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2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 625 - 634 — Criminal Procedure; Peace Officers; Privacy Of Communications › Chapter 625 — Preservation Of Public Peace › Section 625.11 — Proceedings On Appeal.

625.11 PROCEEDINGS ON APPEAL.
The court before which the appeal is prosecuted may affirm the order of the judge, or discharge the appellant, or may require the appellant to enter into a new recognizance, with sufficient sureties, for a sum and a length of time as the court deems proper. The court of appeals may also make an order relating to the costs of prosecution as it deems just and reasonable.
History:
(10558) RL s 5217; 1983 c 359 s 104; 1984 c 387 s 4
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 625 - 634 — Criminal Procedure; Peace Officers; Privacy Of Communications › Chapter 625 — Preservation Of Public Peace › Section 625.12 — Failure To Prosecute Appeal.

625.12 FAILURE TO PROSECUTE APPEAL.
If any party appealing fails to prosecute the appeal, the recognizance shall remain in full force and effect as to any breach of the condition, without an affirmation of the judgment or order of the judge, and shall also stand as a security for any costs which shall be ordered by the court appealed to, to be paid by the appellant.
History:
(10559) RL s 5218; 1983 c 359 s 105; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 625 - 634 — Criminal Procedure; Peace Officers; Privacy Of Communications › Chapter 625 — Preservation Of Public Peace › Section 625.13 — Discharge On Giving Security.

625.13 DISCHARGE ON GIVING SECURITY.
Any person committed for not finding sureties, or refusing to recognize as required by the court, may be discharged by any judge on giving the required security.
History:
(10560) RL s 5219; 1983 c 359 s 106
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 625 - 634 — Criminal Procedure; Peace Officers; Privacy Of Communications › Chapter 625 — Preservation Of Public Peace › Section 625.14 — Recognizance Transmitted To Court Of Appeals.

625.14 RECOGNIZANCE TRANSMITTED TO COURT OF APPEALS.
Every recognizance taken in pursuance of section 625.13 shall be transmitted by the judge to the court of appeals on or before the first day of the next term, and shall be filed and recorded by the clerk of the appellate courts.
History:
(10561) RL s 5220; 1983 c 359 s 107; 1984 c 387 s 5
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 625 - 634 — Criminal Procedure; Peace Officers; Privacy Of Communications › Chapter 625 — Preservation Of Public Peace › Section 625.15 — Recognizance Without Process; When.

625.15 RECOGNIZANCE WITHOUT PROCESS; WHEN.
Every person who, in the presence of any court, makes an affray, or threatens to kill or beat another, or to commit any violence or outrage against the other's person or property, or who, in the presence of the court, contends with hot and angry words, to the disturbance of the peace, may be ordered, without process or any other proof, to recognize for keeping the peace, and being of good behavior for a term not exceeding six months, and, in case of a refusal, may be committed as before directed.
History:
(10562) RL s 5221; 1983 c 359 s 108; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 625 - 634 — Criminal Procedure; Peace Officers; Privacy Of Communications › Chapter 625 — Preservation Of Public Peace › Section 625.16 — Carrying Dangerous Weapons.

625.16 CARRYING DANGEROUS WEAPONS.
Whoever shall go armed with a dirk, dagger, sword, pistol, or other offensive and dangerous weapon, without reasonable cause to fear an assault or other injury or violence to person, family, or property, may, on complaint of any other person having reasonable cause to fear an injury or breach of the peace, be required to find sureties for keeping the peace, for a term not exceeding six months, with the right of appealing as before provided.
History:
(10563) RL s 5222; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 625 - 634 — Criminal Procedure; Peace Officers; Privacy Of Communications › Chapter 625 — Preservation Of Public Peace › Section 625.17 — Judgment On Recognizance Remitted; When.

625.17 JUDGMENT ON RECOGNIZANCE REMITTED; WHEN.
When, upon an action brought on any recognizance, the penalty thereof is adjudged forfeited, the court may remit a portion of the penalty, on the petition of the defendant, as is just and reasonable.
History:
(10564) RL s 5223; 1983 c 359 s 109
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 625 - 634 — Criminal Procedure; Peace Officers; Privacy Of Communications › Chapter 625 — Preservation Of Public Peace › Section 625.18 — Surrender Of Principal; New Recognizance.

625.18 SURRENDER OF PRINCIPAL; NEW RECOGNIZANCE.
Any surety in a recognizance to keep the peace, or for good behavior, or both, shall have authority and right to take and surrender the principal and, upon the surrender, shall be discharged and exempted from all liability for any act of the principal, subsequent to the surrender, which would be a breach of the condition of the recognizance. The person so surrendered may recognize anew, with sufficient sureties, before any judge, for the residue of the term, and shall then be discharged.
History:
(10565) RL s 5224; 1983 c 359 s 110; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 625 - 634 — Criminal Procedure; Peace Officers; Privacy Of Communications › Chapter 626 — Peace Officers; Searches; Pursuit; Mandatory Reporting › Section 626.05 — Definitions.

626.05 DEFINITIONS.
Subdivision 1.
Search warrant.
A "search warrant" is an order in writing, in the name of the state, signed by a court other than a court exercising probate jurisdiction, directed to a peace officer, commanding the peace officer to make a search as authorized by law and hold any item seized, subject to the order of a court.
Subd. 2.
Peace officer.
The term "peace officer," as used in sections 626.04 to 626.17, means a person who is licensed as a peace officer in accordance with section 626.84, subdivision 1, and who serves as a sheriff, deputy sheriff, police officer, conservation officer, agent of the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, agent of the Division of Alcohol and Gambling Enforcement, peace officer of the Commerce Fraud Bureau, University of Minnesota peace officer, Metropolitan Transit police officer, Minnesota Department of Corrections Fugitive Apprehension Unit member, or State Patrol trooper as authorized by section 299D.03.
Subd. 3.
Crime.
The term "crime," as used in sections 626.04 to 626.17, includes (1) those offenses defined as crimes in section 609.02, subdivision 1, and (2) all violations of municipal ordinances for which a misdemeanor sentence may be imposed.
History:
1963 c 849 s 3; 1976 c 2 s 154; 1977 c 82 s 4; 1979 c 258 s 21; 1983 c 359 s 112; 1986 c 444; 1988 c 447 s 1; 1989 c 334 art 6 s 11; 1990 c 502 s 7; 1993 c 326 art 7 s 13; 1995 c 189 s 8; 1996 c 277 s 1; 1997 c 129 art 2 s 15; 2002 c 291 s 4; 2012 c 155 s 10; 2017 c 98 s 5
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 625 - 634 — Criminal Procedure; Peace Officers; Privacy Of Communications › Chapter 626 — Peace Officers; Searches; Pursuit; Mandatory Reporting › Section 626.06 — Jurisdiction To Issue.

626.06 JURISDICTION TO ISSUE.
Search warrants may be issued by any court, other than a court exercising probate jurisdiction, having jurisdiction in the area where the place to be searched is located.
History:
1963 c 849 s 4; 1983 c 359 s 113; 1995 c 189 s 8; 1996 c 277 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 625 - 634 — Criminal Procedure; Peace Officers; Privacy Of Communications › Chapter 626 — Peace Officers; Searches; Pursuit; Mandatory Reporting › Section 626.07 — Grounds For Issuance.

626.07 GROUNDS FOR ISSUANCE.
A search warrant may be issued upon any of the following grounds:
(1) the property or things were stolen or embezzled;
(2) the property or things were used as the means of committing a crime;
(3) the possession of the property or things constitutes a crime;
(4) the property or things are in the possession of any person with the intent to use them as a means of committing a crime, or the property or things so intended to be used are in the possession of another to whom they have been delivered for the purpose of concealing them or preventing their being discovered;
(5) the property or things to be seized consist of any item or constitute any evidence which tends to show a crime has been committed, or tends to show that a particular person has committed a crime.
The property or things described in this section may be taken pursuant to the warrant from any place, or from any person in whose possession they may be.
History:
1963 c 849 s 5
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 625 - 634 — Criminal Procedure; Peace Officers; Privacy Of Communications › Chapter 626 — Peace Officers; Searches; Pursuit; Mandatory Reporting › Section 626.08 — Probable Cause.

626.08 PROBABLE CAUSE.
A search warrant cannot be issued but upon probable cause, supported by affidavit, naming or describing the person, and particularly describing the property or thing to be seized, and particularly describing the place to be searched.
History:
1963 c 849 s 6
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 625 - 634 — Criminal Procedure; Peace Officers; Privacy Of Communications › Chapter 626 — Peace Officers; Searches; Pursuit; Mandatory Reporting › Section 626.09 — Examination Of Parties Making Request.

626.09 EXAMINATION OF PARTIES MAKING REQUEST.
The court may, before issuing the warrant, examine on oath the person seeking the warrant and any witnesses the person may produce. It shall take the affidavits in writing, and cause them to be subscribed to by the party or parties making them.
History:
1963 c 849 s 7; 1983 c 359 s 114; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 625 - 634 — Criminal Procedure; Peace Officers; Privacy Of Communications › Chapter 626 — Peace Officers; Searches; Pursuit; Mandatory Reporting › Section 626.10 — Affidavit; Content.

626.10 AFFIDAVIT; CONTENT.
The affidavit or affidavits must set forth the facts tending to establish the grounds of the application, or probable cause for believing that they exist.
History:
1963 c 849 s 8
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 625 - 634 — Criminal Procedure; Peace Officers; Privacy Of Communications › Chapter 626 — Peace Officers; Searches; Pursuit; Mandatory Reporting › Section 626.11 — Issuance Of Warrant.

626.11 ISSUANCE OF WARRANT.
(a) If the judge is satisfied of the existence of the grounds of the application, or that there is probable cause to believe their existence, the judge must issue a signed search warrant, naming the judge's judicial office, to a peace officer inside or outside the officer's jurisdiction. The warrant shall direct the officer to search the person or place named for the property or things specified, and to retain the property or things in the officer's custody subject to order of the court issuing the warrant.
(b) Nothing in sections 626.04 to 626.17 is meant to supersede another law or statute that limits a peace officer's authority to obtain, serve, or execute a search warrant.
History:
1963 c 849 s 9; 1979 c 258 s 22; 1983 c 359 s 115; 1986 c 444; 2000 c 325 s 1; 2001 c 78 s 2; 2002 c 291 s 5; 2003 c 86 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 625 - 634 — Criminal Procedure; Peace Officers; Privacy Of Communications › Chapter 626 — Peace Officers; Searches; Pursuit; Mandatory Reporting › Section 626.12 — Applicants; Names On Warrant.

626.12 APPLICANTS; NAMES ON WARRANT.
The warrant, in addition, shall contain the names of the persons presenting affidavits in support of the application, and the grounds for its issuance.
History:
1963 c 849 s 10
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 625 - 634 — Criminal Procedure; Peace Officers; Privacy Of Communications › Chapter 626 — Peace Officers; Searches; Pursuit; Mandatory Reporting › Section 626.13 — Service; Persons Making.

626.13 SERVICE; PERSONS MAKING.
A search warrant may in all cases be served anywhere within the issuing judge's jurisdiction by any of the officers mentioned in its directions, but by no other person, except in aid of the officer on the officer's requiring it, the officer being present and acting in its execution. An officer serving and executing a warrant shall notify the chief of police of an organized full-time police department of the municipality or, if there is no such local chief of police, the sheriff or a deputy sheriff of the county in which service is to be made prior to service and execution.
History:
1963 c 849 s 11; 1979 c 258 s 23; 1986 c 444; 1989 c 334 art 6 s 12; 1990 c 502 s 8; 1993 c 326 art 7 s 14; 1995 c 226 art 2 s 33; 1995 c 244 s 37; 1997 c 129 art 2 s 15; 2001 c 78 s 3; 2002 c 291 s 6; 2003 c 86 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 625 - 634 — Criminal Procedure; Peace Officers; Privacy Of Communications › Chapter 626 — Peace Officers; Searches; Pursuit; Mandatory Reporting › Section 626.15 — Execution And Return Of Warrant; Time.

626.15 EXECUTION AND RETURN OF WARRANT; TIME.
(a) Except as provided in paragraphs (b) and (c), a search warrant must be executed and returned to the court which issued it within ten days after its date. After the expiration of this time, the warrant is void unless previously executed.
(b) A search warrant on a financial institution for financial records is valid for 30 days.
(c) A district court judge may grant an extension of a warrant on a financial institution for financial records upon an application under oath stating that the financial institution has not produced the requested financial records within the 30-day period and that an extension is necessary to achieve the purposes for which the search warrant was granted. Each extension may not exceed 30 days.
(d) For the purposes of this section, "financial institution" has the meaning given in section 13A.01, subdivision 2, and "financial records" has the meaning given in section 13A.01, subdivision 3.
History:
1963 c 849 s 13; 1983 c 359 s 117; 1999 c 117 s 1; 2023 c 52 art 9 s 8
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 625 - 634 — Criminal Procedure; Peace Officers; Privacy Of Communications › Chapter 626 — Peace Officers; Searches; Pursuit; Mandatory Reporting › Section 626.16 — Delivery Of Copy Of Warrant And Receipt.

626.16 DELIVERY OF COPY OF WARRANT AND RECEIPT.
When the officer conducts the search the officer must give a copy of the warrant and, when property or things are taken, a receipt therefor (specifying it in detail) to the person in whose possession the premises or the property or things taken were found; or, in the absence of any person, the officer must leave such copy of the warrant and receipt in the place where the property or things were found. Such delivery of a copy of the warrant shall constitute service.
History:
1963 c 849 s 14; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 625 - 634 — Criminal Procedure; Peace Officers; Privacy Of Communications › Chapter 626 — Peace Officers; Searches; Pursuit; Mandatory Reporting › Section 626.17 — Return And Inventory.

626.17 RETURN AND INVENTORY.
The officer must immediately return the warrant to the court and deliver to it a written inventory of the property or things taken, verified by the certificate of the officer at the foot of the inventory.
History:
1963 c 849 s 15; 1983 c 359 s 118
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 625 - 634 — Criminal Procedure; Peace Officers; Privacy Of Communications › Chapter 626 — Peace Officers; Searches; Pursuit; Mandatory Reporting › Section 626.21 — Return Of Property And Suppression Of Evidence.

626.21 RETURN OF PROPERTY AND SUPPRESSION OF EVIDENCE.
(a) A person aggrieved by an unlawful search and seizure may move the district court for the district in which the property was seized or the district court having jurisdiction of the substantive offense for the return of the property and to suppress the use, as evidence, of anything so obtained on the ground that:
(1) the property was illegally seized;
(2) the property was illegally seized without warrant;
(3) the warrant is insufficient on its face;
(4) the property seized is not that described in the warrant;
(5) there was not probable cause for believing the existence of the grounds on which the warrant was issued;
(6) the warrant was illegally executed;
(7) the warrant was improvidently issued; or
(8) the warrant was executed or served in violation of section 626.14.
(b) The judge shall receive evidence on any issue of fact necessary to the decision of the motion. If the motion is granted the property shall be restored unless otherwise subject to lawful detention, and it shall not be admissible in evidence at any hearing or trial. The motion to suppress evidence may also be made in the district where the trial is to be had. The motion shall be made before trial or hearing unless opportunity therefor did not exist or the defendant was not aware of the grounds for the motion, but the court in its discretion may entertain the motion at the trial or hearing.
History:
1963 c 850 s 1; 1998 c 254 art 2 s 71; 2023 c 52 art 9 s 9
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 625 - 634 — Criminal Procedure; Peace Officers; Privacy Of Communications › Chapter 626 — Peace Officers; Searches; Pursuit; Mandatory Reporting › Section 626.22 — Maliciously Procuring Search Warrant; Misconduct In Use.

626.22 MALICIOUSLY PROCURING SEARCH WARRANT; MISCONDUCT IN USE.
Every person who shall maliciously and without probable cause procure a search warrant to be issued and executed, and every officer who, in executing a search warrant, shall willfully exceed the officer's authority, or exercise it with unnecessary severity, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
History:
(10031) RL s 4846; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 625 - 634 — Criminal Procedure; Peace Officers; Privacy Of Communications › Chapter 626 — Peace Officers; Searches; Pursuit; Mandatory Reporting › Section 626.52 — Suspicious Wounds; Reporting By Health Professionals.

626.52 SUSPICIOUS WOUNDS; REPORTING BY HEALTH PROFESSIONALS.
Subdivision 1.
Definition.
As used in this section, "health professional" means a physician, surgeon, person authorized to engage in the practice of healing, superintendent or manager of a hospital, nurse, or pharmacist.
Subd. 2.
Health professionals required to report.
A health professional shall immediately report, as provided under section 626.53, to the local police department or county sheriff all bullet wounds, gunshot wounds, powder burns, or any other injury arising from, or caused by the discharge of any gun, pistol, or any other firearm, which wound the health professional is called upon to treat, dress, or bandage.
A health professional shall report to the proper police authorities any wound that the reporter has reasonable cause to believe has been inflicted on a perpetrator of a crime by a dangerous weapon other than a firearm as defined under section 609.02, subdivision 6.
Subd. 3.
Reporting burns.
A health professional shall file a written report with the state fire marshal within 72 hours after being notified of a burn injury or wound that the professional is called upon to treat, dress, or bandage, if the victim has sustained second- or third-degree burns to five percent or more of the body, the victim has sustained burns to the upper respiratory tract or sustained laryngeal edema from inhaling superheated air, or the victim has sustained a burn injury or wound that may result in the victim's death. The state fire marshal shall provide the form for the report.
Subd. 4.
Immunity from liability.
Any person reporting in good faith and exercising due care shall have immunity from any liability, civil or criminal, that otherwise might result by reason of the person's actions pursuant to this section or section 626.53. No cause of action may be brought against any person for not making a report pursuant to this section or section 626.53.
History:
(9950-22a) 1935 c 165 s 1; 1963 c 489 s 1; 1965 c 759 s 1; 1985 c 288 s 1; 1986 c 444; 1988 c 548 s 1,2; 1989 c 290 art 8 s 3; 1Sp2001 c 8 art 12 s 17
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 625 - 634 — Criminal Procedure; Peace Officers; Privacy Of Communications › Chapter 626 — Peace Officers; Searches; Pursuit; Mandatory Reporting › Section 626.53 — Report By Telephone And Letter.

626.53 REPORT BY TELEPHONE AND LETTER.
Subdivision 1.
Reports to sheriffs and police chiefs.
The report required by section 626.52, subdivision 2, shall be made forthwith by telephone or in person, and shall be promptly supplemented by letter, enclosed in a securely sealed, postpaid envelope, addressed to the sheriff of the county in which the wound is examined, dressed, or otherwise treated; except that, if the place in which the patient is treated for such injury or the patient's wound dressed or bandaged be in a city of the first, second, or third class, such report shall be made and transmitted as herein provided to the chief of police of such city instead of the sheriff. Except as otherwise provided in subdivision 2, the office of any such sheriff and of any such chief of police shall keep the report as a confidential communication and shall not disclose the name of the person making the same, and the party making the report shall not by reason thereof be subpoenaed, examined, or forced to testify in court as a consequence of having made such a report.
Subd. 2.
Reports to Department of Health.
Upon receiving a report of a wound caused by or arising from the discharge of a firearm, the sheriff or chief of police shall forward the information contained in the report to the commissioner of health. The commissioner of health shall keep the report as a confidential communication, as provided under subdivision 1. The commissioner shall maintain a statewide, computerized record system containing summary data, as defined in section 13.02, on information received under this subdivision.
History:
(9950-23) 1935 c 165 s 2; 1986 c 444; 1988 c 548 s 3; 1995 c 244 s 38
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 625 - 634 — Criminal Procedure; Peace Officers; Privacy Of Communications › Chapter 626 — Peace Officers; Searches; Pursuit; Mandatory Reporting › Section 626.54 — Application Of Sections 626.52 To 626.55.

626.54 APPLICATION OF SECTIONS 626.52 TO 626.55.
The requirements of sections 626.52 to 626.55 shall not apply to a nurse employed in a hospital nor to a nurse regularly employed by a physician, surgeon, or other person practicing healing, where the employer has made a proper report in compliance therewith.
History:
(9950-24) 1935 c 165 s 3
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 625 - 634 — Criminal Procedure; Peace Officers; Privacy Of Communications › Chapter 626 — Peace Officers; Searches; Pursuit; Mandatory Reporting › Section 626.55 — Penalty.

626.55 PENALTY.
Subdivision 1.
Gross misdemeanor.
Any person who violates any provision of sections 626.52 to 626.55, other than section 626.52, subdivision 3, is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
Subd. 2.
[Repealed, 1Sp2001 c 8 art 12 s 18]
History:
(9950-25) 1935 c 165 s 4; 1985 c 288 s 2; 1986 c 444; 1988 c 548 s 4
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 625 - 634 — Criminal Procedure; Peace Officers; Privacy Of Communications › Chapter 626 — Peace Officers; Searches; Pursuit; Mandatory Reporting › Section 626.553 — Gunshot Wounds; Peace Officers, Discharging Firearms; Investigations; Reports.

626.553 GUNSHOT WOUNDS; PEACE OFFICERS, DISCHARGING FIREARMS; INVESTIGATIONS; REPORTS.
Subdivision 1.
Report; wounds; investigation.
Upon receipt of the report required in sections 626.52 and 626.53, the sheriff or chief of police receiving the report shall determine the general cause of the wound, and upon determining that the wound was caused by an action connected with the occupation or sport of hunting or shooting the sheriff or chief of police shall immediately conduct a detailed investigation into the facts surrounding the incident or occurrence which occasioned the injury or death reported. The investigating officer shall report the findings of the investigation to the commissioner of natural resources on forms provided by the commissioner for this purpose.
Subd. 2.
Discharge firearm; kill animal.
Whenever a peace officer discharges a firearm in the course of duty, other than for training purposes or the killing of an animal that is sick, injured, or dangerous, notification shall be filed within 30 days of the incident by the officer's department head with the commissioner of public safety. The commissioner of public safety shall forward a copy of the filing to the Board of Peace Officer Standards and Training. The notification shall contain information concerning the reason for and circumstances surrounding discharge of the firearm. The commissioner of public safety shall file a report with the legislature by November 15 of each even-numbered year containing summary information concerning use of firearms by peace officers.
History:
1957 c 407 s 1; 1969 c 1129 art 10 s 2; 1977 c 455 s 89; 1983 c 293 s 108; 1986 c 444; 1991 c 141 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 625 - 634 — Criminal Procedure; Peace Officers; Privacy Of Communications › Chapter 626 — Peace Officers; Searches; Pursuit; Mandatory Reporting › Section 626.5531 — Reporting Of Crimes Motivated By Bias.

626.5531 REPORTING OF CRIMES MOTIVATED BY BIAS.
Subdivision 1.
Reports required.
A peace officer must report to the head of the officer's department every violation of chapter 609 or a local criminal ordinance if the officer has reason to believe, or if the victim alleges, that the act was committed in whole or in substantial part because of the victim's actual or perceived race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, national origin, or disability as defined in section 363A.03, or because of the victim's actual or perceived association with another person or group of a certain actual or perceived race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, national origin, or disability as defined in section 363A.03. The superintendent of the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension shall adopt a reporting form to be used by law enforcement agencies in making the reports required under this section. The reports must include for each incident all of the following:
(1) the date of the offense;
(2) the location of the offense;
(3) whether the target of the incident is a person, private property, or public property;
(4) the crime committed;
(5) the type of bias and information about the offender and the victim that is relevant to that bias;
(6) any organized group involved in the incident;
(7) the disposition of the case;
(8) whether the determination that the offense was motivated by bias was based on the officer's reasonable belief or on the victim's allegation; and
(9) any additional information the superintendent deems necessary for the acquisition of accurate and relevant data.
Subd. 2.
Use of information collected.
The head of a local law enforcement agency or state law enforcement department that employs peace officers licensed under section 626.843 must file a monthly report describing crimes reported under this section with the Department of Public Safety, Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. The commissioner of public safety must summarize and analyze the information received and file an annual report with the Department of Human Rights and the legislature. The commissioner may include information in the annual report concerning any additional criminal activity motivated by bias that is not covered by this section.
History:
1988 c 643 s 1; 1989 c 261 s 9; 1992 c 571 art 15 s 12; 2023 c 52 art 10 s 9
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 625 - 634 — Criminal Procedure; Peace Officers; Privacy Of Communications › Chapter 626 — Peace Officers; Searches; Pursuit; Mandatory Reporting › Section 626.5532 — Pursuit Of Fleeing Suspects By Peace Officers.

626.5532 PURSUIT OF FLEEING SUSPECTS BY PEACE OFFICERS.
Subdivision 1.
Reports.
If a peace officer pursues a fleeing suspect, the officer's department head must file a notice of the incident with the commissioner of public safety within 30 days following the pursuit. A pursuit must be reported under this section if it is a pursuit by a peace officer of a motor vehicle being operated in violation of section 609.487. The notice must contain information concerning the reason for and circumstances surrounding the pursuit, including the alleged offense, the length of the pursuit in distance and time, the outcome of the pursuit, any charges filed against the suspect as a result of the pursuit, injuries and property damage resulting from the pursuit, and other information deemed relevant by the commissioner.
Subd. 2.
[Repealed, 1999 c 216 art 5 s 15]
History:
1988 c 712 s 17
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 625 - 634 — Criminal Procedure; Peace Officers; Privacy Of Communications › Chapter 626 — Peace Officers; Searches; Pursuit; Mandatory Reporting › Section 626.5533 — Reporting Potential Welfare Fraud.

626.5533 REPORTING POTENTIAL WELFARE FRAUD.
Subdivision 1.
Reports required.
A peace officer must report to the head of the officer's department every arrest where the person arrested possesses more than one welfare electronic benefit transfer card. Each report must include all of the following:
(1) the name of the suspect;
(2) the suspect's driver's license or state identification card number, where available;
(3) the suspect's home address;
(4) the number on each card;
(5) the name on each electronic benefit card in the possession of the suspect, in cases where the card has a name printed on it;
(6) the date of the alleged offense;
(7) the location of the alleged offense;
(8) the alleged offense; and
(9) any other information the commissioner of human services deems necessary.
Subd. 2.
Use of information collected.
The head of a local law enforcement agency or state law enforcement department that employs peace officers licensed under section 626.843 must forward the report required under subdivision 1 to the commissioner of human services within 30 days of receiving the report. The commissioner of human services shall use the report to determine whether the suspect is authorized to possess any of the electronic benefit cards found in the suspect's possession.
Subd. 3.
Reporting forms.
The commissioner of human services, in consultation with the superintendent of the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, shall adopt reporting forms to be used by law enforcement agencies in making the reports required under this section.
History:
2012 c 247 art 3 s 23
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 625 - 634 — Criminal Procedure; Peace Officers; Privacy Of Communications › Chapter 626 — Peace Officers; Searches; Pursuit; Mandatory Reporting › Section 626.5534 — Use Of Force Reporting.

626.5534 USE OF FORCE REPORTING.
Subdivision 1.
Report required.
A chief law enforcement officer must provide the information requested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation about each incident of law enforcement use of force resulting in serious bodily injury or death, as those terms are defined in the Federal Bureau of Investigation's reporting requirements, to the superintendent of the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. The superintendent shall adopt a reporting form for use by law enforcement agencies in making the report required under this section. The report must include for each incident all of the information requested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Subd. 2.
Use of information collected.
A chief law enforcement officer must file the report under subdivision 1 once a month in the form required by the superintendent. The superintendent must summarize and analyze the information received and submit an annual written report to the chairs and ranking minority members of the house of representatives and senate committees with jurisdiction over public safety. The superintendent shall submit the information to the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
History:
2Sp2020 c 1 s 11
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 625 - 634 — Criminal Procedure; Peace Officers; Privacy Of Communications › Chapter 626 — Peace Officers; Searches; Pursuit; Mandatory Reporting › Section 626.5535 — Carjacking; Reporting Required.

626.5535 CARJACKING; REPORTING REQUIRED.
Subdivision 1.
Definition.
For purposes of this section, "carjacking" means a violation of section 609.247.
Subd. 2.
Use of information collected.
(a) The head of a local law enforcement agency or state law enforcement department that employs peace officers, as defined in section 626.84, subdivision 1, paragraph (c), must forward the following carjacking information from the agency's or department's jurisdiction for the previous year to the commissioner of public safety by January 15 each year:
(1) the number of carjacking attempts;
(2) the number of carjackings;
(3) the ages of the offenders;
(4) the number of persons injured in each offense;
(5) the number of persons killed in each offense; and
(6) weapons used in each offense, if any.
(b) The commissioner of public safety must include the data received under paragraph (a) in a separate carjacking category in the department's annual uniform crime report.
History:
2023 c 52 art 9 s 10
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 625 - 634 — Criminal Procedure; Peace Officers; Privacy Of Communications › Chapter 626 — Peace Officers; Searches; Pursuit; Mandatory Reporting › Section 626.5571 — Multidisciplinary Adult Protection Team.

626.5571 MULTIDISCIPLINARY ADULT PROTECTION TEAM.
Subdivision 1.
Establishment of team.
A county may establish a multidisciplinary adult protection team comprised of the director of the local welfare agency or designees, the county attorney or designees, the county sheriff or designees, and representatives of health care. In addition, representatives of mental health or other appropriate human service agencies, community corrections agencies, representatives from local tribal governments, local law enforcement agencies or designees thereof, adult advocate groups, and any other organization with relevant expertise may be added to the adult protection team.
Subd. 2.
Duties of team.
A multidisciplinary adult protection team may provide public and professional education, develop resources for prevention, intervention, and treatment, and provide case consultation to the local welfare agency to better enable the agency to carry out its functions under section 626.557 and to meet the community's needs. Case consultation may be performed by a committee of the team composed of the team members representing social services, law enforcement, the county attorney, health care, and persons directly involved in an individual case as determined by the case consultation committee. Case consultation includes a case review process that results in recommendations about services to be provided to the identified adult and family.
Subd. 3.
Information sharing.
The local welfare agency may make available to members of the team for case consultation all records collected and maintained by the agency under section 626.557 and in connection with case consultation. Any member of the case consultation committee may share data, acquired in the member's professional capacity, with the committee to assist the committee in its function. Members prohibited from disclosing patient identifying information because of federal or state law shall seek consent from each patient or resident, or a guardian, conservator or legal representative, for the disclosure of appropriate data to the case consultation committee.
History:
1988 c 575 s 1; 2005 c 98 art 3 s 23; 2011 c 28 s 15; 2022 c 98 art 6 s 19; art 8 s 45,46
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 625 - 634 — Criminal Procedure; Peace Officers; Privacy Of Communications › Chapter 626 — Peace Officers; Searches; Pursuit; Mandatory Reporting › Section 626.5573 — Negligence Actions.

626.5573 NEGLIGENCE ACTIONS.
A violation of sections 626.557 to 626.5572 shall be admissible as evidence of negligence, but shall not be considered negligence per se.
History:
1995 c 229 art 1 s 23
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 625 - 634 — Criminal Procedure; Peace Officers; Privacy Of Communications › Chapter 626 — Peace Officers; Searches; Pursuit; Mandatory Reporting › Section 626.65 — Uniform Act On Fresh Pursuit; Reciprocal.

626.65 UNIFORM ACT ON FRESH PURSUIT; RECIPROCAL.
Any member of a duly organized state, county, or municipal peace unit of another state of the United States who enters this state in fresh pursuit, and continues within this state in such fresh pursuit, of a person in order to arrest the person on the ground that the person is believed to have committed a felony in such other state, shall have the same authority to arrest and hold such person in custody, as has any member of any duly organized state, county, or municipal peace unit of this state, to arrest and hold in custody a person on the ground that the person is believed to have committed a felony in this state; provided, the rights extended by this section shall be extended only to those states granting these same rights to peace officers of this state who may be in fresh pursuit of suspected criminals in such reciprocating states.
History:
(10547-1) 1939 c 64 s 1; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 625 - 634 — Criminal Procedure; Peace Officers; Privacy Of Communications › Chapter 626 — Peace Officers; Searches; Pursuit; Mandatory Reporting › Section 626.66 — Arrest; Hearing.

626.66 ARREST; HEARING.
If an arrest is made in this state by an officer of another state in accordance with the provisions of section 626.65, the officer shall, without unnecessary delay, take the person arrested before a judge of the county in which the arrest was made. The judge shall conduct a hearing for the purpose of determining the lawfulness of the arrest. If the judge determines that the arrest was lawful, the judge shall commit the person arrested to await for a reasonable time the issuance of an extradition warrant by the governor of this state, or admit the person arrested to bail for such purpose. If the judge determines that the arrest was unlawful, the judge shall discharge the person arrested.
History:
(10547-2) 1939 c 64 s 2; 1983 c 359 s 119; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 625 - 634 — Criminal Procedure; Peace Officers; Privacy Of Communications › Chapter 626 — Peace Officers; Searches; Pursuit; Mandatory Reporting › Section 626.67 — Construction Of Section 626.65.

626.67 CONSTRUCTION OF SECTION 626.65.
Section 626.65 shall not be construed so as to make unlawful any arrest in this state which would otherwise be lawful.
History:
(10547-3) 1939 c 64 s 3
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 625 - 634 — Criminal Procedure; Peace Officers; Privacy Of Communications › Chapter 626 — Peace Officers; Searches; Pursuit; Mandatory Reporting › Section 626.68 — State Includes District Of Columbia.

626.68 STATE INCLUDES DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
For the purpose of sections 626.65 to 626.69, the word "state" includes the District of Columbia.
History:
(10547-4) 1939 c 64 s 4
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 625 - 634 — Criminal Procedure; Peace Officers; Privacy Of Communications › Chapter 626 — Peace Officers; Searches; Pursuit; Mandatory Reporting › Section 626.69 — Fresh Pursuit.

626.69 FRESH PURSUIT.
The term "fresh pursuit," as used in sections 626.65 to 626.69, includes fresh pursuit as defined by the common law, and also the pursuit of a person who has committed a felony or who is reasonably suspected of having committed a felony. It shall also include the pursuit of a person suspected of having committed a supposed felony, though no felony has actually been committed, if there is reasonable ground for believing that a felony has been committed. Fresh pursuit, as used therein, shall not necessarily imply instant pursuit, but pursuit without unreasonable delay.
History:
(10547-5) 1939 c 64 s 5
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 625 - 634 — Criminal Procedure; Peace Officers; Privacy Of Communications › Chapter 626 — Peace Officers; Searches; Pursuit; Mandatory Reporting › Section 626.70 — Citation; Uniform Act On Fresh Pursuit.

626.70 CITATION; UNIFORM ACT ON FRESH PURSUIT.
Sections 626.65 to 626.70 may be cited as the Uniform Act on Fresh Pursuit.
History:
(10547-8) 1939 c 64 s 8
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 625 - 634 — Criminal Procedure; Peace Officers; Privacy Of Communications › Chapter 626 — Peace Officers; Searches; Pursuit; Mandatory Reporting › Section 626.71 — Fresh Pursuit In Nonfelony Situations.

626.71 FRESH PURSUIT IN NONFELONY SITUATIONS.
Subdivision 1.
Definitions.
As used in this section:
(1) "fresh pursuit" means fresh pursuit as defined by the common law and includes the pursuit of a person who has committed or is reasonably believed to have committed a violation in the presence of the peace officer. Fresh pursuit does not necessarily imply instant pursuit, but pursuit without unreasonable delay;
(2) "peace officer" means a member of a duly organized state, county, or municipal law enforcement unit; and
(3) "violation" includes gross misdemeanors, misdemeanors, and traffic violations.
Subd. 2.
Fresh pursuit authority.
A peace officer of another state who enters this state while on duty and in fresh pursuit, and who continues in fresh pursuit, of a person in order to arrest the person for a violation committed in the peace officer's presence, has the same authority to arrest and hold the person in custody as has any peace officer of this state if reciprocal fresh pursuit authority for that type of violation is extended to Minnesota peace officers by the pursuing officer's state.
History:
1990 c 449 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 625 - 634 — Criminal Procedure; Peace Officers; Privacy Of Communications › Chapter 626 — Peace Officers; Searches; Pursuit; Mandatory Reporting › Section 626.72 — Peace Officers; Transportation For Law Enforcement Purposes.

626.72 PEACE OFFICERS; TRANSPORTATION FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT PURPOSES.
A peace officer, as defined in section 609.487, subdivision 2, clause (2), who enters this state to perform an assigned duty of transporting persons in legal custody for law enforcement purposes has the same authority to transport persons in legal custody as any member of any duly organized state, county, or municipal law enforcement unit of this state if a reciprocal right to transport persons in legal custody is extended to Minnesota peace officers by the peace officer's state or local jurisdiction.
History:
1990 c 449 s 3
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 625 - 634 — Criminal Procedure; Peace Officers; Privacy Of Communications › Chapter 626 — Peace Officers; Searches; Pursuit; Mandatory Reporting › Section 626.74 — Compensation For Damage Caused By Peace Officers In Performing Law Enforcement Duties.

626.74 COMPENSATION FOR DAMAGE CAUSED BY PEACE OFFICERS IN PERFORMING LAW ENFORCEMENT DUTIES.
Subdivision 1.
Definitions.
As used in this section:
(1) "just compensation" means the compensation owed to an innocent third party under the state constitution by a Minnesota local government unit due to property damage caused by a peace officer in the course of executing a search warrant or apprehending a criminal suspect; and
(2) "peace officer" has the meaning given in section 626.84.
Subd. 2.
Responsible government unit; execution of search warrant.
If just compensation is owed for damage caused in the execution of a search warrant or the apprehension of a criminal suspect, the Minnesota local government unit employing the peace officer who sought issuance of the warrant or initiated the apprehension is responsible for paying the compensation. Except as otherwise provided in this subdivision, if the search warrant is executed or the apprehension is accomplished by a peace officer from another Minnesota local government unit in aid of the officer originating the warrant or initiating the apprehension, the responsibility for paying just compensation remains with the Minnesota local government unit employing the officer who originated the warrant or initiated the apprehension. In the event the property damage is caused by the negligence of a peace officer, the Minnesota local government unit employing that peace officer is responsible for paying just compensation.
History:
1998 c 367 art 11 s 20
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 625 - 634 — Criminal Procedure; Peace Officers; Privacy Of Communications › Chapter 626 — Peace Officers; Searches; Pursuit; Mandatory Reporting › Section 626.76 — Rules And Regulations; Aiding Other Officers; Exchange Programs.

626.76 RULES AND REGULATIONS; AIDING OTHER OFFICERS; EXCHANGE PROGRAMS.
Subdivision 1.
Interagency cooperation.
Any appointive or elective agency or office of peace officers as defined in subdivision 3 may establish rules or regulations and enter into agreements with other agencies and offices for:
(1) assisting other peace officers in the line of their duty and within the course of their employment; and
(2) exchanging the agency's peace officers with peace officers of another agency or office on a temporary basis. Additionally, the agency or office may establish rules and regulations for assisting probation, parole, and supervised release agents who are supervising probationers, parolees, or supervised releasees in the geographic area within the agency's or office's jurisdiction.
Subd. 2.
Assistance.
(a) When a peace officer gives assistance to another peace officer, or to a parole, probation, or supervised release agent, within the scope of the rules or regulations of the peace officer's appointive or elected agency or office, any such assistance shall be within the line of duty and course of employment of the officer rendering the assistance.
(b) When a peace officer acts on behalf of another agency or office within the scope of an exchange agreement entered into under subdivision 1, the officer's actions are within the officer's line of duty and course of employment to the same extent as if the officer had acted on behalf of the officer's employing agency.
Subd. 3.
Peace officer.
For the purposes of this section, "peace officer" means any member of a police department, State Patrol, game warden service, sheriff's office, or any other law enforcement agency, the members of which have, by law, the power of arrest.
Subd. 4.
No enlargement of duties.
This section shall in no way be construed as extending or enlarging the duties or authority of any peace officer or any other law enforcement agent as defined in subdivision 3 except as provided in this section.
History:
1959 c 374 s 1; 1981 c 37 s 2; 1986 c 444; 1994 c 636 art 4 s 31