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152.0261

Statute ID: 2823

Statute Function ID: 19278

Drugs - Import Controlled Substance Across State Borders

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Statute Number:

152.0261

Enactment Date:

Jan 1, 1859

Effective Date:

Jan 1, 1859

Expiration Date:

Repealed?:

Summary Text:

Drugs - Import Controlled Substance Across State Borders

Statute ID:

2823

Created:

Sep 1, 2006 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Updated:

Mar 17, 2009 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Last Update Action:

Corrected

Legal Analyst Comment:

Correction to summary text

Summary Text:

Drugs - Import Controlled Substance Across State Borders

Link to MN Statute Text:

https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/stats/152/0261.html

Legislative Session:

2005 - NA

Session Law Text?:

Statute text last updated on:

Mar 17, 2009

Subdivision 1.  
A person who crosses a state or international border into Minnesota while in possession of an amount of a controlled substance that constitutes a first degree controlled substance crime under section 152.021, subdivision 2, is guilty of importing controlled substances and may be sentenced as provided in subdivision 3.



Subd. 3.   
A person convicted of violating this section is guilty of a felony and may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than 35 years or to payment of a fine of not more than $1,250,000, or both.


Subd. 1a.   
A person who conspires with or employs a person under the age of 18 to cross a state or international border into Minnesota while that person or the person under the age of 18 is in possession of an amount of a controlled substance that constitutes a controlled substance crime under sections 152.021 to 152.025 and 152.0262, with the intent to obstruct the criminal justice process, is guilty of importing controlled substances and may be sentenced as provided in subdivision 3.