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MN Stat § 617.245 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 609 - 624 — Crimes; Expungement; Victims|Chapter 617 — Abortion; Obscenity; Nuisance|Section 617.245 — Civil Action; Use Of Minor In Sexual Performance.

617.245 CIVIL ACTION; USE OF MINOR IN SEXUAL PERFORMANCE. Subdivision 1. Definitions. (a) The definitions in this subdivision apply to this section. (b) "Minor" means any person who, at the time of use in a sexual performance, is under the age of 16. (c) "Promote" means to produce, direct, publish, manufacture, issue, or advertise. (d) "Sexual performance" means any play, dance, or other exhibition presented before an audience or for purposes of visual or mechanical reproduction which depicts sexual conduct as defined by paragraph (e). (e) "Sexual conduct" means any of the following if the depiction involves a minor: (1) an act of sexual intercourse, actual or simulated, including genital-genital, anal-genital, or oral-genital intercourse, whether between human beings or between a human being and an animal; (2) sadomasochistic abuse, meaning flagellation, torture, or similar demeaning acts inflicted by or upon a minor who is nude, or the condition of being fettered, bound, or otherwise physically restrained on the part of one so unclothed; (3) masturbation or lewd exhibitions of the genitals; and (4) physical contact or simulated physical contact with the unclothed pubic areas or buttocks of a human male or female, or the breasts of the female, whether alone or between members of the same or opposite sex or between humans and animals in an act of apparent sexual stimulation or gratification. Subd. 2. Cause of action. A cause of action exists for injury caused by the use of a minor in a sexual performance. The cause of action exists against a person who promotes, employs, uses, or permits a minor to engage or assist others to engage in posing or modeling alone or with others in a sexual performance, if the person knows or has reason to know that the conduct intended is a sexual performance. A person found liable for injuries under this section is liable to the minor for damages. Neither consent to sexual performance by the minor or by the minor's parent, guardian, or custodian, or mistake as to the minor's age is a defense to the action. Subd. 3. Limitation period. An action for damages under this section must be commenced within six years of the time the plaintiff knew or had reason to know injury was caused by plaintiff's use as a minor in a sexual performance. The knowledge of a parent, guardian, or custodian may not be imputed to the minor. This section does not affect the suspension of the statute of limitations during a period of disability under section 541.15. History:   1992 c 571 art 12 s 1
MN Stat § 617.26 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 609 - 624 — Crimes; Expungement; Victims|Chapter 617 — Abortion; Obscenity; Nuisance|Section 617.26 — Mailing And Carrying Obscene Matter.

617.26 MAILING AND CARRYING OBSCENE MATTER. Every person who shall deposit or cause to be deposited in any post office in the state, or place in charge of any express company or other common carrier or person for transportation, any of the articles or things specified in section 617.201 or 617.241, or any circular, book, pamphlet, advertisement or notice relating thereto, with the intent of having the same conveyed by mail, express, or in any other manner; or who shall knowingly or willfully receive the same with intent to carry or convey it, or shall knowingly carry or convey the same by express, or in any other manner except by United States mail, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. The provisions of this section and section 617.201 shall not be construed to apply to an article or instrument used by physicians lawfully practicing, or by their direction or prescription, for the cure or prevention of disease. History:  (10189) RL s 4956; 1965 c 51 s 85
MN Stat § 617.27 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 609 - 624 — Crimes; Expungement; Victims|Chapter 617 — Abortion; Obscenity; Nuisance|Section 617.27 — Search Warrant; Destruction Of Property.

617.27 SEARCH WARRANT; DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY. A district court, upon complaint under oath that any person has in possession or under control any of the obscene books, papers, or other matter specified in sections 617.241 to 617.26, shall issue a warrant directed to the sheriff of the county, directing the sheriff to search for, seize, and take possession of the obscene matter. Upon conviction of the person in whose possession the obscene matter was found, the judge shall cause it to be destroyed, and the fact to be entered upon the records of the court. History:  (10190) RL s 4957; 1965 c 51 s 86; 1983 c 359 s 92; 1986 c 444; 1998 c 254 art 2 s 66; 2005 c 10 art 2 s 4
MN Stat § 617.28 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 609 - 624 — Crimes; Expungement; Victims|Chapter 617 — Abortion; Obscenity; Nuisance|Section 617.28 — Certain Medical Advertisements.

617.28 CERTAIN MEDICAL ADVERTISEMENTS. Subdivision 1. Placing advertisement; penalty. Any person who shall advertise, in the person's own name or in the name of another person, firm or pretended firm, association, corporation or pretended corporation, in any newspaper, pamphlet, circular, or other written or printed paper, or the owner, publisher, or manager of any newspaper or periodical who shall permit to be inserted or published in any newspaper or periodical owned or controlled by the owner, publisher, or manager, the treatment or curing of venereal diseases, the restoration of "lost virility" or "lost vitality," or shall advertise in any manner that the person is a specialist in diseases of the sexual organs, or diseases caused by sexual weakness, self-abuse, or excessive sexual indulgence, or in any disease of like causes, or who shall advertise in any manner any medicine, drug compound, appliance or any means whatever whereby it is claimed that sexual diseases of men and women may be cured or relieved, or miscarriage or abortion produced, shall be guilty of a gross misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $3,000 or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than six months. Subd. 2. Publication; penalty. Any person publishing, distributing, or causing to be distributed or circulated, any of the advertising matter hereinabove prohibited, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punished as prescribed in subdivision 1. History: (10191, 10192) 1909 c 162 s 1,2; 1984 c 628 art 3 s 11; 1986 c 444 NOTE: This section as it applies to the advertisement and publication of information regarding the inducement of miscarrages or abortions was found unconstitutional in Meadowbrook Women's Clinic, P.A. v. State of Minnesota, 557 F.Supp. 1172 (D.Minn. 1983).
MN Stat § 617.29 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 609 - 624 — Crimes; Expungement; Victims|Chapter 617 — Abortion; Obscenity; Nuisance|Section 617.29 — Evidence.

617.29 EVIDENCE. The production of any advertisement or advertising matter published or distributed contrary to the provisions of this section and section 617.28 shall be of itself prima facie evidence of the guilt of the person advertising to cure any such disease hereinabove mentioned, or of the publishers who publish any matter such as is herein prohibited. History:  (10193) 1909 c 162 s 3
MN Stat § 617.291 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 609 - 624 — Crimes; Expungement; Victims|Chapter 617 — Abortion; Obscenity; Nuisance|Section 617.291 — Sexually Explicit Material And Exhibitions; Purpose And Policy.

617.291 SEXUALLY EXPLICIT MATERIAL AND EXHIBITIONS; PURPOSE AND POLICY. Subdivision 1. Finding. The legislature finds that sexually explicit materials and exhibitions presented before an audience are harmful to minors. Subd. 2. Best interest. It is in the best interest of the health, welfare, and safety of the citizens of this state, and especially of minors within the state, that commercial dissemination, and dissemination without monetary consideration in a place of public accommodation, of sexually explicit written, photographic, printed, sound or published materials, and of plays, dances, or other exhibitions presented before an audience, that are deemed harmful to minors, be restricted to persons over the age of 17 years; or, if available to minors under the age of 18 years, that the availability of the materials be restricted to sources within established and recognized schools, churches, museums, medical clinics and physicians, hospitals, public libraries, or government sponsored organizations. History:  1969 c 1071 s 1; 1987 c 215 s 1
MN Stat § 617.292 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 609 - 624 — Crimes; Expungement; Victims|Chapter 617 — Abortion; Obscenity; Nuisance|Section 617.292 — Definitions.

617.292 DEFINITIONS. Subdivision 1. Scope. As used in sections 617.291 to 617.297, the terms defined in this section have the meanings given them. Subd. 2. Minor. "Minor" means any person under the age of 18 years. Subd. 3. Nudity. "Nudity" means the showing of the human male or female genitals, pubic area or buttocks with less than a fully opaque covering, or the showing of the female breast with less than a fully opaque covering of any portion thereof below the top of the nipple, or the depiction of covered male genitals in a discernibly turgid state. Subd. 4. Sexual conduct. "Sexual conduct" means acts of masturbation, homosexuality, sexual intercourse, or physical contact with a person's unclothed genitals, pubic area, buttocks or, if such a person be a female, her breast. Subd. 5. Sexual excitement. "Sexual excitement" means the condition of human male or female genitals when in a state of sexual stimulation or arousal. Subd. 6. Sadomasochistic abuse. "Sadomasochistic abuse" means flagellation or torture by or upon a person clad in undergarments, a mask or bizarre costume, or the condition of being fettered, bound or otherwise physically restrained on the part of one so clothed. Subd. 7. Harmful to minors. "Harmful to minors" means that quality of any description or representation, in whatever form, of nudity, sexual conduct, sexual excitement, or sadomasochistic abuse, when it: (1) predominantly appeals to the prurient, shameful or morbid interest of minors; (2) is patently offensive to prevailing standards in the adult community as a whole with respect to what is suitable material for minors; and (3) is utterly without redeeming social importance for minors. Subd. 8. Knowingly. "Knowingly" means having general knowledge of, or reason to know, or a belief or ground for belief which warrants further inspection or inquiry or both: (1) the character and content of any material which is reasonably susceptible of examination by the defendant; and (2) the age of the minor, provided however that an honest mistake shall constitute an excuse from liability hereunder if the defendant made a reasonable bona fide attempt to ascertain the true age of such minor. History:   1969 c 1071 s 2
MN Stat § 617.293 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 609 - 624 — Crimes; Expungement; Victims|Chapter 617 — Abortion; Obscenity; Nuisance|Section 617.293 — Harmful Materials; Dissemination And Display To Minors Prohibited.

617.293 HARMFUL MATERIALS; DISSEMINATION AND DISPLAY TO MINORS PROHIBITED. Subdivision 1. Dissemination. It is unlawful for any person knowingly to sell or loan for monetary consideration to a minor: (a) any picture, photograph, drawing, sculpture, motion picture film, or similar visual representation or image of a person or portion of the human body which depicts nudity, sexual conduct, or sadomasochistic abuse and which is harmful to minors, or (b) any book, pamphlet, magazine, printed matter however reproduced, or sound recording which contains any matter enumerated in clause (a), or which contains explicit and detailed verbal descriptions or narrative accounts of sexual excitement, sexual conduct, or sadomasochistic abuse which, taken as a whole, is harmful to minors. Subd. 2. Display. (a) It is unlawful for any person commercially and knowingly to exhibit or display any material which is harmful to minors in its content in any place of public accommodation where minors are or may be present and where minors are able to view the material unless each item is kept in a sealed wrapper at all times. (b) It is unlawful for any person commercially and knowingly to exhibit or display any material the cover or packaging of which, standing alone, is harmful to minors in any place of public accommodation where minors are or may be present or allowed to be present and where minors are able to view the material unless each item is blocked from view by an opaque cover. The opaque cover requirement is satisfied if those portions of the cover or packaging containing the material harmful to minors are blocked from view by an opaque cover. (c) The provisions of this subdivision do not apply to the exhibition or display of materials harmful to minors under circumstances where minors are not present or are not able to view the material or the material's cover or packaging. A person may comply with the requirements of this paragraph by (1) physically segregating the material in a manner that physically prohibits access to and view of the material by minors, (2) prominently posting at the entrance to the restricted area: "Adults only--you must be 18 to enter," and (3) enforcing the restriction. History:  1969 c 1071 s 3; 1971 c 25 s 95; 1988 c 452 s 1
MN Stat § 617.294 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 609 - 624 — Crimes; Expungement; Victims|Chapter 617 — Abortion; Obscenity; Nuisance|Section 617.294 — Exhibition Prohibited.

617.294 EXHIBITION PROHIBITED. It is unlawful for any person knowingly to exhibit for a monetary consideration to a minor or knowingly to sell to a minor an admission ticket or pass or knowingly to admit a minor, whether or not for a monetary consideration, to a place of public accommodation where there is exhibited a motion picture, show or other presentation or a play, dance, or other exhibition presented before an audience which, in whole or in part, depicts nudity, sexual conduct, or sadomasochistic abuse and which is harmful to minors. History:  1969 c 1071 s 4; 1987 c 215 s 2
MN Stat § 617.295 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 609 - 624 — Crimes; Expungement; Victims|Chapter 617 — Abortion; Obscenity; Nuisance|Section 617.295 — Exemptions.

617.295 EXEMPTIONS. The following are exempt from criminal or other action hereunder: (1) recognized and established schools, churches, museums, medical clinics and physicians, hospitals, public libraries, governmental agencies or quasi governmental sponsored organizations, and persons acting in their capacity as employees or agents of such organization. For the purpose of this section "recognized and established" shall mean an organization or agency having a full time faculty and diversified curriculum in the case of a school; a church affiliated with a national or regional denomination; a licensed physician or psychiatrist or clinic of licensed physicians or psychiatrists; and in all other exempt organizations shall refer only to income tax exempted organizations which are supported in whole or in part by tax funds or which receive at least one-third of their support from publicly donated funds; (2) individuals in a parental relationship with the minor; and (3) motion picture machine operators, stagehands, or other theatre employees such as cashiers, doorkeepers, ushers, and concession employees, if such person or persons have no financial interest in the entertainment presented other than the salary or wage, or in any theatre or place where such employee has no financial interest when the employee's services are obtained solely for salary or wage; provided, that such employee is under the direct supervision of a theatre manager who is a resident of this state and who is not exempt from action under sections 617.291 to 617.297. History:  1969 c 1071 s 5; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 617.296 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 609 - 624 — Crimes; Expungement; Victims|Chapter 617 — Abortion; Obscenity; Nuisance|Section 617.296 — Penalties; Injunctive Remedies.

617.296 PENALTIES; INJUNCTIVE REMEDIES. Subdivision 1. Gross misdemeanor. Except as otherwise provided in subdivision 1a, a violation of any provision of sections 617.291 to 617.297 is a gross misdemeanor. Subd. 1a. Penalty for display of harmful materials. A violation of section 617.293, subdivision 2, is a misdemeanor. Subd. 2. Temporary restraining order or temporary injunction. Whenever any county attorney, or the attorney general of this state, has reasonable cause to believe that any person within this state is violating sections 617.291 to 617.297, the prosecuting attorney may by verified petition seek a temporary restraining order or temporary injunction in the district court in the county in which the alleged violation occurred. No temporary restraining order or preliminary injunction shall be issued without a prior show cause notice of hearing to the respondents named in the petition, and an opportunity for the respondents to be heard. Personal service of the show cause order and of the petition made as in civil actions on the named respondents, or upon any of their employees or agents found within the state, shall constitute sufficient notice. Such show cause order for hearing may be returnable on the third day from the date of service as to a respondent who is present in this state, and on the fifth day as to a person not a resident or not found within this state. History:  1969 c 1071 s 6; 1986 c 444; 1988 c 452 s 2,3
MN Stat § 617.297 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 609 - 624 — Crimes; Expungement; Victims|Chapter 617 — Abortion; Obscenity; Nuisance|Section 617.297 — Evidence Of Adherence To Motion Picture Rating System.

617.297 EVIDENCE OF ADHERENCE TO MOTION PICTURE RATING SYSTEM. In any proceeding or prosecution involving the exhibitor or owner of any motion picture theatre, evidence of compliance or noncompliance with and adherence to a rating system recognized in the motion picture industry is admissible. History:   1969 c 1071 s 7
MN Stat § 617.298 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 609 - 624 — Crimes; Expungement; Victims|Chapter 617 — Abortion; Obscenity; Nuisance|Section 617.298 — Obscene Motion Pictures At Drive-in Theaters; Definitions.

617.298 OBSCENE MOTION PICTURES AT DRIVE-IN THEATERS; DEFINITIONS. Subdivision 1. Definitions. For the purposes of this section and section 617.299, the terms defined in this section have the meanings given them. Subd. 2. Obscene. "Obscene" has the meaning given to it in section 617.241. Subd. 3. Nudity. "Nudity" means the showing of the human male or female genitals, pubic areas, or buttocks with less than a fully opaque covering, or the showing of an uncovered, or less than opaquely covered, female breast below a point immediately above the top of the nipple, or the breast with the nipple and immediately adjacent area only covered. Subd. 4.  [Repealed, 1983 c 204 s 14] History:  1979 c 290 s 1; 1983 c 204 s 13
MN Stat § 617.299 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 609 - 624 — Crimes; Expungement; Victims|Chapter 617 — Abortion; Obscenity; Nuisance|Section 617.299 — Obscene Motion Pictures; Prohibiting Exhibition At Drive-in Theaters.

617.299 OBSCENE MOTION PICTURES; PROHIBITING EXHIBITION AT DRIVE-IN THEATERS. Subdivision 1. Misdemeanor. Subject to the exemptions of section 617.295, a person who exhibits an obscene motion picture at a drive-in theatre is guilty of a misdemeanor. Subd. 2. Penalty enhancement. Whoever violates the provisions of subdivision 1 within two years of a previous conviction shall be sentenced to imprisonment for not less than 20 days nor more than one year and to payment of a fine of not more than $3,000. History:  1979 c 290 s 2; 1984 c 628 art 3 s 11
MN Stat § 617.80 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 609 - 624 — Crimes; Expungement; Victims|Chapter 617 — Abortion; Obscenity; Nuisance|Section 617.80 — Definitions.

617.80 DEFINITIONS. Subdivision 1. Generally. The definitions in this section apply to sections 617.80 to 617.87. Subd. 2. Building. "Building" means a structure suitable for human shelter, a commercial structure that is maintained for business activities that involve human occupation, any portion of the structure, or the land surrounding the structure. If the building is a multiunit dwelling, a hotel or motel, or a commercial or office building, the term "building," for purposes of sections 617.80 to 617.87, means only the portion of the building within or outside the structure in which a nuisance is maintained or permitted, such as a dwelling unit, room, suite of rooms, office, common area, storage area, garage, or parking area. Subd. 3. Movable property. "Movable property" means furniture and fixtures. Subd. 4. Prostitution; prostitution-related activity. "Prostitution" or "prostitution-related activity" means conduct that would violate sections 609.321 to 609.324. Subd. 5. Gambling; gambling-related activity. "Gambling" or "gambling-related activity" means conduct that would violate sections 609.75 to 609.762. Subd. 6.  [Repealed, 1997 c 100 s 5] Subd. 7. Owner. "Owner," for purposes of sections 617.80 to 617.87, means a person having legal title to the premises, a mortgagee or vendee in possession, a trustee in bankruptcy, a receiver, or any other person having legal ownership or control of the premises. Subd. 7a. Occupant. "Occupant" means a person who occupies or resides in a building or rental unit with the permission of the owner or a tenant or lessee. Subd. 8. Interested party. "Interested party," for purposes of sections 617.80 to 617.87, means any known lessee or tenant of a building or affected portion of a building; any known agent of an owner, lessee, or tenant; or any other person who maintains or permits a nuisance and is known to the city attorney, county attorney, or attorney general. Subd. 9. Prosecuting attorney. "Prosecuting attorney" means the attorney general, county attorney, city attorney, or attorney serving the jurisdiction where the nuisance is located. History:  1987 c 283 s 1; 1991 c 193 s 5; 1995 c 244 s 26-30; 2009 c 123 s 15,16
MN Stat § 617.82 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 609 - 624 — Crimes; Expungement; Victims|Chapter 617 — Abortion; Obscenity; Nuisance|Section 617.82 — Agreed Abatement Plans; Temporary Order.

617.82 AGREED ABATEMENT PLANS; TEMPORARY ORDER. (a) If the recipient of a notice under section 617.81, subdivision 4, either abates the conduct constituting the nuisance or enters into an agreed abatement plan within 30 days of service of the notice and complies with the agreement within the stipulated time period, the prosecuting attorney may not file a nuisance action on the specified property regarding the nuisance activity described in the notice. (b) If the recipient fails to comply with the agreed abatement plan, the prosecuting attorney may initiate a complaint for relief in the district court consistent with paragraph (c). (c) Whenever a prosecuting attorney has cause to believe that a nuisance described in section 617.81, subdivision 2, exists within the jurisdiction the attorney serves, the prosecuting attorney may by verified petition seek a temporary injunction in district court in the county in which the alleged public nuisance exists, provided that at least 30 days have expired since service of the notice required under section 617.81, subdivision 4. No temporary injunction may be issued without a prior show cause notice of hearing to the respondents named in the petition and an opportunity for the respondents to be heard. Upon proof of a nuisance described in section 617.81, subdivision 2, the court shall issue a temporary injunction. Any temporary injunction issued must describe the conduct to be enjoined. History:  1987 c 283 s 3; 1995 c 244 s 33; 1997 c 100 s 2; 1997 c 239 art 12 s 9