY. Subdivision 1. Consent or age of victim not a defense. In an action under this section the consent or age of the victim is not a defense. Subd. 2. Civil liability. A labor trafficking victim may bring a cause of action against a person who violates section 609.282 or 609.283. The court may award damages, including punitive damages, reasonable attorney fees, and other litigation costs reasonably incurred by the victim. This remedy is in addition to potential criminal liability. Subd. 3. Corporate liability. If a corporation or other business enterprise is convicted of violating section 609.282, 609.283, or 609.322, in addition to the criminal penalties described in those sections and other remedies provided elsewhere in law, the court may, when appropriate: (1) order its dissolution or reorganization; (2) order the suspension or revocation of any license, permit, or prior approval granted to it by a state agency; or (3) order the surrender of its charter if it is organized under Minnesota law or the revocation of its certificate to conduct business in Minnesota if it is not organized under Minnesota law. History:   2005 c 136 art 17 s 18
MN Stat § 609.293 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 609 - 624 — Crimes; Expungement; Victims|Chapter 609 — Criminal Code|Section 609.293 — Sodomy.

609.293 SODOMY. Subdivision 1. Definition. "Sodomy" means carnally knowing any person by the anus or by or with the mouth. Subd. 2.  [Repealed, 1977 c 130 s 10] Subd. 3.  [Repealed, 1977 c 130 s 10] Subd. 4.  [Repealed, 1977 c 130 s 10] Subd. 5. Consensual acts. Whoever, in cases not coming within the provisions of sections 609.342 or 609.344, voluntarily engages in or submits to an act of sodomy with another may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than one year or to payment of a fine of not more than $3,000, or both. History: 1967 c 507 s 4; 1977 c 130 s 4; 1984 c 628 art 3 s 11 NOTE: The Hennepin County District Court found section 609.293 unconstitutional as applied to private, noncommercial acts by consenting adults in Doe v. Ventura, No. 01-489 (4th Dist. Ct. Hennepin County, May 15, 2001). In Devescovi v. Ventura, 195 F. Supp. 2d 1146 (D. Minn. 2002), the United States District Court found that, since the decision was not appealed, the Hennepin County District Court decision is binding state law.
MN Stat § 609.294 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 609 - 624 — Crimes; Expungement; Victims|Chapter 609 — Criminal Code|Section 609.294 — Bestiality.

609.294 BESTIALITY. Whoever carnally knows a dead body or an animal or bird is guilty of bestiality, which is a misdemeanor. If knowingly done in the presence of another the person may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than one year or to payment of a fine of not more than $3,000 or both. History:  1967 c 507 s 5; 1971 c 23 s 42; 1984 c 628 art 3 s 11; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 609.31 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 609 - 624 — Crimes; Expungement; Victims|Chapter 609 — Criminal Code|Section 609.31 — Leaving State To Evade Establishment Of Paternity.

609.31 LEAVING STATE TO EVADE ESTABLISHMENT OF PATERNITY. Whoever with intent to evade proceedings to establish his paternity leaves the state knowing that a woman with whom he has had sexual intercourse is pregnant or has given birth within the previous 60 days to a living child may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than two years or to payment of a fine of not more than $4,000, or both. History:  1967 c 507 s 8; 1984 c 628 art 3 s 11
MN Stat § 609.3241 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 609 - 624 — Crimes; Expungement; Victims|Chapter 609 — Criminal Code|Section 609.3241 — Penalty Assessment Authorized.

609.3241 PENALTY ASSESSMENT AUTHORIZED. (a) When a court sentences an adult convicted of violating section 609.27, 609.282, 609.283, 609.322, 609.324, 609.33, 609.352, 617.246, 617.247, or 617.293, while acting other than as a prostitute, the court shall impose an assessment of not less than $500 and not more than $750 for a misdemeanor violation of section 609.27, a violation of section 609.324, subdivision 2, a violation of section 609.33, or a violation of section 617.293; otherwise the court shall impose an assessment of not less than $750 and not more than $1,000. The assessment shall be distributed as provided in paragraph (c) and is in addition to the surcharge required by section 357.021, subdivision 6. (b) The court may not waive payment of the minimum assessment required by this section. If the defendant qualifies for the services of a public defender or the court finds on the record that the convicted person is indigent or that immediate payment of the assessment would create undue hardship for the convicted person or that person's immediate family, the court may reduce the amount of the minimum assessment to not less than $100. The court also may authorize payment of the assessment in installments. (c) The assessment collected under paragraph (a) must be distributed as follows: (1) 40 percent of the assessment shall be forwarded to the political subdivision that employs the arresting officer for use in enforcement, training, and education activities related to combating sexual exploitation of youth, or if the arresting officer is an employee of the state, this portion shall be forwarded to the commissioner of public safety for those purposes identified in clause (3); (2) 20 percent of the assessment shall be forwarded to the prosecuting agency that handled the case for use in training and education activities relating to combating sexual exploitation activities of youth; and (3) 40 percent of the assessment must be forwarded to the commissioner of health to be deposited in the safe harbor for youth account in the special revenue fund and are appropriated to the commissioner for distribution to crime victims services organizations that provide services to sexually exploited youth, as defined in section 260C.007, subdivision 31. (d) A safe harbor for youth account is established as a special account in the state treasury. History:  1986 c 448 s 7; 1990 c 463 s 5; 1994 c 636 art 2 s 28; 1998 c 367 art 2 s 32; art 8 s 11; 1Sp2003 c 2 art 10 s 2; 1Sp2010 c 1 art 14 s 17; 1Sp2011 c 1 art 4 s 7; 2016 c 189 art 15 s 23; 2018 c 144 s 2; 1Sp2021 c 11 art 2 s 36
MN Stat § 609.3242 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 609 - 624 — Crimes; Expungement; Victims|Chapter 609 — Criminal Code|Section 609.3242 — Prostitution Crimes Committed In School Or Park Zones; Increased Penalties.

609.3242 PROSTITUTION CRIMES COMMITTED IN SCHOOL OR PARK ZONES; INCREASED PENALTIES. Subdivision 1. Definitions. As used in this section: (1) "park zone" has the meaning given in section 152.01, subdivision 12a; and (2) "school zone" has the meaning given in section 152.01, subdivision 14a, and also includes school bus stops established by a school board under section 123B.88, while school children are waiting for the bus. Subd. 2. Increased penalties. Any person who commits a violation of section 609.324 while acting other than as a prostitute while in a school or park zone may be sentenced as follows: (1) if the crime committed is a felony, the statutory maximum for the crime is three years longer than the statutory maximum for the underlying crime; (2) if the crime committed is a gross misdemeanor, the person is guilty of a felony and may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than two years or to payment of a fine of not more than $4,000, or both; and (3) if the crime committed is a misdemeanor, the person is guilty of a gross misdemeanor. History:  1998 c 367 art 2 s 15; 1998 c 397 art 11 s 3
MN Stat § 609.3243 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 609 - 624 — Crimes; Expungement; Victims|Chapter 609 — Criminal Code|Section 609.3243 — Loitering With Intent To Participate In Prostitution.

609.3243 LOITERING WITH INTENT TO PARTICIPATE IN PROSTITUTION. A person who loiters in a public place with intent to participate in prostitution is guilty of a misdemeanor. History:   2005 c 136 art 17 s 24
MN Stat § 609.325 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 609 - 624 — Crimes; Expungement; Victims|Chapter 609 — Criminal Code|Section 609.325 — Defenses.

609.325 DEFENSES. Subdivision 1. No defense; solicited; not engaged. It shall be no defense to a prosecution under section 609.322 that an individual solicited or induced to practice prostitution or whose prostitution was promoted, did not actually engage in prostitution. Subd. 2. Consent no defense. Consent or mistake as to age shall be no defense to prosecutions under section 609.322 or 609.324. Subd. 3. No defense; prior prostitution. It shall be no defense to actions under section 609.322 that the individual solicited or induced to practice prostitution, or whose prostitution was promoted, had engaged in prostitution prior to that solicitation, inducement, or promotion. Subd. 3a. No defense; undercover operative. The fact that an undercover operative or law enforcement officer was involved in the detection or investigation of an offense shall not be a defense to a prosecution under section 609.324. Subd. 4. Affirmative defense. It is an affirmative defense to a charge under section 609.324, subdivision 6 or 7, if the defendant proves by a preponderance of the evidence that the defendant is a labor trafficking victim, as defined in section 609.281, or a sex trafficking victim, as defined in section 609.321, and that the defendant committed the acts underlying the charge as a result of being a labor trafficking or sex trafficking victim. History:  1979 c 255 s 5; 1994 c 636 art 2 s 29; 1998 c 367 art 2 s 32; 2005 c 136 art 17 s 25; 2015 c 65 art 6 s 12,13
MN Stat § 609.326 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 609 - 624 — Crimes; Expungement; Victims|Chapter 609 — Criminal Code|Section 609.326 — Evidence.

609.326 EVIDENCE. The marital privilege provided for in section 595.02 shall not apply in any proceeding under section 609.322. History:  1979 c 255 s 6; 1998 c 367 art 2 s 32