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609.355
Statute ID:
1069
Statute Function ID:
18306
Bigamy
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Statute Number:
609.355
Enactment Date:
Jan 1, 1859
Effective Date:
Jan 1, 1859
Expiration Date:
Repealed?:
No
Summary Text:
Bigamy
Statute ID:
1069
Created:
Sep 1, 2006 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us
Updated:
Sep 1, 2006 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us
Last Update Action:
System
Legal Analyst Comment:
Summary Text:
Bigamy
Link to MN Statute Text:
https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/stats/609/355.html
Legislative Session:
2005 - NA
Session Law Text?:
No
Statute text last updated on:
Sep 1, 2006
Subdivision 1. In this section "cohabit" means to live together under the representation or appearance of being married. Subd. 2. Whoever does any of the following is guilty of bigamy and 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: (1) knowingly having a prior marriage that is not dissolved, contracts a marriage in this state; or (2) contracts a marriage with another in this state with knowledge that the prior marriage of the other is not dissolved; or (3) marries another outside this state with knowledge that either of them has a prior marriage that has not been dissolved, and then cohabits with the other in this state.
